Military Vehicle Operations

Scenes of military vehicles in training exercises, transporting equipment, and operations showcasing logistical support in various terrains.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Privitere, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Orlando Fla., provides overwatch while his group strategically transports several pallets of MREs and other logistical needs to their designated location during exercise Northern Strike 22-2, Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug 12, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

070103-M-4937G-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Al Taqqadum Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement with 3d Marine Division transports Marine Corps Utility Task Vehicles in support of an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. Routine short-notice ACM drills ensure III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines remain ready to rapidly deploy and maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific.

A scene of training and daily operations is shown May 13, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. During May 2022, there were 9,130 troops who trained at the installation. The month held the First Army Best Warrior Competition, Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition, Army Reserve Expert Medical Badge competition, Army Reserve Expert Soldier Badge competition, Reserve Soldiers working on troop projects, institutional training, and weekend and extended combat training events as well. Fort McCoy's motto is to be "The Total Force Training Center." See more about Fort McCoy by visiting https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/FMPAO.

Training operations for the 78th Training Division's Warrior Exercise 78-22-02 at Fort McCoy, Wis., are shown July 22, 2022. During July 2022, thousands of troops from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps trained at Fort McCoy many in support of the exercise.

Soldiers with the 390th Engineer Company work the "coal field fill" troop project July 26, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoy Troop Projects Coordinator Larry Morrow with the Directorate of Public Works said the team of 390th Soldiers moved nearly 3,000 tons of dirt to cover an old coal field. The project area is in the Fort McCoy rail area next to State Highway 21 on the installations South Post. The combat engineers who are based out of Chattanooga, Tenn., were at Fort McCoy for the Army Reserves and 78th Training Divisions Warrior Exercise 78-22-02.

Service members at the installation for training drive military vehicles on post June 8, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Annually, tens of thousands of troops complete institutional and transient troop training operations at Fort McCoy. During June 2022, thousands of troops also trained at Fort McCoy, including troops from the Wisconsin National Guard and Iowa National Guard.

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare to tie down equipment at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Oct. 14, 2022. To further strengthen rapid global mobility efforts, Airmen, Soldiers, and civilian personnel worked collectively to inspect and load essential equipment bound for U.S. European Command.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Privitere, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Orlando Fla., provides overwatch while his group strategically transports several pallets of MREs and other logistical needs to their designated location during exercise Northern Strike 22-2, Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug 12, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

Training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis., are shown Aug. 4, 2022. During August 2022, thousands of troops from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps are part of the training at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center.

U.S. transport and Utility Marines, 471st Marine Wing Support Squadron, disconnect the chain binders holding down their maintenance equipment during Northern Strike 22-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan Aug. 03, 2022. Northern Strike 22-2 is serving as a testing ground for the Marine Corp expeditionary readiness. Concepts proven here will be documented and implemented across the force.

A U.S. Marine Corps vehicle attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) disembarks the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) in Morehead City, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU is operating in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

070217-A-6553F-005. Base: Fob Prosperity State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DOHA, Qatar (April 22, 2013) A Humvee from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) exits a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) in preparation for Exercise Eagle Resolve 2013. Eagle Resolve is an annual, multinational naval, land and air exercise designed to enhance regional cooperative defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council and U.S. Central Command.

070310-A-9248J-011. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

Soldiers from the 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion are learning about the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a four-day training course at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 20, 2022. During this portion of the training, these Army Reserve Soldiers are navigating through an obstacle course as they learn how the vehicle handles in different situations.

Completed work on a troop project is shown June 21, 2022, to build office buildings at Logistical Support Area Liberty on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Many Army engineer units have worked on the troop project in 2022 at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy Troop Projects Coordinator Larry Morrow said having troop projects completed helps engineer units get the training they need and in turn the installation receives base and quality of life improvements through the completion of the projects.

Air Defenders from 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery conducted a culminating Field Training Exercise with both their legacy Avenger and new Maneuver Short Range Air Defense systems at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany October 17-21, 2022. This FTX provided an opportunity for each platoon to react to mock contact, movement and maneuver techniques. During the exercise Air Defenders also conducted extraction of a stuck vehicle, calling up a 9-line medical evacuation request, evacuating personnel by air, navigation in low visibility conditions, and responding to enemy fire.

