Tactical Military Operations

Images of military vehicles and personnel engaged in tactical operations, showcasing equipment and collaboration in various terrains during conflicts.

May 11, 2006 - HEMTT trucks from 101st Airborne Division carry combat modified versions of M998 humvees back to FOB Remagen from a desert location during the last hours of Operation Iron Triangle. Operation Iron Triangle was conducted to find and kill most wanted terrorists.

070103-A-9307C-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dingak Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, pack up authorized medical supplies during exercise Native Fury 22 at a Logistics Support Area established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 23, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

050129-N-1810F-276. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from Division Artillery Brigade (DIVARTY), 1ST Armor Division, Task Force Eagle stop their high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) near the town of Zagoni, between Uglevic (Russian Brigade CQ385498) and Bijelina, Bosnia-Herzegovina to do a vehicle check. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Marines from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and Combat Logistics Battalion 1, convoy large amounts of dirt to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment positions in Marjah, Afghanistan, May 1. The dirt was used to fortify 1/6's positions. The two battalions worked together to run repeated convoys of dirt 24-hours a day.

US Marine Corps (USMC) convoy stretches to the horizon during the Regimental Main Command Operations Center (RMCOC) displacement training, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Soldiers of the Kalagush Provincial Reconstruction Team prepare to walk to the remote village of Balik during a patrol in the rugged Titin Valley in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan on June 14, 2007.

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Canadian army troops climb aboard a Canadian CH-135 helicopters for an airlift out of the battle zone during the combined United States/Canadian NATO exercise RENDEZVOUS '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

DM-SC-87-12313. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

030616-A-7096B-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hamdania State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. George Cochran, an explosive ordinance disposal specialist with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, communicates with his team during an exercise on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 27, 2022. Robots can assist EODs when disposing of ordinance.

040812-M-2306K-071. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040608-M-0706S-035. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030328-A-XXXXX-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Shell Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Airmen assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, drive a vehicle onto an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, during an agile combat employment exercise within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 3, 2023. The exercise consisted of rapid special warfare Airmen and heavy equipment infiltration and exfiltration scenarios, military free-fall and static line jumps, and drop zone operations, sharpening key rescue capabilities within the CENTCOM AOR.

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB-40) operates a bulldozer while assisting in the construction of an ammunition supply point during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040627-M-8096M-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and members of the Malaysian Armed Forces participate in jungle survival training during Malaysia-United States Amphibious Exercise 2014. MALUS AMPHEX 14 is a bilateral exercise between the 11th MEU and Malaysian Armed Forces designed to foster and sustain cooperative and international relationships with emphasis on amphibious and humanitarian operations within the context of a stability and security operation.

DM-SC-85-09305. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A US Marine assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, guides the driver of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) off a Landing Craft Air Cushion onto Jongsa-dong Beach, Republic of Korea (ROK) during an amphibious assault exercise Oct 31, 1998. The Marines are deployed to the ROK participating in Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Jongsa-Dong Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

220825-N-TP544-2123 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 25, 2022) Landing Craft, Air Cushion 2, attached to Assault Craft Unit 4, launched from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), offloads a light armored vehicle on to the shore of Kristianstad, Sweden, Aug. 26, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, 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 convoy of trucks headed by an M-939 5-ton truck passes members of the Egyptian military as it transports Marines to a beach landing exercise during the multinational, joint service exercise Bright Star '87. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '87 Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

040627-M-8096M-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

AQABA, Jordan (April 16, 2018) Landing Craft, Air Cushion 67, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4, prepares to offload vehicles in support of exercise Eager Lion 2018.

030224-M-3138H-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

020808-F-0981H-144. Base: Southern Calif Logistics Airport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIR BASE 201, Niger - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sage Golden is a 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight firefighter at Air Base 201 in Niger, Oct. 4, 2022. Golden is a member of the Downed Aircraft Response Team (DART), which is tasked with responding to incidents involving aircraft crashes both on and off the installation. Golden is an Alabama Air National Guardsmen with the 187th Fighter Wing.

A column of Marine Corps LAV-25 light armored vehicles and M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) stretches along the road leading to the wash racks. The vehicles, which were brought to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, must be thoroughly cleaned before they can be loaded aboard the ships that will carry them back to the U.S. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Family members of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment had the opportunity to experience some of the tough training which sets the conditions for future successes of America's War Fighters during a June 14, orientation of the training area on Fort Irwin, Calif. This orientation shows the challenges their Soldiers face in a 21st century battle field.

A soldier watches as drives from 1ST Battalion, 52nd Infantry, maneuver their vehicles through the course set up for the battalion's "truck rodeo.". Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Soldiers from across 1st Armored Division sit atop an M1 series tank and receive instructions on its operation. 1st Battalion 37th Armored Regiment (Bandits) hosted training in their motor pool to prepare 1AD Soldiers for future training operations.

