Military Training in Desert Environment

Images depict soldiers in desert settings engaging in training, including shooting exercises with firearms, showcasing teamwork and focus.

040602-M-8096M-091. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

020808-F-0981H-018. Base: Southern Calif Logistics Airport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Squad of soldiers in the desert during the military operation.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. James Ralstin, company gunnery sergeant, Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, oversees the firing of the 25mm cannon during a live-fire light armored vehicle range event in support of exercise EFES 2022 in Turkey, June 4, 2022. EFES22 is an international combined joint live-fire exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

020810-A-4385T-046. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gangikhel State: Malikasay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050607-A-1566H-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 463 MP CO, 376 BTL/ 49 BRG, MNCI

Members of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

Members of Co. D, 1/22 Armor, man an M-113 armored personnel carrier during a downrange training exercise. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030408-M-2195C-005. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A straight on, close-up shot of US Army SPECIALIST George Howell, 1ST of the 64th Mechanized, Bravo Company, Fort Stewart, Georgia, kneeling down on top of his M1A1 Abrams tank. He holds a refueling hose and nozzle in the opening of the tank's refueling port. Two other Soldiers are seen standing on the tank behind Howell. The tank was part of a convoy of vehicles (not shown) that traveled from Victory Base to the old airfield in Mogadishu as part of Operation More Care. Operation More Care is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEMORE CARE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, approach a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle, or LMTV, during a sandstorm prior to a combined training exercise with the French Forces in Djibouti near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 21, 2022. The Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise, or CALFEX, tested combined forces ability to operate and conduct blank and live fire exercises in adverse terrain. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)

Members of the 321st Civil Engineering Squadron Prime Beef team erect tents during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Spcs. Spositi and Bugher, both from U.S. Army Europes Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, fire a 120 mm illumination round in celebration of Afghan New Years at Forward Operating Base Baylough in the Zabul province of Afghanistan March 19, 2009.

Marine CPL M. A. Wagner, Headquarters Company 2/2, is armed with a Remington M870 Mark 1 shotgun and LCpl D. C. Hoover, Headquarters Security Element 2/2, mans an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from a sandbagged bunker tented with ponchos. They are wearing M-85 Kevlar-lined helmets and flack vests and providing security at the port of Cap Haitien during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

U.S. Army artillerymen assigned to 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment fire their M119A3 Howitzer during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2022. Operation Northern Strike provides the Ohio National Guards 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team the opportunity to train in a joint, multicomponent, multinational environment, ensuring they can fight and win in an expeditionary environment against a near-peer adversary.

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a simulated medical evacuation as part of an integrated training event during African Lion 2022, Camp Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia, June 21, 2022. African Lion 22 is a multinational- scale exercise focused on increasing training and interoperability between the U.S., partners, and allies in Africa to work towards increased security and stability within the region.

Army Pfc. Jermaine Armstrong, a Fire Control Specialist assigned to the North Carolina National Guards B Battery, 1-113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) prepares a radio antenna at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, July 4, 2019. The ABCT Soldiers deployed for Operation Hickory Sting to the NTC for the best, most current combat training available in the U.S. Army preparing them for deployment overseas later this fall.

030409-M-4419R-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

A member of the 3rd Bn., 327th Inf., 101st Abn. Div., wears a protective mask and carries an M-203 grenade launcher while participating in the combined U.S./Canadian NATO Exercise Rendezvous '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

030409-M-2195C-012. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060102-A-7359K-082. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, participate in a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

Army Spc. Erik Martin uses a footbridge to cross over a river during a dismounted mission to Khwazi village, Afghanistan, Dec. 14. Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul visited the village to survey a site for a future well project. PRT Zabul is comprised of Air Force, Army, Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel who work with the government of Afghanistan to improve governance, stability and development throughout the province.