A British M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) crew assigned to the 26th Regiment Royal Artillery drives through the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 18, 2022. Dynamic Front 2022, 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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Commander Scott Altman practices driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. Behind him are other crew members. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission will each practice driving the M-113 in turn as part of their training on emergency egress procedures. An M-113 will be available to transport the crew to safety in the event of a contingency on the pad before their launch. The crew is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a dress launch rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT. It provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization, emergency training and a simulated launch countdown. The STS-125 mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis to service NASAs Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch Oct. 10.

Range safety Sgt. Brant Watkins supervises while Spc. Rudy De La Cruz lifts the 80 lb. missile up to Spc. Zachary Harris to load into the firing tube mounted on top of the Humvee, during a live-fire exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.. The missiles, which are tube launched, optically tracked and wirelessly guided, are the most modern and capable missile of that type with an extended maximum range of 4,500 meters.

STAFF Sergeant Cody Patton Delta Battery 1ST Battalion of the 43rd ADA raises the cami net roof as he makes room for a M-1078 cargo truck to be backed into the mobile garage during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness (IRRE/CERE) exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The quarterly exercise tests the 51st Fighter Wing's ability to respond to combat situations. Subject Operation/Series: IRRE/CERE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) are lined up while on military patrol during mission rehearsal exercises at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers with Charlie Company, 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, move M1A2 Sep v2 Abrams tanks from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID, to the Rail Marshaling Area on Fort Stewart, Georgia, July 28, as part of a modernization divestment initiative. The tanks will return to depot level maintenance for upgrades to the new M1A2 Sep v3 before being returned to U.S. Army units as part of the Army's ongoing armor modernization program.

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company load railcars with military vehicles and equipment Nov. 1, 2022, at the rail yard at Fort McCoy, Wis. Overall the company loaded 128 items on to railcars over the multi-day rail movement at the installation to deploy the equipment eventually to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Five personnel with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) assisted with the rail movement and its coordination. The 411th is the latest of many units over the last decade to hold rail movements at Fort McCoy. As a matter of fact, for the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. And its a capability that will continue, Fort McCoy LRC officials said. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as for mo

An M-813 5-ton truck comes ashore from a landing craft during an amphibious assault in support of the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

A U.S. Marine Corps forklift carries a storage container in Rio de Janeiro during in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 2, 2022. Marines and their equipment moved ashore from the amphibious transport dock ship Mesa Verde (LPD -19) to begin training during UNITAS LXIII. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (3/4th ABCT) set up the satellite transportable terminal as part of establishing the brigade tactical operations center, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, April 13, 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.

030814-M-7837W-012. Base: Mohammed Al Ahmed Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

During BALTIC CHALLENGE '97 on the Baltic Sea shore, US Marines disembark a German manufactured Rough Terrain Cargo Handler (RTCH) from a landing craft. The RTCH is being tested and if accepted, would augment RTCH systems in the inventory. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD9803428 or search 970715M0023H003). Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC CHALLENGE '97 Base: Paldiski Country: Estonia (EST)

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

030815-M-7837W-007. Base: Camp Fox State: Al Jahrah Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A scene of Equipment Park is shown June 29, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

The soldiers of the New Jersey National Guard RTS-M (Regional Training Site - Maintenance) who is located and based on Fort Dix, New Jersey is completing the heavy vehicle recovery for dozer/dirt movers/oversized vehicles on the Fort Dix Range Complex on the engineers at Site #2. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

U.S. Marines with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), 2d Marine Division, operate a light armored vehicle during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Aug. 6, 2022. The MCCRE evaluates the combat readiness of 2d LAR in preparation for their future deployment with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

April 18, 2005 - A U.S. Marine Corps MK48 logistics vehicle system drives to the staging area on the pier at Sattahip Royal Thai Navy Base, Thailand, after driving off the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command roll-on/roll-off ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068).

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alex Maciel, a motor transport operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, sets security with a M240 medium machine gun on Range 205A during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 29, 2022. The mobile operations course challenges supporting elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force to respond to contact while delivering logistical supplies to other elements of the MAGTF. ITX is designed to provide large forces the opportunity to command and control their Marines through a live-fire program incorporating every element of the MAGTF.

Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Warrenton-based Delta Company,3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct an attack by fire situational training exercise lane May 17, 2019, at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

2nd Lt. Shannon Kennedy, a platoon leader with 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, writes the vehicle's weight on the door in preparation for loading it on a railcar.

