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Soldiers in Desert Operations

Scenes of soldiers in desert environments conducting operations, showcasing weaponry and tactical maneuvers during military engagements.

Equipped and armed special forces soldiers with rifles during military operation in the desert
Equipped and armed special forces soldiers with rifles during military operation in the desert
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020101-N-2383B-507. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Helmand Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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050226-F-8584G-149. Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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030409-M-5753Q-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, participate in simulated events at a forward operating location at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah, May 21, 2022 while participating in the Raging Gunfighter exercise. Raging Gunfighter is an Air Combat Command exercise designed to simulate operating a Lead Wing from an Austere Environment. The purpose of the exercise is to prepare the 366th Fighter Wing and its Airmen for potential future operations in accordance with the National Defense Strategy.
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US Marine Provides Cover During a Combat Patrol in Haqlaniyah, Iraq
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Service members assigned to Joint Task Force - Bethel repair a road in Tununak, Alaska, as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 22, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Willett)
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A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538273 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Damon Giston, an air support operator assigned to 113th Air Support Operations Squadron part of the Indiana Air National Guard unit, provides security during a foot patrol in the Darafshan Valley of the Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2012.
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DF-ST-89-01059. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)
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220330-N-SS350-1281 EL CENTRO, Calif. (Mar. 30, 2022) Lt. Eric Wellmon, from Wallkill, N.Y., assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 1, gathers his parachute in the drop zone near Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., after a free fall currency jump run by EODTEU-1, Mar. 30, 2022. EODTEU-1 develops and provides realistic training to Navy EOD, and mobile diving and salvage forces to prepare them to support the fleet and joint force in accomplishing national objectives.
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Army combat engineers string concertina wire along the front line, to stop "aggressor forces" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Dutch Marines, who are part of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (ENME), run a patruille through the refugee camp May Saygla.
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050915-A-5679R-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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030404-M-5753Q-131. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Saddler, from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, climbs over a wall during a search for weapons caches with Concerned Local Citizens in Ja'ara, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008.
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105-mm. Howitzer M3 Firing in Support of Infantry Advance, Rhineland Campaign, Germany, 1945
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DF-ST-86-08000. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Sangin, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Sergeant Matthew Owen, a squad leader with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, jumps to block the spike of an Afghan National Army soldier during a friendly volleyball game at ANA Post Nabi Nov. 16, 2010. The game started after the local ANA commander said his soldiers love volleyball and the Marines offered to play with them.
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030201-M-5753Q-038. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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A Marine uses a theodolite to track a meteorological balloon prior to an artillery live-fire exercise. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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031012-F-7709W-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
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050607-A-1566H-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Delta Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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At the Barry M. Goldwater range, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Explosive Ordnance Disposal as well as several police departments such as the Department of Public safety, US Marshals and Glendale Police department contributed to the demolition of 700 - 800 confiscated weapons including shot guns, rifles, pistols, knifes and swords. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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040513-M-2900S-054. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
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Afghan National Army and coalition forces soldiers rmove west across a wadi back to Main Supply Route Vermont in the Tagab District, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan Jan. 19, 2008, after a security patrol.
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Airmen participate in a National Police Week Memorial Ruck at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 16, 2022. The 99th Security Forces Squadron had events scheduled throughout the week.
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DF-ST-87-13375. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines
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031213M-6237R-017. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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031102-F-0881Z-018. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines
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030507-F-7203T-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Triaged "victims" await treatment during a joint DMAFB & Tucson disaster response exercise that simulated a mid air collision during an air show. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An Aerospace Audiovisual Service video crew films an interview with participants in the desert training exercise held in Egypt. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown
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U.S. Navy Hospitalman Carlos Valdez, hospital corpsman, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit (NMRTU) Yuma, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, poses for a photo in front of the base clinic at MCAS Yuma, Sept. 27, 2022. Valdez is in charge of the immunizations department at NMRTU Yuma and his responsibilities are ensuring that everyones vaccinations are up to date in order to maintain the highest level of medical readiness at MCAS Yuma.
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A military band plays as German troops from SAM Wing 3, Oldenburg, Germany, arrive for participation in the annual air defense exercise. This exercise is the largest held in the free world. Subject Operation/Series: Roving Sands 95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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060323-A-5745M-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN
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U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa walk from conducting combative training at Centre Dentrainment Au Combat (CECAD), Djibouti, Sept. 20, 2022, while participating in the French Desert Commando Course (FDCC). The FDCC is a multi-day course held by the French at CECAD that challenges both U.S. and French service members by challenging the participants physically and mentally through land and water obstacles and endurance exercises while surviving in austere field conditions.
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030310-M-9106S-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Living Support Area 5 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines
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National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, poster: Opposing Forces (OPFOR) Rebels Alpha Tango (A.T.) Company poster. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)