030314-M-9124R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Grizzly Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030408-M-4419R-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

041008-F-8946M-009. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Caldwell State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-88-10267. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division assemble their gear and prepare to board a helicopter at Point Salines Airport during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

030321-M-4419R-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Marines during Battle of Tarawa, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 1943

A joint US/Peruvian special warfare team secures a section of beach after exiting a Peruvian UH-1 Iroquois helicopter during Operation UNITAS XXV. The soldier in the foreground is armed with an M60 machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown

U.S. Marines assigned to Golf Battery, Ground Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire an M777 Howitzer during Exercise EFES 2022 (EFES22), June 1, 2022. EFES22 is an international combined joint live-fire exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

AIR BASE 201, Niger - Members of the (FAN) Niger Armed Forces, (French: Forces armées nigériennes), participate in medical field training on their first day of training by the 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Air Advisors, along with the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion and 724th Expeditionary Air Base Group Fire and Emergency Services Flight at Air Base 201, Niger, Oct. 17, 2022. The partnership between the U.S. and Africa is critical to overcoming geographic challenges and building an international model of security cooperation across the continent.

GYSGT Ronald D. Smith, one of the evaluators from Co. C., 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, 3rd Mar. Div., Fleet Marine Force, checks LCPL Richard S. McKinnon's M-60 machine gun, during the battalion's combat readiness evaluation at the Pakalula Training Area. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020821-A-6042E-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 carry D505 Illum artillery rounds during emergency destruction training at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, Sept. 7, 2022. The training provided emergency destruction certification to MRF-D 22 ammunition technicians while disposing of unserviceable ammunition.

060316-M-9019H-022. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-88-02503. Country: Unknown

A member of the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Task Force Alpha, digs a hole for a line charge while attempting to blast a breach in a berm during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

Two soldiers in the desert during the military operation

Bradley Fighting Vehicles and soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guards Charlie Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion gather at range 10 of the Orchard Combat Training Center for gunnery qualification.Idaho Army National Guard soldiers from the 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion in the field for annual training and final preparations for deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., walk through a training range as they conduct reaction drills during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

041210-M-3658J-007. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

011020-F-5114B-053. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR EXCERCISE 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY)

040627-M-8096M-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Saraw State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

NIGERIEN AIR BASE 201, Niger - A member of the (FAN) Niger Armed Forces, (French: Forces armées nigériennes), posts in a defense posture as U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Eubank, 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Air Advisor, watches on during a field training exercise at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Sept. 9, 2022. The 409th ESFS Air Advisors provided a 28-day training course for FAN members that included route clearance to their compound while performing proper cover and concealment and initiating a fire team.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Dry, front, the cable and antenna systems section chief, 378th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Aeron Rongavilla, dig a section of a trench by hand to avoid buried cables, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2022. The trenches will be used for burying fiber optic cable, which will provide network capability and wifi for that area of the base.

A Spanish Armed Forces soldier signals an MV-22 Osprey during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration.

On the Fort Dix Range Complex the 411th Engineer Brigade is here on a hot day competing training on the M4 Zero and Grounding live fire. (photographs were taken by the TSC / Daniel Amburg)

A line of US Joint Task Force personnel forms at one of two mobile kitchen trailers at Mogadishu Airport, set up by the 823rd Red Horse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida. The kitchens feed 300 to 350 Air Force personnel and some 400 to 500 Marines a day using 36 to 40 boxes of T-rations a day. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, compete against one another during a pugil sticks event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Sept. 27, 2022. Recruits executed numerous Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques throughout the Pugil Sticks event.

U.S. Army Pfc. Leyland Tyrone, Pvt. Thomas J. Mclean, Sgt. Christopher M. Price and Capt. Robert W. Greer, of 4th Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., take cover and return small arms fire on anti-coalition positions in the area of Dora in southern Baghdad, Iraq, July 23, 2007.

Left rear view, camera under camouflage netting. An M198 155 mm Howitzer. Gun crewmen in foreground, two crewmen are bending over to pick up a 155mm projectile. Country: Unknown

A soldier from the 231st Transportation Company, armed with an M4 carbine, pulls guard at an entrance during perimeter defense at Independence Tactical Training Base on July 22, 2022 at Fort McCoy, Wis. This exercise is part of the annual WAREX in which Army Reserve units conduct joint training under the 78th Training Division.

