Ordnance Handling and Training

Close-up images of military personnel handling equipment, including explosives and ordnance, during training exercises.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brad Yeomans, a boom operator with the 328th Air Refueling Squadron, operates the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker May 12, 2022 over Northeastern U.S. Before becoming a boom operator, Yeomans was a C-130 Hercules loadmaster for the 914th Air Refueling Wing. In 2017, the 914th ARW changed aircraft from C-130 Hercules to KC-135 Stratotankers.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Conrad Kirakosian, 730th Air Mobility Squadron crew chief, squirts a soap and water mixture to check for air leaks on a C-17 Globemaster III from Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska here March 28. The C-17 just returned from Sendai where supplies were dropped off in support of Operation Tomodachi.

A U.S. Air National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Airman with 647th Civil Engineering Squadron, operates equipment used to survey chemical weapons sites during a joint explosive ordnance disposal exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. EOD technicians around the joint force conducted a week long joint-service level exercise where service members cohesively integrated, trained, and competed with one another while utilizing experimental technology. The training demonstrated progress in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Design 2030 efforts.

A close-up view of a helmet and radio headset on the refueling probe of a 71st Air Rescue Squadron (71st ARS) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter. Helicopters from 71st ARS are being relocated in preparation for the squadron's deactiviated on June 1, 1991. The 210th Air Rescue Squadron, Air National Guard, will take over the 71st ARS Alaskan rescue missions. Country: Unknown

041115-A-1067B-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-86-00611. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(220526-N-OI810-0790) KEY WEST, Florida (May 26, 2022) Builder 1st Class Steven Arkin, from Long Beach, Mississippi, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, rebuilds a table at Boca Chica Air Field small arms range, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 26, 2016. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

U.S. Air Force Firefighters with the 424th Air Base Squadron and their Dutch counterparts from the 491st Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force cross-train on vehicle extractions, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, March 15, 2023.

Lights were place on a runway as well as flags to help guide incoming aircraft. US Marine Corps members conducted a sight survey aboard the island of Tinian to discuss the possibility of making the airfield more active in the future. Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

A U.S. Air Force aircrew flight equipment Airman assigned to the 347th Operations Support Squadron replaces rubber gaskets on a combat tactical aid flotation (CTAF) device at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, May 23, 2022. The new CTAFs will be attached to aviation body armor vests as aircrew wear and deploy it, which will provide the same level of protection as the current life-preserver units but with fewer components.

U.S Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Anthony Stea IV, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native, infantry unit leader with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, plots target points before a MAGTF Distributed Maneuver Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 15, 2024. MDMX is designed to test the MAGTFs operational capabilities in austere, multi-domain, offensive and defensive operations against adversaries at a regimental level. Marine Corps

Two CIOR participants discuss map points during an orienteering exercise in Burlington, VT on July 18, 2022. The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Competition (CIOR MILCOMP) is a three-day team competition consisting of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations in Europe. It has been around since 1957. The competition is open to all reserve components for both NCO and officer. It is now run on a volunteer basis and funded by former competitors through an alumni association.

A soldier in black t-shirt with his gun in the holster, an closeup from theback, isolated on white background.

011013-F-3820W-001. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Nathan Mayer, KSAN/KLST Multimedia Journalist, records a student during an exercise at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, January 24, 2023. The mission of the 312th Training Squadron is to train, transform, and empower warriors to deliver fire and emergency services and nuclear treaty monitoring for the DoD and our international partners.

Armoured chain with rubber pad to protect the road during manoeuvres

DF-ST-89-06391. State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Oxygen tanks stand by for use by 3rd Marine Logistics Group Marines during exercise Toxic Bayou at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Aug.15, 2022. The Marines conducted exercise Toxic Bayou to refine their skills in Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction operations across unique and challenging environments. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to a Naval Special Operations Team prepares to put on goggles for a multinational dive mission during exercise UNITAS LXIII in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the world's 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.

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, the U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Brass Band, and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Cuthbert Pattillo and Lt. Gen. Charles Pattillo in Section 75 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Sept. 14, 2022.Twin brothers, Maj. Gen. and Lt. Gen. Pattillo enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in November 1942. During World War II, both flew with the Eighth Air Forces 352nd Fighter Group, protecting bombers and attacking ground targets. Maj. Gen. Pattillo flew 135 combat missions before being shot down and captured by the Germans. He remained a POW until the end of the war.Both were released from active duty following World War II but were later recalled in early 1948, serving with the 31st Fighter Group. Later, both served with the with the 36th Tactical Wing at Furstenfeldbruck Air Base in Germany. While in Europe, both helped form and flew in the U.S

U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 set up concertina wire during exercise Eagle Wrath 22 at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji, Japan, May 13, 2022. Eagle Wrath is an annual MWSS-171 exercise at CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, designed to increase squadron proficiency in conducting real-world contingency missions while in a forward operating environment.

