Military Vehicles in Training Exercises

Photo series features military vehicles like HMMWVs and armored personnel carriers during training exercises in desert environments, showcasing operational readiness.

January 6, 2011 - An Oshkosh M-ATV (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected all-terrain vehicle) travels through the desert during a mounted patrol in the Marjah district of Helmand province, Afghanistan.

A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives through a situational training exercise (STX) during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 8, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion demonstrates the U.S. Central Command's dedication to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and regional partners efforts to sustain regional security and stability.

A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives through a situational training exercise (STX) during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 8, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion demonstrates the U.S. Central Command's dedication to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and regional partners efforts to sustain regional security and stability.

Jordanian Armed Forces conduct vehicle maneuvers during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

An Egyptian military tractor-trailer transports an AAVP-7A1 tracked assault amphibian vehicle during the multinational, joint service Exercise Bright Star '87. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '87 Base: El Hammam Country: Egypt (EGY)

January 6, 2011 - An Oshkosh M-ATV (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected all-terrain vehicle) travels through the desert during a mounted patrol in the Marjah district of Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the "Spartan Brigade," 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, drives a modernized M2A4 Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, March 7, 2023. The Spartan Brigade, the Armys most modernized brigade, completed its rotation NTC 23-05, making it not only the best equipped but most lethal unit in Americas arsenal as the Army moves toward building the Army of 2030.

A U.S. Hawk surface-to-air missile battery stands ready outside Al-Salman during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

030321-M-3138H-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030316-A-XXXXX-069. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040910-F-2034C-011. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030224-M-5150A-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines atop a LAV-25 on a combat operation, southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

041112-A-1067B-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

DM-ST-88-07685. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

030401-M-4419R-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Merkava III main battle tank in the Negev Desert, Israel.

041125-M-0036Y-001. Base: Camp Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from the Royal Saudi Land Forces, conduct armored assault movements with their M1 Abrams tank during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

030401-M-4419R-067. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

060422-A-6365W-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

DA-SC-84-04325. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020523-F-9085B-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DM-ST-88-07772. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, wait in their Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) trucks to begin a convoy exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat (MCAG) Center in Twenty-nine Palms, California (CA), in preparation for their deployment to Iraq (IRQ). Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On the morning of May 17, 2022, the 148th Field Artillery Regiment made last checks of equipment and vehicles for field exercises and moved out of the MATES compound. The 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment provides field artillery support to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team. Headquartered in Pocatello units are located in the Eastern Idaho communities of Blackfoot, Burley, Preston, Pocatello, Rexburg and St. Anthony.

030331-M-0175R-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060410-A-6365W-075. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Soldiers from the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment and the Jordanian Armed Forces successfully conduct a cordon and search operation during Exercise Eager Lion in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 5, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

A Marine Corps M-939 5-ton cargo truck carrying communications equipment moves across the desert during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Army 155 mm self-propelled Howitzer from 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., is fired from Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah in the southern Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2007.

Several tanks of the Jordanian Armed Forces are positioned ahead of a training event during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 13, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

Several tanks of the Jordanian Armed Forces are positioned ahead of a training event during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 13, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

An M1A1 Main Battle Tank from "B" Co., 1ST Tank Bn., moves into position to engage the enemy. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020523-F-9085B-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

M-ATV, or Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected, All Terrain Vehicle parked at a remote, austere United States Marine Corps forward operating base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

030320-M-5150A-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Several tanks of the Jordanian Armed Forces are positioned ahead of a training event during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 13, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

030326-M-9124R-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct tactical patrols during Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 24, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.

030408-M-2195C-025. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-06973. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

050319-M-1327J-016. Base: Camp Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 8th ESB

An M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle maneuvers in the desert during the capabilities exercise portion of Exercise Shadow Hawk '87, a phase of Exercise Bright Star '87. The exercise will evaluate procedures used to deploy U.S. tactical and logistical forces. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK '87BRIGHT STAR '87 Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

030319-M-3138H-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

DA-ST-88-04810. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

June 6, 2006 - U.S. Soldiers in an M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle patrol past Command Post Hit, near Hit, Iraq.

An M1A2 Abrams tank from the Royal Saudi Armed Forces performs fire adjustments and movements in a situational training exercise (STX) lane during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

Idahos 145th Brigade Support Battalion spent the past two weeks refining their field training at the Orchard Combat Training Center focusing on day and nighttime mission essential tasks on July 9-18, 2022. Some of the missions included small arms fire, grenade launching, convoy training, land navigation, weapons qualifications, perimeter defense, survivability exercises, medical field training and counter IED actions.

