Soldiers in Various Combat Situations

Photos of armed soldiers in training and combat scenarios, showcasing different military gear and environments, conveying a sense of readiness and vigilance.

U.S Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, plot targets and conduct radio checks 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

A soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division armed with an M-16A1 rifle advances to a fighting position during the Gallant Eagle '82 exercise. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-88-07672. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

DN-ST-89-10988. Country: Unknown

040112-F-1798W-001. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Army soldier is equipped with a backpack, part of the Global Positioning System satellite system. Country: Unknown

A French Desert Commando Course (FDCC) instructor takes down a U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa during a combatives training session at Centre Dentrainment Au Combat (CECAD), Djibouti, Sept. 20, 2022, while participating in the 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.

U.S Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, plot targets and conduct radio checks 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

Lance Cpl. Steven A. Wagner, a military policeman assigned to Police Advisory Team 4, serves as a guardian angel while his fellow Marines meet with Afghan Uniformed Police in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2012. The Marines of PAT-4 worked together with the AUP to improve local security operations and increase stability in the area.

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

During Steel Knight 1999 held at Twentynine Palms, California, Marines from First CEB, (Combat Engineer Battalion), Bravo Company reinforce bunkers for an oncoming attack. Subject Operation/Series: STTEL KNIGHT 99 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

As night approaches Corporal Kyong Sol, USMC, Kilo Battery, Third Battalion, Tenth Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), mans an MK19-3 Grenade Machine Gun with a night scope mounted at the rear sight position. He is providing security for a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

A French soldier competing as part of a team participates in the Viking games at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 12, 2024. The games, which was hosted by the Norwegian Telemark Battalion "Task Force Viking", included a variety of team-based events that tested competitors' stamina, speed, strength, and endurance

A male hiker with a beard and a pack is silouhetted against the sky

Military, warrior and camouflage with man in nature for war, conflict and patriotic. Army, surveillance and security with person training on field for soldier, battlefield and veteran services

021213-F-9528H-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

021013-F-2164A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

AIRMAN 1ST Class Sandra Muniz of the 66th Security Police Squadron untangles a section of concertina wire during preparations for exercise Creek Warrior '88. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: CREEK WARRIOR '88 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

970620-N-8513W-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Medical Battalion

Original Film Title: G. I. JOE: RETALIATION. English Title: G. I. JOE: RETALIATION. Film Director: JON CHU. Year: 2012. Stars: THE ROCK.

A French soldier participates in the Viking games, an event that test stamina, physical strength and endurance at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 12, 2024. The games were hosted by the Norwegian Telemark Battalion "Task Force Viking".

030429-F-2034C-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030405-M-3022S-004. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Uprising in Libya

Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) complete M4 rifle qualification requirements July 26, 2022, on Range 18 on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding annual training at Fort McCoy.

DN-SC-87-05593. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Marines of Co. C, 1ST Bn., 2nd Marine Div., move out on a mission after disembarking from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: IMMINENT THUNDERDESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

South africa, mine removal operation

Pair of old boots on a farm

060726-N-8977L-048. Base: USS Carney (DDG 64) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A U.S. Air Force videographer documents flightline activities as a KC-135 in the extreme background, takes off on a refueling mission, March 24,1999. The videographer is assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, and is deployed to a forward location in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown

030224-M-8539K-043. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

Marine Corporal David Easter communicates with his patrol leader while participating in a mounted patrol with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background a second LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) is visited by Afghan villagers. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-09-23. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-09-23. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

040805-A-1581H-007. Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Silhouette of muslim rebel with rifle.

Israeli military training camp, 70's

040917-A-1067B-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Taqaddum Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-86-07860. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

060115-A-4545F-065. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 install electrical wiring in a tent frame in a Marine camp which is being built during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Army Soldiers with 153rd Medical Detachment (Blood Support), 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade, don advanced chemical protective garments during an introductory course on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear responder basics on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 23, 2022. The 2-day course was taught by decontamination subject matter experts with the Washington National Guards 10th Homeland Response Force, and familiarized students with protective equipment, hazardous material monitoring, and chemical substance identification.

Silhouette of soldier at sunset with gun during reenactment of Battle of Manassas marking the beginning of the Civil War

WAGNER MOURA in CIVIL WAR (2024), directed by ALEX GARLAND.

The 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight helped teach joint training to Kuwait Army EOD at Udari Range, Kuwait, Nov. 22, 2022. U.S. Army EOD members out of Camp Buehring, Kuwait, led the two-day training to share knowledge and training with their Kuwaiti counterparts.

A line of Marines from Co. B, 1ST Bn., 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Div., walk toward an enemy position. The Marines are participating in Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030217-F-5712B-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

011029-F-3231R-004. Base: Camp Barkeley State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marines Communicate by Satellite Uplink in Afghanistan's Remote Eastern Kunar Province

Airmen fill sandbags that will be placed around aircraft revetments during Operation Desert Shield. An F-15C Eagle aircraft of the 1ST Tactical Fighter Squadron is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Rct. Yasir Brown with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, poses for a photo during Basic Warrior Training at Paige Field on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., Aug 29, 2022. BWT is designed to teach the importance of teamwork, working under stress and how to perform well while utilizing small unit leadership.