Soldiers from K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3d Cavalry Regiment negotiate an obstacle on their Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicle at the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex at Bryan Texas, Nov. 4, 2022. The Soldiers, out of Fort Hood, Texas, tested the capabilities of the center to showcase their capability and to test the center's ability to host military testing. The complex is dedicated to President George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

Training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis., on the cantonment area are shown July 22, 2022. During July 2022, thousands of troops from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps trained at Fort McCoy.

Training operations are shown April 29, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The operations shown only feature a small portion of thousands of troops completing training at the installation in April 2022. Fort McCoys motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

U.S. Army soldier, assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat team, 1st Cavalry Division, participates in Railhead Operations in Poland. 3ABCT's vehicles arrived in Poland to aid in maximizing military capabilities.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, take a security halt during a motorized raid exercise in Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Aug. 20, 2022. The combined anti-armor team provides blocking and isolation as well as anti-armor capabilities to line companies. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement with 3d Marine Division transports Marine Corps Utility Task Vehicles in support of an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. Routine short-notice ACM drills ensure III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines remain ready to rapidly deploy and maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific.

Cadets with the U.S. Military Academy arrive for their Cadet Field Training at Camp Buckner, Ny., May 29, 2022. The purpose of Cadet Field Training is to develop, train, test and validate specific tasks; prepare Third Class cadets to assume duties as NCOs in the Corps of Cadets; instill the warrior ethos in each cadet; and inspire each cadet to professional excellence through physically and mentally demanding training.

Soldiers with the 716th Engineer Company, an Army Reserve engineer company based in Summersville, N.H., work at the base operations support site troop project at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Aug. 17, 2022, by moving fill dirt from the site. The 716ths Soldiers were at Fort McCoy to be a part of the Army Reserves and 86th Training Divisions Combat Support Training Exercise 86-22-02. The 716th was the fourth unit of 2022 to complete some work at the project and the sixth since 2021 when the project began. The site plan is to make it into a base operations support site for installation service contractors, such as facility maintenance, roads and grounds, solid waste, custodial, pest management, and more.

Soldiers with the 461st Engineer Company, 367th Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade, 416th Theater Engineer Command, work on a troop project Oct. 20, 2022, to build office buildings at Logistical Support Area Liberty on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 461st, an Army Reserve unit, is among many Army engineer units to work on the troop project in 2022 at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy Troop Projects Coordinator Larry Morrow said having troop projects completed helps engineer units get the training they need and in turn the installation receives base and quality of life improvements through the completion of the projects.

Soldiers and vehicles from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division push their advantage against the opposing forces April 2, 2023, during exercise Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 in the Yukon Training Area, Alaska. (Army photo/John Pennell)

Night View of an MRAP, or Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected Vehicle.

DM-SC-87-12143. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-200. Hurricane Katrina

030509-M-8683D-068. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Camp Red Horse, Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)

A morning scene before the opening of the 2022 Fort McCoy Armed Forces Day Open House is shown May 21, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly 2,000 people participated in the open house. The days activities were centered on Fort McCoys Commemorative Area, which features the History Center; five World War II-era buildings filled with historical equipment and displays, the outdoor Equipment Park, and Veterans Memorial Plaza. Visitors also were treated to cooler temps and partly sunny skies. The event also had guided installation bus tours, a sandbag-filling station, personalized ID tags, camouflage face painting, military equipment displays, marksmanship galleries, and more. (Photo by Scott T. Sturkol/Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

Air National Guard members from the 219th Security Forces squadron take cover behind High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles during an exercise at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 10, 2022. The modular design of the HMMWV allows it to be easily re-configured for many different uses.

U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles assigned to Chaos Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conduct gunnery table V at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, July 22, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3/2 fire a TOW (Tube Launched Optically Sighted Wire Guided) inert missile mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a training session. Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles "equipped to fire blanks" and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) demonstrate the proper spread on a 5-ton cargo truck for security measures during convoy operations. This demonstration is part of Situational Training Exercise1 (STX-1), at Camp Lejeune, NC during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles "equipped to fire blanks" and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) demonstrate the proper spread on a 5-ton cargo truck for security measures during convoy operations. This demonstration is part of Situational Training ExerciseÐ1 (STX-1), at Camp Lejeune, NC during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Ô96.

Personnel drive a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) through the cantonment area Dec. 5, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is designed to restore payload and performance that were traded from light tactical vehicles to add protection in recent conflict, according to the Army. JLTVs give service members more options in a protected mobility solution that is also the first vehicle purpose-built for modern battlefield networks. JLTV operator training at Fort McCoy began in May 2019.