010807-N-0715P-003. Base: Dsv Rockwater 2 Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT

010909-F-0193C-006. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Close up shot of a confiscated 9mm pistol about to be destroyed in the HHC, 1ST Brigade Combat Team motor pool, Camp Kime, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Duplicate image, see also DA-SD-99-04693 or search 960816-A-6567T-003). Base: Camp Kime Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

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11th Airborne Division Soldier trains to build Advanced Mountain Anchoring systems during Advanced Military Mountaineering Course at Black Rapids Training Site 9 July. The purpose of the 14-day course trains Soldiers on how to maneuver through mountainous terrain, and then go back to their units and provide the units with Soldiers capable to get across the mountainous terrain of Alaska. (Photo provided by Staff Sgt. Christopher Dennis/ 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs NCO)

220817-N-IX644-1026 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2022) Molds are created onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), in the dental prosthetics lab, Aug. 17, 2022. George H.W. Bush provides the national command authority flexible, tailorable warfighting capability as the flagship of a carrier strike group that maintains maritime stability and security to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Shell casings lay on the deck after a MK-75 gunnery exercise on the USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 10, 2022. The MK-75 gun is a fully automated gun that stows, aims, and fires 76mm ammunition.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ty Meitzler, a 356th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 354th Air Expeditionary Wing wheel and tire shop journeyman, uses a tire inflator kit to inflate an F-35A Lightning II tire during Agile Combat Employment training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 28, 2022. The ACE operational scheme of maneuver is designed to generate and sustain combat employment and to sustain and defend forward operating locations.

Iraqi RGD-5 and F-1 anti-personnel hand grenades fill a crate after being collected by Allied forces who reclaimed the region from Iraqi troops during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

A simulated victim gets a gets a touch up to his shrapnel wound prior to an active assailant exercise Dec. 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise, involving explosive ordnance disposal students from the Navy EOD school, took place deep within the Eglin range. The exercise tested the response capabilities of the 96th Test Wing, Okaloosa and Walton County law enforcement, fire departments and medical personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

220705-M-GI936-1424 KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (July 5, 2022) - Personnel with the Canadian Armed Forces unload a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster at Marine Corps Base Hawaii 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.

CPT Bob Lasky, an A-10A Thunderbolt II pilot with the 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing, cuts saplings to construct a shelter during survival training, part of CALFEX '90, a joint service, combined arms live-fire exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX '90 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

030307-M-5505M-025. Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd LAR

Tech. Sgt. Kyle Yeomans, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Bell, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, perform a hoist demonstration during Friendship Festival 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan May 21, 2022. The two-day festival was an opportunity for visitors to learn more about the U.S. and Japan bilateral partnership, while strengthening the bonds between Yokota and the local communities. Yokota was able to host the event with the support of Japan Self-Defense Force, sister services and the local community.

030412-M-0049F-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Novi, Michigan, Military contractors disiplay weapons for the U.S. Army at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) . EOS Defence Systems displayed an Arnold Defense missile launcher with a warning to point it towards the enemy

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050915-A-6634T-004. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A guest sizes up the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun on the Iron Warrior Training Complex during Camp Bliss Day at Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 21, 2022. The Bliss School Liaison Office annual event, which brings education leaders from around the region to Fort Bliss to learn about military family resources on post, also included a session for hands-on Army experiences to share the Bliss mission with guests.

A U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Airman presents a rose during a POW/MIA ceremony featuring the traditional commemorative table during the 75th Annual Air Force Ball at the Carolina Skies Club at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sep. 16, 2022. The Airman presented a red rose with a red ribbon tied around it to symbolize the loved ones of the missing comrades and the love of country, which inspired them to answer their nations call.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kenny Lopez, an agent with Criminal Investigation Division, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, gives a motorcycle tour during a food truck fair and car show on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 21, 2022. The event was open to Status of Forces Agreement personnel and Okinawan residents and had more than 4,500 attendees. The Marine Corps Community Service hosted event showcased 82 cars and 15 food trucks

A U.S. Army Soldier, acting as a judge, evaluates and scores a silhouette during First Corps Marksmanship Competition at Range 22, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Feb. 29, 2024. The I Corps Marksmanship Competition is an annual competition, in which I Corps and subordinate units compete for the opportunity to be named the best marksman. Army

Pfc. Robert E. Simanek (retired), is honored by friends and family , at the Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Michigan Aug. 21, 2022. Simanek enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1951 and was deployed to Korea in 1952. At the age of 22 he jumped on a live grenade to save his fellow Marines and lived to tell the story. In October of 1953 Simanek was awarded the medal of honor by President Dwight D Eisenhower.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group prepare for departure following 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.

