Military Training Exercises

Action-oriented photos of soldiers engaged in various training drills and exercises, featuring tactical maneuvers and teamwork in diverse environments.

DA-SC-87-05437. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A member of the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, deployed to Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, assumes a prone defensive position with a 7.62 mm M60 machine gun, equipped to fire blanks, an M1025 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) parked in background, 23 April 1999. Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Soldier from Delta Company, 215th Infantry division detached to 4-67 Armor Division, Schweinfurt, Germany, frisks a Bosnian soldier moving back into the town of Odzak, Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Odzak Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Security specialists from the 1701st Security Police Squadron patrol an air base flight line in an M-998 high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle mounted with an M-60 machine gun during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

British forces part of United Nations peacekeeping troops at their UN base in Cyprus

(from left to right) US Army Lieutenant General Gray and Representative G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery from Mississippi, clean off their boots in boot cleaning buckets outside of the Task Force Eagle Headquarters building on Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, while visiting during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

1LT Jerry Day, from the 435th Tactical Air Wing/Security Police Squadron, briefs an aggressor patrol prior to a mission during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Hahn Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

DM-SC-87-12308. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DM-ST-86-08353. Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain (CPT) Yakin, Turkish Artillery Brigade, Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, stands by as one of his soldiers uses the Ground Vehicular Laser Locator Designator (GVLLD) during their visit with US Army personnel of the 1ST Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, Division Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Camp Dobol, BIH, 7 March 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DA-ST-85-12848. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-90-02104. Base: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

US Sailors and Marines climb onto a Light Amphibious Reconnaissance Craft (LARC) from a 1600 Class Utility Landing Craft (LCU) loaded with medical vehicles and supplies during Exercise COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96, near Vladivostok, Russia. LARCs were used to carry US personnel to the shore after a submerged sand bar prevented the LCU from reaching land. The exercise is a joint venture between US and Russian naval forces designed to improve disaster-relief operations and to further understanding between the two nations. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96 Country: Unknown

On the afternoon of 2 June, 1996, in the town of Vlasnicia, Serbsca, LTC Marv Englert, Executive Officer, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1ST Armored Division, Task Force Eagle, gives little children NBA Basketball players cards during Operation Joint Endeavor. Dr. Charles C Moskos, Army Research Sociologist, looks on. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Vlasnica State: Republika Srpska Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Combat Control School students receive instruction on communication equipment. The students will become Red Berets upon their graduation. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Personnel from the 55th Medical Group, 44th medical Brigade, relax in a hangar at Opa-Locka Coast Guard Air Station before moving out to assist with relief efforts for area residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. The storm struck the region on August 24th. Base: Opa-Locka State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American troops patrol the streets of Mogadishu in an effort to restore order. President George Bush ordered American troops to Somalia to help distribute food and medical aid during a severe famine in the war-torn country. January 1, 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia.

U.S. Marines march across the runway apron of Beirut International Airport upon their arrival. The Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of the multinational peacekeeping force following a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A Navy beachmaster signals to a departing LCM-8 mechanized landing craft as it moves out from the shore during the joint Thai/U.S. combined exercise Thalay Thai '89. Country: Thailand (THA)

U.S. Air Force Security police stand guard as Cuban nationals board an I1-62M airliner for return to Cuba. They were captured on Grenada during the multiservice, multinational Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Seawell International Airport Country: Bangladesh (BGD)

DF-ST-86-11243. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

DF-ST-88-05440. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

DN-ST-88-02515. Country: Unknown

FUERZAS CAMUFLADAS EN EL DESFILE DE LA VICTORIA 1963. Location: DESFILE MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

DF-ST-88-03755. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-05198. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER/AUTUMN FORGE '83 Country: West Germany (FRG)

CAPT. Anthony Murphy, an F-15 Eagle aircraft pilot, returns to base after downing two Iraqi SU-22 aircraft during an Operation Desert Storm mission. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DA-SC-86-08848. Base: Chaen-Dong Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK)

Soldiers from Company B, 5th Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, maintain a tactical interval during a training march to Fort Clayton. Country: Panama (PAN)

An Army infantryman takes a compass reading in the area where three containers of c-rations are to be dropped by parachute for troops in the field during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