Service members drive Joint-Light Tactical Vehicles on the cantonment area July 8, 2022, during training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis. During July 2022, like other months of the year, thousands of troops held training at Fort McCoy in a variety of types of training operations for active- and reserve-component forces. Fort McCoy's motto is to by the "Total Force Training Center."

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Mission Specialist Hans Schlegel, of the European Space Agency, in front, practices driving an M-113 armored personnel carrier as the instructor, to his left, monitors his performance. STS-122 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim, at right, enjoys the ride in back. The practice near Launch Pad 39B is part of training on emergency egress procedures. An M-113 will be available to transport the crew to safety in the event of a contingency on the pad before their launch. The crew is participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, a standard part of launch preparations. The TCDT provides astronauts and ground crews with equipment familiarization, emergency egress training and a simulated launch countdown. On mission STS-122, Atlantis will deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus module to the International Space Station. Columbus is a multifunctional, pressurized laboratory that will be permanently attached to U.S. Node 2, called H

030425-M-6881W-008. Base: Camp Patriot Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-198. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen from the 5th Security Forces Squadron prepare to escort a 705th Munitions Squadron asset convoy to its destination at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 31, 2022. Convoy operations are essential to the strategic deterrence and global security mission by providing safe transportation of munitions. (Airman 1st Class Alexander Nottingham)

An M-817 5-ton cargo truck pulls alongside a section of causeway to provide a power source with its bed-mounted generator during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) training, part of exercise Ocean Venture '92, taking place near Camp Lejeune. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-90-10390. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Sgt. David Pondexter manages the fueling process for the 3rd Brigade IBCT vehicles at the fueling station as part of Super Garuda Shield 2022 in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 5, 2022. Super Garuda Shield, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military, Indonesia National Armed Forces, has now expanded to a multinational exercise encompassing 14 Nations. This exercise reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and other regional partners reinforcing joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

Philippine Marine Corps Cpl. Pedro Molina prepares a truck holdingto transport U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during KAMANDAG 6 at Naval Base Camilo Osias, Philippines, Oct. 2, 2022, during a troop movement. U.S. Marines worked together with Philippine Marines to prepare for the upcoming operations of KAMANDAG 6. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.

STS-88 Mission Specialist Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut, operates an M-113, an armored personnel carrier, as part of emergency egress training under the watchful eye of instructor George Hoggard (left) during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. The TCDT also provides the crew with simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in the orbiter's payload bay. Mission STS-88 is targeted for launch on Dec. 3, 1998. It is the first U.S. flight for the assembly of the International Space Station and will carry the Unity connecting module. Others in the STS-88 crew are Mission Commander Robert D. Cabana; Pilot Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow; and Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, and James H. Newman

Equipment Operator Construction Apprentice Miller climbs operates a bulldozer during a causeway-building exercise with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 (ACB-1). Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07684. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

041102-F-5494H-001. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On the Princess Irenekamp (1963-2006) the Armor Infantry Row Training Center (Piroc) was once established. Princess Irenekamp, Strijpsebaan 11, Veldhoven

Training operations are shown April 21, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The operations shown only feature a small portion of thousands of troops completing training at the installation in April 2022. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

DF-ST-85-13441. Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion are learning about the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a four-day training course at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 20, 2022. During this portion of the training, these Army Reserve Soldiers are navigating through an obstacle course as they learn how the vehicle handles in different situations.

Service members drive Joint-Light Tactical Vehicles on the cantonment area July 8, 2022, during training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis. During July 2022, like other months of the year, thousands of troops held training at Fort McCoy in a variety of types of training operations for active- and reserve-component forces. Fort McCoy's motto is to by the "Total Force Training Center."

BAKU - 26 June 2011 - Miliatary Parade in Baku, Azerbaijan on Army Day

A scene of Equipment Park is shown Aug. 5, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

Service members at the installation for training drive military vehicles on post June 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Annually, tens of thousands of troops complete institutional and transient troop training operations at Fort McCoy. During June 2022, thousands of troops also trained at Fort McCoy, including troops from the Wisconsin National Guard and Iowa National Guard.