Soldier with map on battlefield, planning battle location or tactical operation goals for mission in war. Man is outdoor at military base camp, check strategy paperwork with army target and attack

A Marine with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, fires the M777 howitzer during a battery defense battle drill at Arta Range, Nov. 3, 2013. A five-person gun crew can fire as many as five rounds per minute. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

011117-F-1851B-125. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

CLINT EASTWOOD in FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (2006), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

A U.S. Marine with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, prepares to fire an M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System during Range 400, a company-level combined arms training event, during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 9, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment.

Equipment Operator Construction Apprentice Jena Edge, a member of Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, operates a forklift in the city's port during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

JAKE GYLLENHAAL in JARHEAD (2005), directed by SAM MENDES.

011112-F-5795G-001. Complete Scene Caption: SENIOR AIRMAN John Gehay, USAF, (left), 72nd Security Forces Squadron, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, examines the under carriage of a vehicle with a hand held mirror. Meanwhile Technical Sergeant Robert Pleatheal, USAF, 99th Security Forces Group, Nellis AFB, Nevada, examines the engine compartment for explosive devices during their deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Security forces personnel and working dogs search all vehicles and personnel entering the deployed location for weapons and explosive devices. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Spc. Austin Manville, an infantryman with the New York Army National Guards C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101s Cavalry Regiment, negotiates the law crawl portion of an obstacle course event at the Army National Guards 2022 Best Warrior Competition at Volunteer Training Site-Milan, Tennessee, July 26, 2022. The competition spans five physically and mentally demanding days as 14 competitors vie to be named the Army National Guards Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. The winners will go on to represent the Army Guard in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition later this year.

030228-M-5150A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

020524-F-9085B-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob 31 Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Navy Retail Specialist 2nd Class Antonio Gaudino, left, and Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Sammy Rivera, right, members of the Small Caliber Action Team assigned to USS New Orleans (LPD 18) observe during a visit, board, search, and seizure exercise aboard LPD 18 in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 7, 2022. Marines and Sailors aboard LPD 18 provided oversight and command and control during the VBSS drill. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

A convoy of American and Coalition Forces military vehicles head down a Somali road, from Mogadishu to Biadoa, toward the camera. First in the convoy is a US Marine M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck with a Marine manning a .50 caliber machine over the passenger side of the vehicle. Behind the truck are several US Marine M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). A Somali local national walks down the shoulder of the road, away from the camera at the right. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Biadoa Air Field Country: Somalia (SOM)

031202-F-1798W-022. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 (MWSS-371), Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, build a solar panel while performing humanitarian assistance operations in Djibouti, Africa. Country: Djibouti (DJI)

A truck from the 360th Transportation Company is used to help move some artifacts from a field site to a museum in the city during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

CHIEF Vance of Beachmaster Unit Two from the Naval Amphibious Base at Little Creek, VA maintains radio contact with the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) which is operating off black beach during Operation Continue Hope which is a part of United Nations Operation Somalia II (UNSOM II). Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

060427-A-6365W-264. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030314-M-5150A-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

040612-M-5555L-055. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020906-M-6857S-002. Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

New York resident Pfc. Norberto Ariza cleans the rearview mirror on a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle April 14. Ariza is a motor transport operator with Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division (Forward). The Motor-T section has received and distributed more than 60 mine rollers and upgraded about 130 vehicles with independent suspension systems since arriving in Afghanistan in December.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Samuel Witty, student, Marine Corps Martial Arts, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24, left, participates in an exercise circuit during a MCMAIC culminating event, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 06, 2022. The purpose of the MCMAIC culminating event was to challenge and test the course participants on both MCMAP techniques and endurance before becoming a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor.

Man watching colleague aiming hand gun at firing range

060114-A-5745M-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

DF-ST-87-03406. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK '86-12 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980303-F-7910D-004. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030403-F-1404F-027. Base: Rock City Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War. Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan

031204-F-7234P-022. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Australian Air Traffic Control D

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

American Civil War confederate re-enactor with his back to the camera, surveying the smoke-filled battlefield; United States of America

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-143. Coast Guard air crew working with helo equipment in grassy area2. Hurricane Katrina

Rear Adm. James B. Perkins III, commander, Amphibious Group 3, left, and Vice Adm. Michael P. Kalleres, commander, Military Sealift Command, watch activities during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

010716-M-5834A-026. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A CNN reporter interviews members of the 82nd Air Bourne during the first days of the troop deployment to Saudia Arabia in August 1990.

050622-A-9665L-065. Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR

US Air Force Special Tactics Squadron airmen man the control tower, code named "Texas 17," overlooking the 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: USAF

220623-N-HS181-1107 SAN DIEGO (June 23, 2022) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Cassimiro Herrera, a native of Santa Rosa, Texas, participates in an active shooter drill, June 23. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego.

DN-ST-85-08805. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Archaeological guard with old shotgun guarding site of Halebiye

030222-F-4376W-004. Subject Operation/Series: RUGGED ARCH Country: Unknown

A1C Clifford G. Adams of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, listens to music as he eats lunch during the XVIII Airborne Corps command post exercise CABER DRAGON '89. Subject Operation/Series: CABER DRAGON '89 Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050821-A-6108G-295. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Trip coordinator, Jahangiri, looks for Lizards with militia guard nearby, Zabul, Iran

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