010726-F-1845T-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRRE/CERE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A convoy of M-809 5-ton cargo trucks of the 1ST Battalion, 2nd Marines, crosses the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

United States Army soldiers position M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) between angry Albanian and Serbian mobs near the town of Domorovce, Kosovo. The soldiers are members of the 108th Military Police Company (MP), 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After two Serbian men disappeared, the Serbians believed the Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and road obstructions to stop the Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to confront the Serbians until US and Russian Kosovo Froce (KFOR) troops made a wall between the opposing sides. Task Force Falcon, Operation Joint Guardian, 14 August 2000. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Domorovce State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

A U.S. Army Soldier from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment receives a simulated injury as his teammates attempt to suppress fire from enemy forces during a demonstration of military capabilities Sept. 3, 2022, in Razish, National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. U.S. Army Soldiers from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment demonstrated combat operations including react to contact, military operations in urban terrain (MOUT,) and medical treatment and evacuation skills for visiting members of the public during a tour of the National Training Center.

030410-M-5150A-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tank BN

000518-A-9853A-056. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

U.S. Marine Corps heavy equipment crosses the Helmand River of southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province

General purpose bombs line a staging area during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DA-SC-87-05420. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

British troops are photographed atop an Iraqi T-55 main battle tank. The tank was part of a convoy destroyed following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Afghan Border Police Pvt. Sayed Khan, a medic with 4th Tolai (Company), 2nd Kandak (Battalion), Helmand province ABP, drives past U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, while on a security patrol during Operation Shahem Tofan (Eagle Storm) here, Feb. 12, 2012. In November 2011, the Marines and sailors of America’s Battalion’ began their final Afghanistan deployment to Helmand province’s Garmsir district. After six combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq since 2004, they’re finally coming home. During their seven months in Garmsir, they advised and developed Afghan forces preparing to take the lead in providing security for the district. As the Afghan forces grew in number and capability, commerce expanded and successful district community council elections were held in April 2012. America’s Battalion’ transferred control of coalition positions in Garmsir to Kilo Co., 3rd Bn., 8th Marines, May 14.

Soldiers from the 503rd Maintenance Company, 398th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, assist Airmen on Sather Airfield with the recovery of a T-72 Soviet-designed battle tank. 503rd Maint. Co. is currently deployed in support of Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

American servicemen examine an Iraqi BRDM-2 amphibious scout car captured during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Weapons, Company, fire a 50 Caliber gun from aboard their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) during a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M1A1 Abrams tank assigned to C Troop of the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment fires a round during gunnery training at the Korea Training Center, Republic of Korea on Oct. 25, 1998. The center is manned throughout the year and various armored units rotate through to meet yearly gunnery training requirements. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Korea Training Center Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ID

Logistical Transport vehicles are staged in a motor pool at Orchard Combat Training Center in Idaho for Western Strike 22. Motorpools play an important part of the logistics machine that allows the United States military to deploy anywhere in the world fed and fully equipped, ready to accomplish any mission. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the Utah National Guards 65th Field Artillery Brigade, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a Combat Training Center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

040622-M-2900S-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dulab State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060409-A-0575B-022. Subject Operation/Series: EDURING FREEDOM Base: Pech Valley Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

Vehicles of the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, and other units wait to be loaded aboard the vehicle cargo ship USNS METEOR (T AKR 9). The equipment is being shipped back to Oahu and Schofield Barracks after a month-long training deployment at the US Army`s Pohakuloa Training Area. Base: Kawaihae Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M-557 communication vehicles form one wall of a command center at the new location of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Alaska-based 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company soldiers and Afghan National Army troops build the perimeter of Checkpoint 4 along Route Chicken as part of Operation Fairbanks, Sept. 24, in Zabul province. Operation Fairbanks was a route clearing and stability operation to reclaim a major trade route between Qalat and Mizan that had been held by the Taliban for the past year. Afghan troops will be stationed at newly built checkpoints to provide security for the road and region.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine STAFF Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) and Officers of Echo Company (CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), pose for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Behind them, are their M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV). (Substandard image). Country: Kuwait (KWT)

050226-F-8584G-041. Base: Al Iskandariyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-86-07746. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041201-M-0036Y-048. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030321-M-9792P-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

DF-ST-89-00764. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

030323-A-XXXXX-236. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A US Marine M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and two M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Trucks. The vehicles are parked on a Mogadishu street and are cordoned off with white tapes. Several locals have gathered around the circumference of the tape. This are has become a walk-in medical and dental clinic for the residents of the capital city. Medical personnel from the Expeditionary Unit, Service Support Group 15, Camp Pendleton, California conducted medical civic action program. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Kimbrough, the senior enlisted Defender assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, speaks a few words of remembrance during a Remembrance Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2022, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in honor of the victims and first responders who passed away on September 11, 2001. Since the events of 9/11, the U.S. has deployed hundreds of thousands to the outer limits of its American borders and to every corner of the globe to eradicate terrorism.

Military personnel stand by M-998 high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles near Landing Zone 32, Site A, during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

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