Modern Military Training and Equipment

Images highlight various military operations and training exercises, showing modern equipment in action against diverse backdrops.

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 62d Airlift Wing flies over Idaho during Exercise Rainier War 22B, Oct. 19, 2022. Rainier War 22B is a full-scale readiness exercise with an Air Force Generation prioritization; demonstrating the ability to generate, employ and sustain a combat force during a rigorous wartime scenario.

The last of the support personnel are seen working around the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft after it landed with Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews.

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

A view of the Texas 17 air control tower as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) 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

Marines with Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, undergo realistic scenarios while executing a combat logistics patrol exercise during Enhanced Mojave Viper (EMV), on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2012. The Marines participate in EMV in order to build unit cohesion and tactical proficiency in preparation for deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The RIPSAW-MS1 demonstrates its off road capabilities during a lanes exercise at the Fort Hood Robotics Rodeo. The RIPSAW is equipped with six claymore mines, can carry 5,000 pounds and tow multiple military vehicles. The RIPSAW is designed to be an unmanned convoy security vehicle and takes the Soldier out of harms way.

Remains of a tank used as a target for live fire air to ground combat training, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Arizona, USA

030810-M-7837W-011. Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-234

DM-SC-87-12196. Country: Lebanon (LBN)

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft from Marine Light Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513) lands on a portable runway during Operation Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: COMFORT Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Expedition 69 Soyuz Landing. The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A821206 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE MARK SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 30 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/30/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; COMPOUNDS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FIREARMS; MALE; MALES; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MEN; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SAFEGUARDS; SECURITY GUARDS; TEST SITES; TRAINING METHODS; TRAINING PROGRAMS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

030804-M-7837W-004. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A821062 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 9 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/9/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROADS; SAFEGUARDS; SMOKE; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VEHICLES; VEHICLES, SPECIAL USE; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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An AN/TPQ-37 Fire Finding Radar stands ready near Glamoc, Bosnia-Herzegovina (XJ 641 886) during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Glamoc Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Satellite dish used by the 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, GA. Subject Operation/Series: Bright Star 94 Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

Members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, show Arthur Hinaman, U.S. Forest Service, Assistant Director of Operations of Fire and Aviation, the fire fighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 28, 2011. The Forest Service requested the assistance of the U.S. Air Force to control and extinguish wildfires that have spread to various parts of Texas.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers with 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment maneuver to a starting position during training in assault amphibious vehicles during exercise Iron Fist 2022 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2022. For almost two decades, the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and JGSDF have conducted exercise Iron Fist, training together in amphibious operations and affirming the U.S. commitment to our allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker)

Shooting Range Baumholder, West Germany during an exercise with attacking NATO jet jet. On the photo an A-10 Thunderbolt in action.

030417-M-3692C-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Airmen from the 32nd Combat Communications Squadron, 3rd Combat Communications Group (3rd CCG), don their chemical protective masks and suits during a simulated attack. Elements of the 3rd CCG are operating at Dyess as part of a unit deployment exercise. Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

View of the arrival of Soyuz Spacecraft (TMA-07M). Photo was taken during Expedition 34.

Army National Guard Spc. Rachel Walter, a member of the All-Guard Marathon Team and Maryland National Guard, marches through the desert between miles 20 and 21 during the Annual Bataan Memorial Death March near White Sands, N.M., March 25, 2012. Walter completed the most grueling of all categories--(Heavy) Military Full--which means she carried a 35 pound rucksack the entire 26.2 mile distance.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

030321-M-5455N-002. Country: Kuwait (KWT)

AN air-to-air view of an AH-1 Cobra helicopter firing a missile during exercise Sentry Castle '81. The helicopter is from the Army Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines assigned to Tactical Air Control Party, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), hike during a close air support exercise, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Wiss Airfield near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 31, 2023. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Emergency Response Team officers from the Protective Services branch of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida move through a field on their way to an objective during a training exercise simulating a situation the team could confront at the center.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

051229-A-7359K-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, detonate M18 Claymore mines during a live-fire range on Okinawa, Japan, April 13, 2022. Marines rehearsed combined arms tactics to maintain readiness for expeditionary operations in contested environments. 1/3 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines as a part of the Unit Deployment Program.

