Military Vehicles and Equipment

Focus on diverse military vehicles used for training and transport, highlighting their tactical significance and modernizations within the armed forces.

Joint light tactical vehicles from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division are staged for onward movement by rail at the port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, July 22, 2022. 2,700 pieces of equipment will be inventoried, staged and transported throughout Europe by rail, barge, and commercial line-haul for a rotational deployment.

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, Sgt. 1st Class Dion Luebke, a civil affairs operator, tows another JLTV across the vehicle lot.

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.

The 4th Inf. Div.'s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

030322-M-0049F-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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 movin

Joint light tactical vehicles from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division are staged for onward movement by rail at the port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, July 22, 2022. 2,700 pieces of equipment will be inventoried, staged and transported throughout Europe by rail, barge, and commercial line-haul for a rotational deployment.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct an Advanced Motorized Operational Course during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 23, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver as well as offensive and defensive operations during combat.

030224-M-3734P-036. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division travel through a trail as they scan for possible enemies during the Light Tactical Family (LTF) Crew Maneuver Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 6, 2023. The five-day course focused on training and educating crew members on effective LTF employment in rough terrain.

Transportation specialists with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division and Soldiers with the 107th Support Maintenance Company of the Wisconsin National Guard unload Army vehicles and equipment Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., from a railcar on the cantonment area at the installation. The 107th had 24 railcars overall full of equipment and vehicles returning from a training deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems are staged on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 27, 2022. Marines with 5/11 integrated with the squadron to gain proficiency in transporting tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jailine L. AliceaSantiago)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division travel in a convoy to deliver supplies during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022.

020224-D-7558A-076. Subject Operation/Series: NATIVE ATLAS 02. Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: TRADOC

060811-M-5585B-051. Base: Taqaddum Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-86-07795. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Troop training operations are shown Nov. 3, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. During November 2022, thousands of service members trained at the installation for weekend and extended combat training as well as institutional training. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center.

A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) assigned to Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment is parked during exercise Emerald Warrior 22.1 May 2, 2022 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Emerald Warrior provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas. The exercise prepares special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations and interagency elements, to integrate with and execute full-spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces abilities to operate around the globe.

U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements and Joint Light Tactical Vehicles with 3d Marine Division are staged 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.

Flooding - Arden Hills ISB, Minn. , April 7, 2011 MN National Guard loads a FEMA emergency generator for transportation to Oslo MN to support 2011 Midwest Flood Emergency.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Indiana National Guard infantrymen with Company D, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, fire missiles during a live-fire exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. The missiles, which are tube launched, optically tracked and wirelessly guided, also known as TOW, are the most modern and capable missile of that type with an extended maximum range of 4,500 meters. Participating in live-fire training exercises is how the Indiana National Guard maintains a lethal fighting force.

Training operations are shown April 7, 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.

040331-M-5753Q-024. Base: Barwana State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 11, 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.

Transportation specialists with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division and Soldiers with the 107th Support Maintenance Company of the Wisconsin National Guard unload Army vehicles and equipment July 20, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., from railcars on the cantonment area at the installation. The 107th had 24 railcars full of equipment and vehicles returning from a training deployment.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Krause fires his M-4 rifle during a demonstration exercise Oct. 16, 2013, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Approximately 1,500 active-duty, Reserve and National Guard Airmen attend the squadronÕs "Brave Defender" training each year. "Defender" is a six-week deployment training course for security forces Airmen. It is one of only six SF deployment training courses in the U.S. The course opened here in 2002 and was established by Air Force Materiel Command to satisfy security forces training requirements in an expeditionary environment. Krause is assigned to the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group stage Joint Light Tactical Vehicles during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022. The ACM exercise was conducted to prepare 3rd MLG personnel to react quickly to a crisis, counter potential threats, and assist allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific region in maintaining regional stability. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion (LCAC) with Assault Craft Unit 4, prepares to transport light armored vehicles during a training exercise with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 6, 2022. The main purpose of an LCAC is to transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel of the assault elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force from ship-to-shore and across the beach.

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."

