Military Training Exercises

Images of soldiers and medical personnel engaged in various training exercises, portraying teamwork and tactical operations in different terrains.

DA-SC-86-04482. Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Finnish United Nations soldiers watch as their supplies are moved following offloading from a Military Airlift Command C-5B Galaxy aircraft at Grootfontein Logistics Base. The United Nations troops will act as a peacekeeping force in Namibia. Country: Namibia (NAM)

GEN Sundhara Kongsompong, left center, Supreme Commander, Royal Thai Armed Forces, and U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Daniel A. O'Donohue, center right, view a TOW tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided heavy anti-tank weapon at a static display manned by members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), following the opening ceremonies for the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 Karen Huffman the Headquarters Battalion Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) Officer, instructs a group consisting of the Marine Corps, Army, Navy and Coast Guard in a class on the proper useage of the M-40 field protective mask and the Mission-Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gear while aboard a US Army Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) M-8 "Mike Boat" at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina during the Riverine Insertion Operation Exercise (RIOEX) '98. Subject Operation/Series: RIOEX '98 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61), armed with an M60 machine gun, participate in a self defense force test during Exercise OCEAN SAFARI '85. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN SAFARI '85 Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Members of the Australian Army man an M-60 machine gun position during a joint US/Australian training exercise at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training Area. Second Lieutenant Brock E. Ayers, center, liaison officer from the 1ST Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, observes. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army Soldiers from the 1ST Battalion, 26th Infantry part of the 2nd Brigade, 1ST Infantry Division, Scheinfurt, Germany, load up on a train to begin thier deployment to Kaposvar, Hungary. These soldiers will be part of the Covering Force that will replace current soldiers participating in Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

970628-N-4998R-005. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd PLATOON A CO

Two US Marines run toward the camera around a dilapidated building. The Marine in the foreground carries a M16A2 rifle with the M203 Grenade Launcher attached. Slung over his shoulder he has a M136 (AT4) light anti-armor weapon. The Marine in the background carries a M16A2 rifle pointed toward the ground. They are running for cover as sniper shots are fired from undisclosed areas of the cantonment area. The Marines are from Task Force Mogadishu. Their mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A close view of a combat-ready Marine officer candidate with camouflage paint on his face as he stops and looks through the bushes and tree branches. He is a student of The Basic School for Marine Officers Combat Training. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army Soliders from B Company, 5th of the 158th, employ static training with the UH-60A Blackhawk Helicopter. The goal of this training exercise is to enter a UH-60A and strap in within 30 seconds. Static training is part of the Lariat Response Exercise that will prepare the infantry for futher deployments. Subject Operation/Series: LARIAT RESPONSE Base: Caserma Country: Italy (ITA)

An Air Force combat control team works at the end of the runway as a C-130 Hercules aircraft comes in for a landing during a joint Army Reserve/Air Force Reserve medical exercise. The team is made up of students from the Combat Control Pararescue Indoctrination School at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, and members of the 1722nd Combat Control Squadron from Dyess AFB, Texas. Base: National Guard Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An interior view of the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Tactical Operation Center, located at the Pohakuloa Training Area and in use during Operation THUNDERBOLT. Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERBOLT Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-09847. Country: Colombia (COL)

DF-ST-87-08519. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-88-09873. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army soldiers and two M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting vehicles (IFV), one with IFOR markings, are on duty at a roadway checkpoint in Bosnia 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)

U.S. military personnel prepare to load supplies onto a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR)

A U.S. Army soldier armed with a Beretta runs across an opening while another covers him. The soldiers are participating in a joint United States and United Kingdom Special Forces exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: ROARING LION Country: Unknown

Mariniers dealing with card reading during an exercise.

DF-ST-87-08514. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13524. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '83 Country: Unknown

Members of the 86th Engineering Detachment build a road across swampy land during the joint services Operation Gallant Crew '77. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT CREW '77 Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Security forces from the 86th Contingency Response Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrive in Tirana, Albania, on April 10, 1999, in support of Operation Sustain Hope the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (all not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia. Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

A Marine of Landing Support Battalion, 1ST Force Service Support Group, signals to the operator of a forklift placing a load on the bed of a truck during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

DM-SC-85-08914. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Marine detachment from the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) hike through a stream during a field exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12311. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Soldiers aboard a fast attack vehicle equipped with an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun assist in defending an artillery position of the 2nd Bn., 11th Field Artillery, 25th Inf. Div., during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Pusil Country: South Korea

Soldiers transport supplies in an M-998 high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle at a tent camp of the 82nd Aviation Brigade in the desert during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

12th Infantry soldiers of the United States Army during the Vietnam War

Straight on medium shot of US Marines Lance Corporal Allbritter and LCPL Stapleton from Bravo Company, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as they carry a Mark V Zodiac raft outboard motor to a nearby dock (Not shown) as they prepare for their cold water training exercise in Iwakuni, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 1ST Bn., 27th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., cross the Nam-Han River on a foot bridge built by the 65th Engineer Bn. during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '85. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: South Korea

An airman reaches for his M-16 rifle during the air base ground defense Exercise FOAL EAGLE '89. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '89 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-87-07459. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04372. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tents are set up for incoming personnel during exercise Brim Frost. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army troops maneuver through difficult terrain during a training exercise. Country: Unknown

