Military Watercraft Operations

Images of military personnel training and operating inflatable boats and amphibious vehicles in maritime exercises and operations.

Man in training aiming the forward gun on an inflatable boat in San Diego, California.
Man in training aiming the forward gun on an inflatable boat in San Diego, California.
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SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA, Guatemala (March 18, 2013) U.S. Navy Sailors and Guatemalan Navy special forces practice tactical formations on the water during Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2013. SPS is conducted in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility and is designed to strengthen civil and maritime capabilities with regional partner nations in the Caribbean and Central and South America.
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030205-M-7031A-021. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines
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MARINE COPRS TRAINING (July 18, 2022) Australian Army Soldiers and Royal Australian Navy Sailors prepare to launch combat rubber raiding craft for helo-cast training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 18. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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020411-A-9510S-055. Base: Camp Barbuda Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM
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050501-N-8500S-058. Country: Persian Gulf
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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Timothy Riemann, inspector instructor of 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, shakes hands with a Colombian Marine while aboard a Colombian Marine Corps combat riverine boat on the Atrato River near Colombian Naval Base Turbo, Turbo, Colombia, Jan. 24, 2023. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Bellon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, his staff, and leaders of 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion traveled to Colombia to meet with leadership of the Infantería de Marina Colombiana (Colombian Marine Corps) to continue to strengthen the partnership between the two Navies and Marine Corps.
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Mark Miller a Team Leader with Weapons Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), stands his security post aboard the USS COLE (DDG 67) as it is towed to sea for a rendezvous and transport to its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia (VA), during Operation Determined Response. Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1)
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050908-F-5276B-105. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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970628-N-9315S-025. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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060718-N-6214F-004. Country: Red Sea
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060519-N-4772B-271. Base: Hat Yao Country: Thailand (THA)
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A member of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5, holds his M-4 carbine in a ready position during a press demonstration. The SEAL is wearing scuba gear. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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051228-N-1941M-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kuwait Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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Contractors experiment with all-terrain vehicles equipped with a palletized loading system during Project Convergence - Capstone 4 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Project Convergence Capstone 4 is a campaign of events to build trust in new technologies with Joint and Multinational partners. Army
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990424-M-3234R-002. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 15, 2013) Gunners Mate 3rd Class Matthew Teixeira stands on a pile of shell casings during weapons familiarization training on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway conducting Precision Approach Landing System (PALS) and flight deck certifications.
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A Sailor strikes down the .50 cal crew served weapon as PCU Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) transits the Great Lakes.
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DM-ST-89-07610. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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010618-F-6123A-001. Subject Operation/Series: PRAIRIE KNIGHT 01-03 Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 5, 2022) A Marine with the Mexican Naval Infantry watches as Sri Lanka Navy Marines, Indonesian Marines and Australian Army Soldiers complete practical application during small boat training while in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 5. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Topper a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2d Marine Division, assigned to Task Force 61/2, controls an Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard (Emily) during exercise Alexander the Great 22, Greece, May 24, 2022. Task Force 61/2 is deployed in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.
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Paratroopers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1-73 Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division take part in the Combat Water Survival Test for the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition on Fort Stewart, GA, July 27, 2022. The Best Squad Competition tests squads' physical, technical and tactical abilities under stress and fatigue to determine which squad from the XVIII Airborne Corps will advance to the Forces Command Best Squad Competition in the coming months.
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UNTITED ARAB EMIRATES (March 9, 2020) U.S. Sailors and Soldiers use bulldozers to emplace a floating causeway, Trident Pier, during exercise Native Fury 20 in the United Arab Emirates, March 9, 2020. Native Fury is designed to increase the U.S. armed forces abilities to plan, communicate and conduct complex sea and shore-based operations in response to natural disasters and other contingencies in the region.
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DN-ST-89-02870. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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US Marines prepare to off load equipment from a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) during a beach assault at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, during RIMPAC '96. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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220930-N-AS200-0116 - SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2022) - Capt. Robert Barr Kimnach III, commanding officer (CO), Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), center-left, observes coastal conditions with Capt. Jason Kranz, chief staff officer, NBVC, center-right, Cmdr. Keith Buckingham, officer in charge, San Nicolas Island (SNI), left and Lt. Padilla, right, during a CO visit. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2D Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.
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Members of the 1ST Battalion, 19th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, cross the Nam Han River in rubber rafts during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Chipyong-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK)
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220728-N-N0842-2068 SAN DIEGO (July 27, 2022) Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers from Dive Team Four conduct final checks on their equipment before entering the water for a mine clearance scenario during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 Southern California. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Imagery Specialist Corporal Craig Barrett)
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 1, 2012) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) fire rounds at targets on the aircraft elevator during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group and is currently operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.
