Modern Military Exercises

Dynamic scenes of military exercises and operations, featuring vehicles and personnel engaged in training maneuvers in desert environments.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division maneuver over terrain during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 6, 2022.

U.S. Marines and Tunisian Armed Forces hold their fighting positions during a live-fire exercise rehearsal during African Lion 22 in the Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, June 23, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

DM-ST-88-07679. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

A831006 SAFEGUARD AREA 25 WALTHERS (Project Engineer) JUN 27 83EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/27/1983 AREA 25; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FIELDS, AIR; HILLS; HILLSIDES; MILITARY VEHICLES (LAND); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; TEST SITES; TRUCKS; VEHICLES, MILITARY LAND historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Soldiers of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment breached their objective during a battalion level exercise on Camp Buehring, Kuwait May 26, 2022.

U.S. and Afghan forces conduct a dismounted patrol near Combat Outpost Mizan, Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2010. Members of the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team and U.S. Soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment talked with Afghan citizens in the area to assess their needs and inform them of upcoming provincial elections.

A831031 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; MEN; MEN (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); VEHICLE, MOTOR (NON MILITARY); VEHICLES; VEHICLES, MOTOR (NON MILITARY); VEHICLES, SPECIAL USE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Civilian and Iraqi military vehicles litter a section of the Kuwait City Highway attacked by Allied aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Members of 3rd Section, A Battery, 1ST Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), fire a 105mm artillery round from an M119 Howitzer. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE EXERCISE 98-1 Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division maneuver over terrain during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 6, 2022.

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 mu

030404-F-9528H-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) use a smoke screen as they roll onto the beach at Cap Serrat, Tunisia during Exercise ATLAS HINGE, in a mock assault used to train Tunisian forces. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS HINGE Base: Cap Serrat Country: Tunisia (TUN) Scene Major Command Shown: SIXTH FLEET

Demolished Iraqi vehicles litter the road to Basra after Allied bombing attacks during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

040602-M-8096M-040. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

Aerial view of Camp Fenway, operated by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in Southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fenway State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view of an Afghan tent compound near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051024-A-7186W-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A camouflaged M60 main battle tank (Blue Team) is in a stream bed during exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Logistics Group, break off from the convoy to engage targets while conducting a motorized fire and movement event during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California April 10, 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.

Members of the 9th Chemical Company, 9th Infantry Division, train in the operation of the XM-17 "SANATOR" light weight decontamination system at the Yakima Firing Center. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Smoke billows up after a live bombing run at V.I.P. Hill.(Exact date shot unknown). Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, provide suppressive fire at range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 27, 2022. MAGTF-23 aggregated at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center from 55 Home Training Centers, further preparing Marine Forces Reserve for potential future mobilizations and deployments.

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U.S. Marines 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.

040414-M-9362G-008. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a motorized fire and movement event Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California April 10, 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.

A T-55 main battle tank destroyed during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq(IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct evasive maneuver training during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 5, 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.

US Marine Corps (USMC) troops from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California, move to better firing positions during a firefight in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050902-A-0527A-007. Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, from Forward Operating Base Torkham, conduct a dismounted patrol from one of their observation points to an Afghan Border Police checkpoint, Nov. 18, 2013. The checkpoint is located a couple kilometers from the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. The purpose of the patrol was to speak with the Afghan Border Police officers at the checkpoint and gain a better understanding of Afghan security operations close to FOB Torkham. 2nd Battalion is a part of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot.

May 11, 2010 - Dust rises from the impact points of KP long-guided rockets fired from an Afghan National Army Air Corps Mi-35 Hind helicopter during a live-fire training mission over Afghanistan.

A view of a Soviet surface to air missile, possibly an SA-5, site destroyed by coaliton air sorties. It is located near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Image taken during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DA-ST-85-04951. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Camp San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A M88A1 Recovery Vehicle from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, travels to its next checkpoint at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, California, August 6, 2022. 2ABCT attended the 22-09 rotation at NTC to test their mastery of military skills and team readiness in a combat-simulated environment.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, set up a security perimeter at a forward arming refueling point during a Battalion Distributed Operations Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 26, 2022. MWSS-273 and other squadrons assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) trained to integrate with and support Marine ground units during Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 3-22. SLTE is a series of exercises designed to prepare Marines for operations around the globe. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 8, 2022. The purpose of the exercise was to strengthen the units capabilities and combat readiness.