The Marine Corps first all-woman drill platoon marches in formation with M-16A1 rifles. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13151. Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Base: Cucuyagua Country: Honduras (HND)

Honduran troops are trained in the use of M16A1 rifles during the joint US/Honduras Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). The instructors are from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

Security policemen, equipped with a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES), participate in training. The M-16 rifles being used are equipped with part of the MILES. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medical personnel, some wearing nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear, transport a patient on a litter while taking part in a mass casualty exercise during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

SGT Lee Hyunltun, a member of the ROK Army, and exercise participant talks on his field phone from the top of Big Coyote at Kunsan Air Base. A Vulcan gun is in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An extensive sandbagging and pumping operation are ongoing along the rear of a pawn, trophy and other small business shops. A line of Guardsmen assemble and begin to fortify an existing wall. Army National Guardsmen from Columbia, Missouri and civilian volunteers have been working nearly twenty four hours a day to protect the small businesses. Subject Operation/Series: MIDWEST FLOODS Base: Festus State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04663. Subject Operation/Series: THRUST Base: Westfield State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A German cadet assists a U.S. Air Force Academy cadet loading a German machine gun at a range during a tour of the German Air Force Academy. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A military policeman on a motorcycle and another member of the 1ST Battalion, 10th Marines, pause during the deployment of a camp on a Persian Gulf beach during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

Marines from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit walk down the pier after leaving the tank landing ship USS MANITOWOC (LST-1180). The Marines are part of a multinational peacekeeping force assigned to Lebanon after a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A platoon of Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (4th MEB) marches up a road after coming ashore on Onslow Beach. The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (4th MEB's) ground units are coming ashore at Onslow Beach after disembarking from the amphibious ships on which they were deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050927-A-0000M-021. Base: England Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: OH ARNG

SRA Grigsby from the 459th Civil Engineering Flight assembles temporary airfield lighting during Exercise Prime Beef '82. Subject Operation/Series: PRIME BEEF '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Straight on medium shot as US Air Force members of the 130th Security Forces Squadron team race to cross the finish line of the grueling obstacle course set up for Security Forces at Rodeo 2000. Competitors had to maneuver 17 difficult obstacles (Not shown) and complete a mile and a half run to finish. Members are: left to right, Technical Sergeant Homer Cobb, SENIOR AIRMAN Ronald Dean, SENIOR AIRMAN David Miller and SENIOR AIRMAN Joe Newhouse. They are from the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, Charleston, West Virginia. Subject Operation/Series: AIR MOBILITY COMMAND RODEO 2000 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Three soldiers from the 6th Infantry Division (Light) watch as artillery rounds explode outside their sandbagged position at a live-fire range during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

LCPL O'Brien, a member of the Pathfinders Aldershot, United Kingdom, crawls out from underneath barbed wire during a practice run at the obstacle course during RODEO 94. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970227-F-7666R-001. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DA-SC-84-04246. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A recruit practices pugil-stick techniques during hand-to-hand combat training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-04155. Base: Lago Agrio Country: Ecuador (ECU)

Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene McKinney, talks to Sergeant Marlon Green of the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) and Command Sergeant Major Ernest Chaney of the 5th Signal Command Group while visiting various U.S. units. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Combat Control School students, armed with XM-117 submachine guns, are doing push-ups. This is part of routine daily physical training before becoming Red Berets upon their graduation. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN Charles Gabriel, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, views a Soviet T-62 battle tank as SSGT James Johnson points out its various features during a tour of the Warrior Preparation Center. Base: Einsiedlerhof Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

Navy medical personnel examine a simulated casualty in the triage area during a mass casualty evacuation drill at Kadena Air Force Base. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

970314-M-8112O-007. Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

MAJ Raja Tanwir (left) of Pakistan and CPT Adel Afifi of Egypt participate in exercises during multi-national ranger training at the Dahlonega Ranger Camp. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Elements of 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division Jordan Gym relax and wait for their departure to Somalia. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-87-12998. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the 84-85 r years, Bergen. Bundeswehr on manoeuvre ca. 1984

A female Navy master-at-arms stands next to her patrol vehicle. Country: Unknown

A soldier carries a tray from a unit kitchen trailer during exercise Team Spirit '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Yangdong Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Three members of the 7th Infantry Division walk past a restaurant during Operation Just Cause. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: Sano Country: Panama (PAN)

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Jerry Walker of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) directs the construction of latrines in a refugee camp outside the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A security policemen crosses over a stream by rope, as he participates in the combat tactics portion of Volant Rodeo '82. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '82 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jeff Walters sets a rodent trap as part of preventive measures being taken by the Navy Disease Vector Control Office. Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

As his audience looks on, a sailor tries to finish a hole on the makeshift nine-hole golf course known as the "Feeble Beach Golf Club" at Fleet Hospital 15. The hospital was established to support Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Vets march in May Day parade, Havana, Cuba.

Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (4th MEB) and members of the ship's crew stand along the edge of the flight deck as the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) approaches the pier. The Marines, who were deployed aboard the IWO JIMA in the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, will disembark at Morehead City to return to Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-87-04201. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Base: Grafenwohr Country: West Germany (FRG)

Kurds gather next to an ambulance and a cargo truck as several Marines pass out meals, ready to eat (MREs) during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

US Army, Private First Class (PFC) Terry Dunavent, Delta Company , 1ST Battalion, 41st Infantry, Fort Riley, Kansas, searches the briefcase of a businessman for weapons at the front gate of checkpoint Sierra 10 before the civilian can enter for an economic meeting. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Operation JOINT GUARD, 8 April 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A ribbon bridge is assembled by members of the 1457th Engineering Battalion during Reforger training exercises at the 7th Army Training Command.

Italian medical personnel carry critical victims to awaiting ambulances as part of a base wide disaster response exercise in preparation for a possible mishap. Subject Operation/Series: ALI SU AVIANO '96 AIR SHOW Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

990618-M-5696S-018. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Koretin State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

Members of a decontamination team prepare a container to receive canisters of simulated chemical artillery rounds during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

STAFF SGT. Lee Corkran, a combat photojournalist, poses next to a Boeing 747 aircraft destroyed by retreating Iraqi troops at Kuwait International Airport during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Transport by ambulance from the exercise injured from the German Gibraltar Kaserne to the station in the context of 'Combi Care' exercise.

Army troops wade through a marshy area during a training exercise. Country: Unknown

Basic Trainees cross water obstacle during confidence course training. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Gray, 48th Security Forces Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, and Bery, a 48th SFS K-9 working dog, capture and take down decoy US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jeremy Teas, 48th SFS, during a routine training exercise at RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom. The exercise is designed to help train the K-9s in attack, defense and submission of suspects during real world instances. Base: Raf Feltwell Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

World War II Re-enactment, Reading, PA

DF-ST-87-12655. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Air Force Instruction and Military Training School (Limos) in Nijmegen.military greeting.

DN-ST-89-07236. Country: Unknown

A view of a C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 459th Military Air Wing, as seen from the top of an ambulance parked in the foreground, during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030327-M-4544K-014. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th Mar Div

STAFF SGT. Thomas Ellis, US Army Dog Handler of the 104th Area Support Group (ASG), Hannau, GE, and Arras check under the hood of a vehicle coming on Camp Pleso for bombs.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

DN-ST-89-06146. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR 87 Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)

Local militia train near Havana, Cuba.

A Marine Reserve officer uses a field radio to coordinate helicopter and ground maneuvers during a weekend training exercise. Base: Morris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970317-A-1972C-003. Complete Scene Caption: Luxembourg CHIEF Warrant Officer Class Two WO-2 Hendrik Meijer, Sergeant Major of the101(ML) Mechanized Battalion, inspect 50mm rounds that were unloaded from a Dutch YRP-765 Armored Personnel Carrier, confiscated by SFOR soldiers, on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Zvornik Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Artwork: "Eagle's Eye" Artist: Ted Carr, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

An Egyptian marine aboard the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) prepares for an amphibious assault during the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

Joint forces unload supplies at Cap Haitien Hospital to give to waiting Haitians during Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Food supplies are loaded aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 210th Aviation Battalion. The U.S. Army is providing air transportation for supplies and personnel during a humanitarian aid operation for impoverished Panamanians. Base: Santiago Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), watch as a Royal Thai Army instructor teaches a class on the types of dangerous snakes found in Thailand. The 25th Infantry Division soldiers are in Thailand for the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

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