Flooding - Valley City, N. D. , April 14, 2009 North Dakota National Guard stands at the ready as the Sheyenne River is expected to crest Thursday at a historical level of 22 feet. The old record is 19 feet. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Two Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4) guide a forklift operator as he lowers a piece of equipment into the bed of an M-817 5-ton dump truck. NMCB-4 is preparing to leave Cubi Point after helping to clean up the volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo that covered the area and caused some buildings to collapse. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct a mounted live fire range on Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and Humvees during the Adversary Force Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 29, 2024. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in Service Level Training Exercise 2-24. Marine Corps

030814-M-7837W-017. Base: Mohammed Al Ahmed Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Service members at the installation hold training operations at a range June 13, 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. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, load a tactical vehicle onto the San Antonio-class amphibious transportation dock USS New York (LPD 21) at Morehead Port, North Carolina on June 28, 2023, before going underway to participate in Exercise UNITAS LXIV. 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.

U.S. Army soldier, assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, drives their vehicle during Motorpool Monday. Motorpool Monday is conducted weekly to ensure all vehicles are working efficiently.

Convoy of U.S. Marine Corps MRAPs, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, Town of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

TSGT Dave Hillman and CPT Rich Sample (left to right) perform check-out maintenance on the forward equipment box of a transporter-erector-launcher at the Integrated Maintenance Facility. The Air Force is conducting a test and evaluation program for the ground-launched cruise missile's weapon system. State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Training operations are shown at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Jan. 4, 2024. During January 2024, thousands of troops trained at Fort McCoy to start off 2024.

Ivy Soldiers assigned to Headquarter and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, ground guide a Mobile Command Post during a warfighter exercise, Sept. 25, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Ground guides are necessary components in repositioning equipment and vehicles where they serve as a vehicle operator's eyes and to promote safe vehicle operations.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 851st Transportation Company pull security around a Humvee as part of a convoy training event during the 2022 Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 15, 2022. CSTX 22-02 provides rotational training units an opportunity to enhance collective MOS-specific training proficiency and improve readiness while providing a variety of live and virtual integrated training environments to replicate a near-peer threat during large scale combat operations within multi-domain operations. Training units operate in an austere environment developing and executing skills in night operations, cyber operations, and emergent threat environments to increase survivability and protection skills and the essentials of field-craft.

A Stryker vehicle belonging to 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. rolls off the ship at the Port of Pyeongtaek, South Korea Oct. 8, 2022. The vehicles were off loaded by members of the 837th Transportation Battalion, the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and the 2nd Infantry Division. The 2-2 SBCT will serve a nine-month tour of duty in Korea, the first for the unit and the 12th iteration overall since the start of the Korea Rotational Force began.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load ammunition onto a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement utilizing a Rough Terrain Forklift during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 4, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

Service members at the installation for training drive vehicles in a convoy 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.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Yung Kim (left), and Justin Hebenstreit, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians, set up a Man Transportable Robotic System during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 12, 2022. The robot allows members to locate and disarm any explosive devices remotely and at a safe distance.

U.S. Soldiers with 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT), operationally assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), perform routine maintenance on an Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package version 3 tank during Hammer 22, an annual combined forces exercise conducted by and alongside Finlands Army Headquarters, Armored Brigade, Pori Brigade, Karelia Brigade, Uti Jaeger Regiment and Logistics Department of the Defense Forces, in Niinisalo, Finland, Nov. 7, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is among other units under the 1 ID proudly working alongside allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

Service members at the installation for training drive vehicles in a convoy 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.

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Orlando Fla., strategically transport 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.

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, loading a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) onto a K-loader at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in preparation for an up coming Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-02-01407 or search 010305-F-3329S-500). Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, observes a joint live-fire exercise during a visit to Oberlausitz Training Area, Germany, as part of DEFENDER-Europe 22, May 24, 2022. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Commands Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy.

021212-F-9105A-006. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A security policeman mans the Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher mounted atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as a second security policeman stands in the vehicle's door with his M16A1 rifle during a 501st Tactical Missile Wing security exercise. Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Soldiers from the 3-157th Field Artillery Battalion and Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing prepare to load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) onto a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an emergency deployment readiness exercise (EDRE).