041112-A-1067B-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

A831029 SAFEGUARD AREA 25 WALTHERS (Project Engineer) JUN 27 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/27/1983 AREA 25; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FIELDS; FIELDS, AIR; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MILITARY CLOTHING; MILITARY MEN; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; TEST SITES; UNIFORMS; UNIFORMS, DRESS (MILITARY); VEHICLES; VEHICLES, MOTOR (NON MILITARY) historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

060204-A-6365W-067. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Raising clouds of dust Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol using LAV-25s (Light Armored Vehicle-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

An M1A2 Abrams tank fires at a target at a live-fire range near Camp Buehring, during Exercise Eager Mace 13, Nov. 14. Marines from Tanks Platoon, India Company Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, alongside the U.S. Army were teaching members of the Kuwait Armed Forces how to assault an enemy force. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are participating in the bilateral training exercise with the Kuwait Armed Forces to expand levels of cooperation, enhance mutual maritime capabilities and promote long-term regional stability and interoperability between U.S. forces and regional partners. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

An M-1A1 Abrams main battle tank is positioned behind a sand berm at the new location of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

060411-A-6365W-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

The 245th Regiment (NJARNG) trains Soldiers to the Armys current needs and operational environment. This unit is from Sea Girt National Guard Training Center located in Sea Girt, New Jersey. These soldiers are on Range 59C on the Fort Dix Range Complex during an “Instructional Firearms Training” event. The Instructional Firearms Training is designed to provide firearms instructors with a familiarization of a variety of firearms, to include care and maintenance and the skills. The program also introduces the new instructors to teaching techniques as well as identifying and resolving shooting problems/errors. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix [TSC Training Support Center)

030327-M-5150A-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030318-M-9124R-056. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Two 25-ton bulldozer operators push massive piles of debris off the side of the road in northern Baghdad during a joint route sanitation mission conducted by the 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) and 6th Iraqi Army engineers. The joint team cleared more than 7,200 cubic feet of debris and rubble from the streets of Baghdad.

050728-A-2098S-001. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

040114-M-9362G-003. Base: Magtftc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050127-A-5043I-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN

030224-M-5150A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Crewmembers of D-66 "walk the track" of their M-1 Abrams main battle tank while waiting for orders to move out. This time out gives the crew time to check the tracks for any missing road pads, nuts and bolts. Preventive maintenance keeps the crew and tracks of the 68th Armored Regiment (AR) on the move during exercises. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, wait in the attack position (AP) south of the breech point, as USMC AH-1Cobra gun ships attack Safwan Hill, Iraq during the opening shots of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

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

041112-A-1067B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 63rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division maneuvers an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier through the Brigade Support Area (BSA) during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022.

The Fire Direction Center vehicle makes its way to the firing range. The Idaho Army National Guards Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion sharpen their skills preparing for deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

A U.S. Army Soldier with 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment guides a vehicle to the 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 enhance interoperability with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

A Marine of Co. C, 1ST Bn., 2nd Marine Div., surveys the area from his position atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: IMMINENT THUNDERDESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Marine checks a pothole for mines on Main Supply Route Tin, during a convoy from Camp Al Asad to Al Qaim, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The USMC M1116 Up-Armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) armed with a Browning M2 HB 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun on a turret waits for the all clear.

040411-M-8703S-013. Base: USMC Air Ground Combat Center State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 1ST Marines

A British Land Rover communications vehicle is staged to move out with the US Marine Corps (USMC) Regimental Main Command Operations Center (RMCOC) vehicles, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030411-M-5753Q-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

With the remains of a SAM (Surface to Air Missile) site, possibly an SA-5, in the forground, Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) disembark at an Anti-Taliban Force's observation post near Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Ms. Ellen Knickmeyer (left in civies), a journalist with the Associated Press, interviews the Marines. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

040610-M-5555L-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011025-A-1581H-007. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Major Command Shown: Joint

U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Zone Security Forces Advisory Team dismount from a mine-resistant, ambush-proted vehicle in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2009.

030412-M-3138H-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Approximately 80 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, along with counterparts from several states to include California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are training with the Royal Moroccan Army in the northern Sahara Desert as part of African Lion 22. Idahos battalion, from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and headquartered in Pocatello, left the United States June 18 for the two-week exercise overseas with the international partner. Idaho Soldiers spent the first week preparing for the combined arms live-fire multinational mission that is the primary focus of the second week and conducted annual crew certification on the M109A6 Howitzer. During the exercise, the battalion provided ground support with preparatory and destructive fires, as well as obscuration using white smoke fires. At the end of the two-week exercise, the Idaho National Guard and the four counterpart states will conduct the combined arms live-fire

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Force recover an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a recovery drill on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 9, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realisitc Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during it's upcoming overseas deployment.

030402-M-9124R-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Spc. Raymond Poltera, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operator, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, launches an RQ-7B Shadow 200 TUAV from a pneumatic launcher at the aircraft's primary launch and recovery site on Camp Taji Aug. 11, 2008. The Shadow provides commanders on the ground all throughout the MND-B area of operations the ability to quite literally see the entire battlefield. As the leading provider and provisional authority for the MND-B's airspace, the Fort Hood, Texas, based Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Inf. Div., provides and maintains the launch and recovery site for the entire fleet of Shadow TUAVs.

030328-M-9124R-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030318-M-4419R-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Bear Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

040608-M-0706S-039. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

A member of the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, deployed to Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, kneels on a dirt road in front of a stopped M1025 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and a M35 (6 X 6) 2 1/2 ton cargo truck, 23 April 1999. Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (July 10, 2010) - Cpl. Jacob Johnson, an anti-tank missileman with Combined Anti-Armor Team One, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supervises his Marines fire a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command-link guided, or TOW, Missile System, as it's fired from an M-41 Saber weapon system during sustainment training at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 10, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

030326-M-9106S-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A member of the 1ST Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, prepares to fire an M-249 squad automatic weapon at a target during a live fire demonstration for Saudi Arabian national guardsmen. The demonstration is taking place during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040610-M-7514K-017. Base: Ar Ar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

040601-M-8096M-009. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

030320-M-3138H-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

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