Deployment equipment is placed on a cargo pad during an exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 22, 2022. Exercise ARDENT CROSSBOW is the first time the 633d Air Base Wing is conducting agile combat support as an Air Base Squadron as part of Air Combat Commands effort to align into the Air Forces new four-phase Force Generation model (Available to Commit, Reset, Prepare and Ready). Through the stand-up of an Air Base Squadron and a supporting A-Staff, Airmen will be prepared to deploy as task-oriented, high-performing teams who are ready for crisis before crisis emerges.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade test their medical skills during the week-long training as part of the Expert Infantryman Badge, Expert Soldier Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge training at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Oct 28, 2022. Soldiers must complete a number of prerequisites and pass a battery of graded tests on basic Infantry skills. The purpose of this training is to build confidence and competence within our formations on basic Soldier skills and tactics, and help sustain the Army's role as an organization of lethal, disciplined and professional soldiers. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

Completed work on a troop project is shown June 21, 2022, to build office buildings at Logistical Support Area Liberty on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Many Army engineer units have worked on the troop project in 2022 at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy Troop Projects Coordinator Larry Morrow said having troop projects completed helps engineer units get the training they need and in turn the installation receives base and quality of life improvements through the completion of the projects.

Soldiers with the 461st Engineer Company, 367th Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade, 416th Theater Engineer Command, work on a troop project Oct. 20, 2022, to build office buildings at Logistical Support Area Liberty on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 461st, an Army Reserve unit, is among many Army engineer units to work on the troop project in 2022 at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy Troop Projects Coordinator Larry Morrow said having troop projects completed helps engineer units get the training they need and in turn the installation receives base and quality of life improvements through the completion of the projects.

Florida National Guard (FLNG) soldiers work alongside civilian personnel to refuel trucks in Gainesville, Fla., essential to the Hurricane Ian relief mission, Thursday, September 28, 2022. As Hurricane Ian swept the state of Florida, FLNG troops worked with civilian infrastructure to provide aid.

Training operations for the 78th Training Division's Warrior Exercise 78-22-02 at Fort McCoy, Wis., are shown July 22, 2022. During July 2022, thousands of troops from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps trained at Fort McCoy many in support of the exercise.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Danjuma Robinson, left, a native of Florida and a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System gunner, Sgt. Malique Cookson, center, a native of Jamaica and a HIMARS section chief, and Sgt. Arturo AyalaHernandez, right, a native of Virginia and a HIMARS operator, all with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, pose for a photo during a HIMARS live-fire training range in preparation for NATO-exercise Nordic Response 2024 in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 27, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response, formerly known as Cold Response, is a NATO training event conducted every two years to promote military competency in arctic environments and to foster interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and allied nations. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp (MCBC) Pendleton test a Buffalo Turbine Towable Blower during operation OBSIDIAN ICEBERG at Old Highway 101 near MCBC Pendleton, California, May 25, 2022. This exercise will continue to assess the overall U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations to improve requirements and sustain lessons learned for future deployments to support the air combat element and objectives of Force Design 2030.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-121. AIRSTA NOLA--CG aircraft and other military aircraft and vehicle on ramp. Hurricane Katrina

020531-A-4885C-019. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Personnel drive a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) through the cantonment area Dec. 5, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is designed to restore payload and performance that were traded from light tactical vehicles to add protection in recent conflict, according to the Army. JLTVs give service members more options in a protected mobility solution that is also the first vehicle purpose-built for modern battlefield networks. JLTV operator training at Fort McCoy began in May 2019.

A HUMVEE with communication equipment assigned to Marine Air Support Squadron (MASS) 2 is staged during a direct air support center (DASC) drill during a field exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 5, 2022. MASS-2 executed the DASC drill to simulate air control and integration of fires in an expeditionary environment.

A Soviet 9K51 BM-21 Grad (Hail) 122-mm Multiple Rocket Launcher sits in front of the Mosque located at Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

A U.S. Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck prepares to receive Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund cargo during a supply mission in northeast Syria, Jan. 11, 2023. CTEF is a funded program that provides Partner Forces with resources designed to assist in the enduring defeat of ISIS under Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Army Staff. Sgt. Patrick Rush, ammunitions sergeant, assigned to Echo Company, 1-3rd Attack Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, moves shipping containers in support of the battalion agricultural wash at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia on April 12, 2022. An agricultural wash is crucial to help protect and maintain the investment of farmers from poultry disease-causing organisms. Patrick is originally from Tampa Bay, Florida where he worked as a construction worker paving roads. He joined the U.S. Army in 2014, due to a promise he made to his grandfather that he would serve his country. Upon completion of his first contract, Rush enjoyed the job and decided to become a career Soldier. 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps, America's Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned

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