040422-M-8096M-027. Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Landing Support Battalion stages a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at the unit marshaling area in preparation for Balikatan 23 in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 27, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Training operations are shown April 22, 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 Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 182 Infantry Regiment, and 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Regiment stage vehicles in a motor pool during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 21, 2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 182 Infantry Regiment, and 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Regiment stage vehicles in a motor pool during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 21, 2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

The Army Prepositioned Stock-3 operations continue as military vehicles and containers are being downloaded from the U.S. Naval Ship Watson at Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 30, 2022, in support of Operation Pathways 2023. As the U.S. Indo-Pacific materiel integrator, the 8th TSC synchronizes capabilities and resources across the theater, enabling both our land forces and those of our allies and partners. Our mission is to plan, integrate, and synchronize theater distribution and sustainment operations with our joint logistics enterprise partners, stabilizing and securing the Indo-Asia Pacific Region.

220708-N-PI330-1109 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 8, 2022) Steelworker 3rd Class Calvin Awtrey, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, directs vehicles during a chemical, biological and radiological decontamination exercise on Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 8, 2022. NMCB 133 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and Partner interests.

Soldiers with Troop C, 1-153 Calvalry Squadron, 53rd IBCT, move in convoy toward effected areas of Florida during Hurricane Sally September 16, 2020. Elements from Charlie Troop are equipped with boats for high water search and rescue.

Baqubah, Iraq - RG-31 Nyala armored vehicle

Service members at the installation for training drive military vehicles on post June 10, 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.

Army Staff Sgt. Jose Martinez, with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's Headquarters and Hearquarters Company, 228th Brigade Support Battalion, secures the rear cargo area of one of the unit's trucks after arriving at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. The Soldiers were among several hundred Soldiers and Airmen to arrive in New York as part of an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request to assist with response and relief operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Service members drive a military vehicles in a convoy to Fort McCoy, Wis., on Aug. 6, 2022, en route to participation in training operations at the installation. The post traditionally has some of its busiest training operations take place in the summer months, including August. Tens of thousands of troops train at Fort McCoy every year, and the installation's motto is to be "The Total Force Training Center."

A U.S. Reserve Marine assigned to the Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, secures a position with a MK19 40mm grenade machine gun mounted on a Humvee during a mission rehearsal exercise at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, May 19, 2022. Weapons Company convened with other units from 3/23 at Fort Campbell for a mission rehearsal exercise to prepare for the upcoming Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 in the summer of 2022. The Combined Anti-Armor Team Marines conducted machine gun ranges and convoy operations with quick reaction drills.

111209-A-TH293-726A U.S. Army soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division surveys the area from the dropdown stairs of his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while crossing the Khabari border from Iraq into Kuwait on Dec. 9, 2011.

Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) arrive at Dugway Proving Ground in support of an agile combat employment joint exercise on Sept. 8, 2022. This joint force exercise incorporates more than six militarys entities across three branches creating innovative operational concepts to allow quick response to an ever-changing wartime horizon.

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team of the Idaho Army National Guard fields an array of diverse units within its structure. As a cavalry unit the brigade features cavalry scout units throughout its organization. Cavalry Scouts engage the enemy with anti-armor weapons and scout vehicles in the field, track and report enemy movement and activities, and will direct the employment of various weapon systems onto the enemy. Their specialized skills enable them to assist with observation and listening posts, perform and help with navigation, and help secure and transport ammunition. The Cavalry Scout leads, serves, or assists as a member of a scout crew, squad, section, platoon or troop in reconnaissance, security, and other combat operations.During annual training 2022, cavalry scout soldiers and their vehicles gathered on the Orchard Combat Training Center for gunnery qualifications as a group, before departing and returning to their parent unit. Cavalry Scouts from the brigade will soon

Railcars that were loaded by Soldiers with the Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company with military vehicles and equipment are shown Nov. 17, 2022, 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

030320-M-5150A-047. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team of the Idaho Army National Guard fields an array of diverse units within its structure. As a cavalry unit the brigade features cavalry scout units throughout its organization. Cavalry Scouts engage the enemy with anti-armor weapons and scout vehicles in the field, track and report enemy movement and activities, and will direct the employment of various weapon systems onto the enemy. Their specialized skills enable them to assist with observation and listening posts, perform and help with navigation, and help secure and transport ammunition. The Cavalry Scout leads, serves, or assists as a member of a scout crew, squad, section, platoon or troop in reconnaissance, security, and other combat operations.During annual training 2022, cavalry scout soldiers and their vehicles gathered on the Orchard Combat Training Center for gunnery qualifications as a group, before departing and returning to their parent unit. Cavalry Scouts from the brigade will soon

Soldiers of Bravo Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, participate in route clearing exercises with simulated IEDs at the Ethan Allen Firing Range, Jericho, Vt., Nov. 5, 2022. Engineers use specialized vehicles including a Buffalo Mine Protected Route Clearing vehicle (MPRC). An observer/controller supervises the route clearing exercise while participants ensure corridors of travel are free of obstruction and dangers like improvised explosive devices.