Members of the 554th Civil Engineering Squadron put on their gas masks during a simulated gas attack. The unit is practicing low-crawl tactics with M-16 rifles, as part of a joint Red Horse Team mobility training exercise. Base: Camp Casey Country: South Korea

An elevator operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) watches as a motion picture crew from the Naval Audiovisual Center corrects a camera malfunction. Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Marines line up on the pier before boarding a U.S. Navy ship for transportation to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from A Company, 4th Battalion 87th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii approach and board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the morning of the 3rd of March 1995 after conducting a company size patrol of LeBorgne and its outlying smaller villages to deter violence and maintain a safe and secure environment in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. They will be flown to Cap Haitien. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Leborgne Country: Haiti (HTI)

Tank Crews Keeping Warm as they Eat their Rations, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, Battle of the Bulge, 1945

SSGT Richard Bishop, a Marine Corps instructor, critiques the performance of a group of Air Force security policemen who have just completed an anti-terrorist operation. The policemen are participating in an anti-terrorist exercise being conducted by the 1st Marine Brigade School. Base: Bellows Air Force Station, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-05147. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)

A member of the 3rd Marine Division uses an axe to clear underbrush and trees from a mountain-top fire support base construction site. Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

DA-SC-87-04370. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yong Du Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-89-01480. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK Country: Norway (NOR)

TELLY SAVALAS and CLINT EASTWOOD in KELLY'S HEROES (1970).

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. fires an M-14 rifle during his visit. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airborne Infantrymen Ready For Take-Off Somewhere In Sicily.

DF-ST-87-09565. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-88-03990. Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

1966 UNLOADING AIRLIFT OF SUPPLIES AND TROOPS TO BONG SON AT START OF OPERATION MASHER WHITE WING DURING VIETNAM WAR

Nazism National Socialism military army engineers soldier with a flame thrower exercise 1941 Wehrmacht Nazi Germany Third Reich weapons Second World War WWII 20th century,

Personnel assigned to an outlying radar installation unload supplies from a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter. The installation has been closed off as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

STAFF SGT. Dave "Kiwi" Vande Brake, a combat photographer assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC, interviews COL. William Ward, commander, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, during combat operations in the Belet Uen area. American and Canadian forces seized the airfield earlier today. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM)

DA-ST-85-02248. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-85-11538. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Male Soldier Staring Out Of Bunker

US Army Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Robert Swan, Commander Camp Olden, Bosnia-Herzegovina, USA General (GEN) George Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), The Honorable Secretary of Defense William Perry and USA Major General (MGEN) Montgomery Miegs Commander Task Force Eagle, pose for a photograph at Camp Olden during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Oden Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DM-ST-86-05347. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 41st Combat Support Hospital instruct Honduran soldiers in helicopter safety and litter handling procedures during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

Marines prepare to cross a bridge as they proceed toward a tent city established for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

050116-N-4142G-027. Base: Meulaboh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: HC-11

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) board a transport aircraft that will take them to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

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ERNEST BORGNINE and RICHARD THOMAS in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1979), directed by DELBERT MANN.

Tom Berenger , Platoon , 1986 directed by Oliver Stone Orion Pictures Corporation

DF-ST-87-11854. Base: Hahn Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

980625-F-1108F-013. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Troops from the 2nd Honduran Artillery Battalion fire howitzers during a graduation ceremony for the 2nd Honduran Airborne Battalion. The troops were trained as they participated in the joint US/Honduras Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

DF-ST-87-13217. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Team members from the 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron, wearing chemical protection suits, begin life saving procedures on a member who was overcome by "nerve gas fumes", during repair procedures on an F-101 Voodoo aircraft. Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Women's Army evacuate a casualty from an aircraft. England, during World War Two 1941

A group of soldiers, armed with Uzi, during a speed march.

Airmen dine on a meal inside the field mess facility during Exercise Brim Frost '83. Subject Operation/Series: Brim Frost '83 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dutch soldiers armed with Uzi submachine guns and an 84mm M-2 Carl Gustaf recoilless gun observe a convoy of tanks rolling through a village. The soldiers are participating in Spearpoint '84, a phase of Exercise Reforger '84. Subject Operation/Series: SPEARPOINT '84REFORGER '84 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A member of the New York Air National Guard gives first aid to a "crash victim" during Sarex '80, a joint U.S.-Canadian pararescue exercise. Subject Operation/Series: SAREX '80 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen receive food at the mess hall during exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division is seen through stacked M-16A1 rifles as he takes a drink from his canteen at the end of a day of combat exercises taking place during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Combat control team (CCT) members, in a drop zone, prepare equipment for airdrop control procedure, as a Thai soldier watches. The CCT is from the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, involved in a joint parachute training exercise with Thai forces. Base: Huahin Country: Thailand (THA)

Members of the 549th Quartermaster Company position a fuel liner in a sand berm. They are preparing a temporary petroleum terminal for exercise Bold Eagle '84. Base: Santa Rosa Island State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army recruits learn how a C-9 anti-tank practice mine operates. Country: Unknown

DM-ST-86-07537. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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