040702-M-2900S-099. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060108-A-4545F-096. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Butoma Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040422-M-9362G-007. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Afghanistan, Ghazni, Military Graveyard With Ancient City Walls And Citadel In Background (The Citadel Was Destroyed During First Anglo Afghan War Since Rebuilt And Still Used As A Military Garrison)

060416-A-6365W-102. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030404-M-5753Q-051. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

050506-A-4962B-114. Base: Shaibah Logistics Base State: Al Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) adjusts their M252 81mm Medium Extended Range Mortar at 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

Rebels take heavy fire during an airstrike on March 8, 2011

Abandoned Soviet Tanks In Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

Two servicemen examine an Iraqi S-60 57mm automatic anti-aircraft gun captured during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030321-M-9124R-072. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030402-M-2900S-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

1993 Hummer Humvee green camouflage tan front 3/4 overhead off-road brush mist beauty 1990s

A830987 SAFEGUARD AREA 25 WALTHERS (Project Engineer) JUN 27 83EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/27/1983 AREA 25; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MILITARY CLOTHING; MILITARY OFFICERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PICKUP TRUCKS; SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; TEST SITES; TRUCKS; UNIFORMS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U. S. and other anti-communist nations. The U. S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U. S. , and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U. S. puppet state. U. S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U. S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations

DA-ST-85-09036. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Paratroopers land in a target area during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 92-1DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Sergeant (SGT) Giles Isham, of Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373rd combat camera team, instructs a Marine after an enemy contact warning at Jalibah Air Base, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030220-M-4419R-020. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

040414-A-2822P-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Hawk missile is fired from Launch Complex 32. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps CH-46s line an expeditionary airfield along with short-term support equipment and supplies. US Marine Corps CH-46s line an expeditionary airfield along with short-term support equipment and supplies.

Egypt, Suez Canal. Military watchtower.

Overhead shot of Al Kharj Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Looking in a east south east direction at a communications satellite and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Overhead shot of Al Kharj Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Looking in a east south east direction at a communications satellite and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security as another Marine looks out for aircraft while smoke marks a landing zone during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise in Djibouti, Sept. 24, 2010. 26th MEU continues to support relief operations in Pakistan and is also serving as the theater reserve force as elements of the MEU conduct training and planned exercises.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines get ready to go on a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) to evecuate casualties from the battlefield in Sangin District, Afghanistan Nov. 25, 2010. QRF is immediate support for troops in distress. The battalion is one of the combat elements of Regimental Combat Team 2 whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Forces.

040331-M-1623M-004. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030405-M-0175R-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The remains of an Iraqi BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle lie in the desert during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to the next objective during range 410 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic 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 their upcoming overseas deployment.

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (July 20, 2022) U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 20, 2022. Marines with 1/12 conducted internationally integrated fire missions with Chilean Soldiers and Mexican Naval Infantry as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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 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.

030420-M-6881W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fenway State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Locust plague 1925, Middle East

A carton of milk breaks as supplies for Kurdish refugees are unloaded from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The material is being delivered as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. U.S. soldiers are approaching the helicopter for transportation to another area after completing a patrol of the region. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011029-F-3231R-003. Base: Camp Barkeley State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tuareg encampment near Timbuktu, Mali

Ras Lanouf : Anti-Gaddafi troops shoot down a Gaddafi Airforce plane.

A member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 looks out over a tent city, part of a camp currently being constructed by his unit during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

031006-M-1623M-010. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Organizational markers appear along one of the main roads to help participants of exercise Gallant Eagle '82 in case that they are lost in the desert environment. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tank and antenna on the mount Karbolt in Negev desert, Israel

020915-A-5790R-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

An aerial view of decaying earthen buildings, in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province.

A column of M-113 armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles of the Royal Saudi Land Force travels along a channel cleared of mines during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group and U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct ship-to-shore movements on a landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 4 in support of exercise Northern Viking 2022 in Miðsandur, Iceland, April 10, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, conduct an opposition force patrol in the Pulgas Lake region of Camp Pendleton. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army Capt. Christian Lightsey, of Jacksonville, Fla., looks out over the village of Sarhani during a patrol, June 30. Lightsey, and fellow Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, have been patrolling Afghanistan's volatile Kunar province since arriving in early January.

Cannon fire, Civil War reenactment, Clements, California

030417-M-5607A-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030430-F-2034C-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060324-A-7969G-029. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

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