040727-F-0629H-004. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, direct a Millennia Military Vehicle extended boom forklift during a Maritime Prepositioning Force offload in preparation for Balikatan 23 at the Port of Subic Bay, Philippines on March 26, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

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."

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Logan Young, 471st Marine Wing Support Squadron, guides Lance Cpl. Nicholas Donnelly as he operates the heavy equipment vehicle to unload the light set 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.

Humvee at Dusk, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Naomi Aviles, 131st Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment apprentice connects equipment to an AGE truck at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 5. 2024. AGE Airmen service equipment that flightline personnel use to perform their operations for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Air Force

U.S. Marines with 1st Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepare to start a convoy during exercise Native Fury 22 at a Logistics Support Area established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 14, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division travel through a trail as they scan for possible enemies during the Light Tactical Family Crew Maneuver Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 5, 2023. The five-day course focused on training and educating crew members on effective LTF employment in rough terrain.

040928-M-5882G-036. Base: Ubaydi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Service members at the installation hold training operations at a range June 13, 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.

DF-ST-86-10047. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Rosado, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Infantry Division Artillery, instructs Soldiers on ground guiding vehicles during drivers training at Forward Operating Site Adazi, June 7, 2022. The 1st Infantry Division 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.

Soldiers at Fort McCoy, Wis., for training drive their trucks in a convoy on a rainy morning June 8, 2022, at Fort McCoy. This group of troops were among thousands training at the installation in June 2022. In early June, many Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard and the Illinois National Guard completed training on post.

Training operations for the 78th Training Division's Warrior Exercise 78-22-02 at Fort McCoy, Wis., are shown July 26, 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.

M-978 fuel servicing trucks stand in line at a holding area during Operation Desert Shield. The equipment belongs to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

041211-M-2583M-087. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Wesson Taylor, a radio operator with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conducts radio checks during exercise Bougainville II at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 3, 2022. . To adapt to developing battlefield conditions, Alpha command conducted battle turnover and displaced. Bougainville II is a field exercise that allows the MLR and its subordinate units to conduct expeditionary advanced base operations across the island of Oahu. BVII displays the MLRs ability to rapidly establish and displace EABs while executing command and control in a dispersed environment.

Spc. Christopher Mosen, a military policeman with 113th Military Police Company, Mississippi Army National Guard pulls security on a patrol around the missile defense complex during Exercise Guardian Watch 23 at Fort Greely, Alaska, Oct. 31, 2022. Guardian Watch 23 focused on conducting ground-based midcourse defense and critical installations security, which are the two missions of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division travel through a trail as they scan for possible enemies during the Light Tactical Family Crew Maneuver Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 5, 2023. The five-day course focused on training and educating crew members on effective LTF employment in rough terrain.

021016-M-5607A-002. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The USS Anchorage has docked at Naval Base San Diego after completion of the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean. Workers are offloading some of the support hardware used during the test. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy conducted the test on the Orion boilerplate test vehicle to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test allowed the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters.The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program conducted the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to laun

Soldiers from U.S. Army Special Operations Command train with the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) system in preparation for its employment to transport simulated casualties and equipment during Project Convergence 22. PC22 is an All-Service and Multinational campaign of learning featuring experiments on hundreds of different technologies and capabilities.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Battery, Death Dealers, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (2-174 ADA) operationally controlled by 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), prepare AN/TWQ-1 Avengers for a convoy during Operation Close Encounters field training exercise at Ādaži, Latvia, Nov. 9, 2022. The 2-174 ADA is among other units proudly working alongside 1 ID, NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

050912-A-7274K-002. Base: Louis Armstrong Iap, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A right side view of a cross-country vehicle with front bucket loader and rear backhoe attachments. Eight of these vehicles have been acquired by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command for evaluation as a small emplacement excavator (SPE) for the High Technology Light Division. Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-1. Hurricane Katrina

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