030313-A-XXXXX-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Soldiers train at Fort Hood where thousands of birds build nests; Fort Hood, Texas, United States of America

Aerial border patrol on the U.S./Mexico border.

An Afghan crew constructs a building near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. (Duplicate image, also see DF-SD-02-06533 or 020117-M-9368G-176). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

A Medic Humvee Drives Past Spent Bullet Casings on Desert Rock Near Hawthorne, Nevada

DF-ST-86-07891. Base: Wadi Natrun Country: Egypt (EGY)

041113-A-1067B-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

DF-SC-89-04195. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050823-A-3240S-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A member of Co. A, 299th Engineer Bn., attached to the 3rd Engineer Bn., 24th Infantry Division, breaches a berm leading into Iraq using a D-7G armored earthmoving tractor during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Large explosion near the car with soldiers in the desert

DA-ST-88-04958. Base: Mena State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Contractors in support of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct VBAT unmanned aerial system training during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 8, 2022. VBAT enables intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance integration with Marine Air-Ground Task Force elements for day and night mission profiles from Amphibious Ready Group ships or expeditionary locations ashore.

DF-ST-88-10387. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

DM-ST-85-09375. Base: Dong Ha Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

020111-N-2383B-502. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DA-ST-88-05997. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

U.S. Army Soldiers from task force fury walk back to border checkpoint 7 in the Tirzaye district of the Khowst province of Afghanistan March 27, 2007.

An armored target used to evaluate Cluster Bomb Unit bomblet dispersion, pattern, and effectiveness sits on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nevada, Sept. 13, 2022. The NTTR provides the warfighter a flexible, realistic and multidimensional battle-space to conduct testing tactics development, and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests.

DM-SC-87-12145. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A road grader clears ash from the runway at Cubi Point Naval Air Station in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The volcano, which erupted for the first time in over 600 years, forced the U.S. military to coordinate Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation efforts to remove more than 20,000 evacuees from the area. Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

A U.S. Marine erects a radio antenna at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Coast Guard Personnel and Civilian Operations - 26-HK-72-56. mud with tire tracks. Hurricane Katrina

Spectators view a controlled demolitions display during theMontana's Military Open House "Flight over the Falls" at Montana AirNational Guard Base, Great Falls, Montana, July 23, 2022. These explosive charges are meant to simulate the payload delivered by the A26-A aircraft.

A Russian All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) drives NASA astronaut Scott Tingle from the medical tent to an awaiting helicopter after he and fellow Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed in their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station.

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan shortly after it landed with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station.

A Russian all terrain vehicle (ATV) takes Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn to a helicopter from the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Marshburn and Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Marshburn, Hadfield and Romanenko are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Force, detonate a Mine Clearing Line Charge on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 9, 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.

060510-A-7969G-005. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

. Work Request Description: Photographic support for Desert Rats 2022 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Charge Code: DESERT RAT IMAGE ACQ XM, 23.44.600000.8100.8117 for UWI 2023.44.XA.600000.0 Desert Rats Project 2023 (XM)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

An Afghan man rides a horse through a dry river bed and encounters a dismounted patrol led by the Afghan national police, near the village of Bakshikhala, Kherwar District, Logar province, Afghanistan, April 12. The patrol also includes U.S. Army soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and Afghan national army soldiers.

040601-M-8096M-006. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is helped of the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, landed in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews.

Zombie attack, Paint Ball Marratxi, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

040130-F-0881Z-100. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Dedication ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, with Secretary Gale Norton, tribal representatives, and other political dignitaries participating

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Coast Guard Air Station - Clearwater, Florida - Katrina - 26-HK-216-3. Hurricane Katrina

The inflatable medical tent is seen in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of Italy returned to earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station.

011020-F-5795G-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Shadow Wolves Drug Smuggler Trackers

Students in Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leader Course with Charlie Company, 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, completed a situational training exercise at Urban Ops Site-South, Dec. 7.

Lauren Allmon, conservation officer, Range Management Department, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, briefs a tour group about Yumas ranges in Yuma, Arizona, Jan. 9, 2024. The conservation staff is responsible for all areas of wildlife management and recreation, this tour enlightened the public to types of military training and hazardous areas that occur on the 1.2 million acres of MCAS Yumas ranges.

030322-M-0049F-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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