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U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment Headquarters, 3d Marine Division, hike in formation during a sustainment 10-kilometer hike at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2022. Sustaining physical and mental fitness ensures the 3d MLR continues to stay dedicated to future warfighting.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 16, 2017) Sailors assigned to Naval Beach Group (CNBG) 2 watch as a lighterage system causeway ferry assigned to Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2 lands on the beach during a maritime prepositioning force exercise (MPFEX). The exercise is geared to provide the team an opportunity to practice unpacking and preparing a ship full of equipment and transporting it to the beach to re-supply ground forces.
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030119-M-8337G-092. Base: Camp Gonsalves State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn 8th Marines
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U.S. Marines with 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct boat overturn drills during Exercise Burmese Chase at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 18, 2022. Exercise Burmese Chase is a longstanding fire support exercise hosted by 2nd ANGLICO focused on improving combat readiness and strengthening relationships with allies and partners.
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040424-A-1526R-006. Base: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)
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Mexico, State of Quintana Roo, Puerto Morelos. Heavily armed military group guards the beach
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000824-N-9848G-010. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2000 Base: Uss George Washington (CVN 73) Country: Bahrain (BHR)
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Tunaman's Memorial, Shelter Island, San Diego, California (SD)
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Marine beachmasters prepare to load a truck-mounted crane onto a utility landing craft during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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050728-N-3729H-061. Base: Indian Island Naval Magazine State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACB-1
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U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion and 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, both with 2d Marine Division, conduct a gap crossing during the Sapper Leaders Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 15, 2022. The Sapper Leaders Course provides combat engineer squad leaders with the technical and tactical proficiency required to provide mobility, counter mobility and survivability to infantry company commanders.
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A U.S. Marine assigned to Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, signals an amphibious assault vehicle to move alongside his own to transfer troops between the vehicles in Kaneohe Bay, June 30, 2014. Indonesian Marines, here for Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014, worked alongside the U.S. Marines to familiarize themselves with their standard operating procedures. CAC conducted jetty operations in preparation for ship-to-shore movement during RIMPAC.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (February 29, 2024) - Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Security Forces Harbor Patrol Unit challenge a contact of interest during the small boat probe attack portion of an Installation Training Team Drill (ITT). For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families. Navy
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Newly arrived personnel are led across the flight line to a terminal building during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (July 3, 2022) Australian Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment conduct man over board drills with Marines from the Indonesian Korps Marinir during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. John Solomon).
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A U.S. Navy patrol boat with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 4 conducts a patrol during static and dynamic maritime force protection procedures at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Navy Boat Docks, North Carolina, May 5, 2022. The exercise was intended to increase the sailors ability to gauge maneuvers of small enemy boats and their understanding of the enemys thought process. The mission of the Navy Boat Docks is to provide support to the air station, its bombing targets, and offer a training environment for Navy and Marine Corps units.
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U.S. Reconnaissance Marines with Special Training Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force discuss urban combat scenarios with Swedish Marines from 4th Marine Regiment, Swedish Amphibious Corps during exercise TYR 22 at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC) in Souda bay, Greece, July 12, 2022. TYR 22 is a Maritime Interdiction Operations exercise held at NMIOTC, bringing together Swedish Marines, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen to improve US and NATO Partner operational capacity, capability, and interoperability.
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Soldier and cannons at the Saluting Battery, and Grand Harbour, from Upper Barracca Gardens, Valletta, Malta
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment conducts a water obstacle course with French soldiers at Camp Papeari Tahiti, French Polynesia, May 11, 2022, during Marara 22. Marara 22 is a multinational training exercise which enhances combined interoperability between the U.S. military and Frances Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters in French Polynesia. Through exercises and engagements, improve our ability to work together with our allies and partners and build on our collective strengths. (U.S. Army Photos by Master Sgt. Shelia L. Cooper, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs)
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Jason MacDonald, an ocean safety program manager with Marine Corps Installations Pacific gives a speech to Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group as part of a water safety brief at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 7, 2022. The brief was conducted to bring awareness of the dangers of open water swimming and to provide service members with the knowledge to keep themselves safe. III MIG functions as the vanguard of III MEF, operating in the Indo-Pacific regions information environment, and supports Marine Air Ground Task Force operations with communications, intelligence, and supporting arms liaison capabilities.