Airman Romeo Williams, 4th Operations Support Squadron radar airfield weather systems technician, receives a number and a score sheet for his participation in a Murph Challenge at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 26, 2022. The Murph Challenge consisted of a one-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 300 squats, 100 push-ups and a second one-mile run.

Russian special forces operator in black uniform and bulletproof helmet.

070318-A-2756F-001. Base: Forward Operating Base Paliwoda State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041228-M-0036Y-149. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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A Handheld Standoff Mine Detection Sensor (HSTAMIDS) used as a countermine and counter booby trap device, at Bagram Airbase, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

USA, Florida, Riviera Beach, Peanut Island Park, former secret bunker built for President John F. Kennedy, exterior entrance.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen, a 386th Air Expeditionary Wing public affairs specialist, holds up an Easter egg during a base beautification event at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 8, 2023. The 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron invited members of AASAB to join in clearing debris from the base to make it nicer for everyone.

Dakota Meyer, 23, takes a moment to show his tan line from the wristbands he wears in Greensburg, Ky., Aug. 2. Meyer wears the wristbands on each arm honoring the three Marines and Navy corpsman who were killed in action in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2009. Meyer says he will wear these wrist bands everyday for the rest of his life to honor his fallen friends. Meyer will be receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, from President Barack Obama in Washington, Sept. 15, making him the first living Marine recipient since the Vietnam War. He was assigned to Embedded Training Team 2-8, advising the Afghan National Army in the eastern provinces bordering Pakistan. Meyer will be awarded for heroic actions while trying to save his friends in the Ganjgal valley, Sept. 8, 2009.

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A local Honduran rancher joins other locals and members from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras on 19 Oct, 2022. Joint Task Force-Bravo worked side-by-side with the locals to aid and inoculate nearly 80 cows thus encouraging food stability for the region. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jaylen Molden)

Police personnels training on the operation of the detection equipment to combat the smuggling of nuclear and radioactive material in Lagos, Nigeria. The United States donated nuclear detection system vans and equipment to the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Lagos, Nigeria.

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230105-N-OL611-1008 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 5, 2023) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Zachary Winkeler, right, a native of St. Louis, and Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) Airman Joshua Runyon, a native of Orlando, Fla., mix non-skid flooring and hardener in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego.

220331-N-VQ790-1183 Virginia Beach, Va. (March 31, 2022)During a special operations tactical medic refresher course, a bag collects the blood of an operator assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group Two. The special operations tactical medic refresher course is a biennial training exercise required for Naval Special Warfare medics.

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050704-A-5930C-002. Subject Operation/Series: FOR PUBLIC RELEASE / COL. BILL BUCKNER / PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFI Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine holds a challenge coin awarded by U.S. Air Force Col. Henry Schantz, 18th Operations Group commander, during Cope North 24 at Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, Feb. 11, 2024. Allies and partners train together during the multilateral exercise, Cope North 24, to improve shared tactics and multilateral defense capabilities. Marine Corps

A view of the Tactical Information Display (TID) at the radar intercept officer's (RIO's) station in the back seat of a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft.. Country: Unknown

L2 Defense, contracted partner with Task Force 46, Michigan National, works with civilian volunteers at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., July 28, 2022, to simulate injured crowds seeking medical attention. Task Force 46 and over 600 personnel from its federal, state, local, private and academic partners collaborated to successfully complete the most recent Dense Urban Terrain (DUT) exercise. The DUT series of exercises began in 2018 and has become one of the Nations premier all-hazard and homeland defense exercises designed to enhance interagency interoperability in the event of Americas worst day.

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Edwin Lobos, the sexual assault prevention response victim advocate for Wounded Warrior Battalion - West, holds a challenge coin during his coin ceremony at Wounded Warrior Bn. on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 11, 2022. Lobos showed exemplary leadership and tact while helping a Marine who was in need of assistance during a sensitive situation. SAPR has a 24/7 resource line that provides aid and support to victims and families who have experienced any form of sexual assault.

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040916-M-2697B-049. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031218-F-7234P-018. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Air Expeditionary Group

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Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, repaint a park building during Navy Fleet Week New Orleans, at Carver Playground, April 21, 2022. This year marks the 4th Fleet Week in New Orleans since Fleet Weeks began in 2012 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.

Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province. Airplane Crash Site near Tuiatchi native village.

221016-N-IX644-1093 ADRIATIC SEA (Oct. 16, 2022) Airman Carlos Marbury, from Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), uses the embroidery machine to personalize nametape, Oct. 16, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group 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.

A view of caps of the 437th Aerial Port Squadron and Air Force Reserve units from Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, placed together to symbolize their joint efforts during the reserve Exercise PATRIOT PORT '83. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PORT '83 Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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