DN-ST-88-02514. Base: Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Davis, commander of the Air Expeditionary Wing, operates a Ditch Witch H910 Trencher, during a Roll Up Sleeves visit to Airmen of the 378th Expeditionary Communication Squadron, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, April 22, 2022. Leadership from the 378th AEW, regularly visit Airmen under their command, to experience first-hand their job and to share recognition of how each one of them is essential to the mission of the Wing.

060313-A-5043I-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

040908-A-3133C-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Airport Country: Northern Iraq

060420-A-5043I-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

040602-M-8096M-023. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

040321-F-2902B-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: N/A

VANTAGE POINTNAWA, Afghanistan - Lt. Col. Jeffrey C. Holt, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, points out sites to William J. Lynn III, the deputy secretary of defense, from the roof of the Nawa District Governors Center during a visit to Nawa, Afghanistan, Oct. 28. Lynn visited Forward Operating Base Jaker and toured the surrounding area in Nawa to note progress by the Nawa Government and coalition forces.

DF-ST-86-08118. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

German infantry - soldiers of World War II on the battlefield. unrecognizable persons. Aquino Tank Weekend - historical military show. Oshawa Canada

A member of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Marine Division, advances through the smoke screen generated by a 1ST Armored Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, AAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles to attack a simulated machine gun bunkers during a combat training exercise at the Central Training Area (CTA). Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Security policeman MSGT Bob Morton, armed with an M-177 rifle, guards a tent where a classified flight briefing is being held during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051016-A-9297R-044. Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Soldiers from Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 14th Infantry Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (LI) break open a pallet of bottled water at the airfield. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)

Afghan National Army Soldier During a Combat Operation Outside the Town of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

060104-A-7359K-223. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040819-M-2306K-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment kicks in a door during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2009. The Marines are clearing buildings occupied by the Taliban.

JAMIE FOXX in JARHEAD (2005), directed by SAM MENDES.

030406-F-8362B-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAF

030320-M-9124R-110. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Army Special Forces soldier medic treating the wounds of an injured soldier in the desert

040610-M-5555L-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040824-F-0193C-004. Base: Al Tadji Army Airfield State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery, headquartered at the Utah National Guards Spanish Fork Armory has continuously supported the Spanish Fork Flag Retirement Ceremony for the past 24 years. Members of the Utah National Guard, Boy and Girl Scouts, civil air patrol, naval sea cadets and other youth groups volunteer to be a part of this dignified U.S. flag retirement of the symbol of our country. Command Sgt. Maj. Spencer Nielsen, senior enlisted leader for the Utah National Guard, was the keynote speaker and has participated in all 24 years of the ceremony.

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapons Company, shoot M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lance Cpl. David D. Gressley, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, kicks in a wall while searching a compound in the area of Now Zad, Afghanistan, known as The Greens,” Dec. 8. The Marines cleared the area as part of Operation Cobra’s Anger, to wrest control of the area away from Taliban fighters in the Now Zad region. Gressley is a 21-year-old from Pickrell, Neb.

April 18, 2006 - Marines shoot 100-pound rounds from their M777 Lightweight Howitzer during a firing mission in Niland, California.

030201-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030314-M-9124R-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Grizzly Country: Kuwait (KWT)

GEN. Norman H. Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, emerges from a camouflaged trench in the desert while visiting with troops from other countries during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

060315-A-7969G-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030501-F-8362B-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

SGT. Kenneth Parker, left, and AIRMAN 1ST Class Matthew Mittelstaedt make use of a camouflaged bunker as they take aim with their M-16 rifles during a flight line security exercise, part of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Qatar(QAT)

000828-M-2962F-023. Base: Mwtc, Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II Marine Expeditionary Force

021115-M-0175R-029. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

US Marine Corporal Hazard, 1ST Batallion, 12th Marines, gets ready to launch a practice grenade at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, grenade range during a Hawaiian Combined Arms Operation. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051021-A-8255A-122. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060211-A-6311S-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rasheed Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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