Training Exercises and Maneuvers

Visuals of soldiers engaged in training with heavy weapons and artillery, portraying readiness and equipment in diverse environments.

DF-ST-84-08196. Subject Operation/Series: CRISEX 83 Base: Matalascanas Country: Spain (ESP)

Soldiers of the 28th Division Engineers, Bosnia-Herzegovina, dig up a stable area near Camp Bedrock, BIH, in order to stack munitions that are to be detonated during the Cooperative Blast mission. Operation JOINT GUARD, 11 March 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Bedrock Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Army STAFF Sergeant Steven Norris, Bravo Company, 16th Engineering Battalion, 130th Brigade, Bamberg, Germany, plants 14 pounds of C-4 explosive in a Muslim concrete reinforced command bunker in Dubrave, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Dubrave Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Personnel from the 5010th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron push an H-74 portable aircraft engine starter across the flight line prior to loading it aboard an aircraft. Base: Bethel State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force medical personnel transport a simulated patient to an Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter for evacuation during Exercise Patriot Spirit '90, an exercise providing training for active and reserve Air Force and Army medical units under battlefield conditions.. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT SPIRIT '90 Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, stow a crate with M777 howitzer stock list-level 3 equipment onto a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement for transportation on Camp Pendleton, California, April 20, 2022. The M777 howitzers and munitions are part of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance to meet urgent Ukrainian needs. The United States will continue to utilize all available tools to support Ukraine's Armed Forces in the face of Russian aggression.

DN-ST-85-04061. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Ras Shukhair Country: Egypt (EGY)

Members of Company B, 92nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga, uses a bucket attached to the front of a dump truck to remove debris from the dining facility area.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT HAVEN Base: Camp Ayoko Country: Suriname (SUR)

Lance CPL. Timothy D. Tinch of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) fills plastic jugs with purified water as other Marines distribute the water to Kurds waiting outside the fence. The Marines are working in the refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq, as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-99-05038. Country: Unknown

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon lands at the foot of a 250-foot tower during pararescue training. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 437th Military Police Co. from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, offload M151A1 utility vehicles from a flatbed trailer. The 437th is on temporary duty to provide extra security forces to patrol the 18-mile perimeter of the depot during summertime anti-nuclear protests. Base: Seneca Army Depot, Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army personnel of the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry, 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, take up their positions after successfully "seizing" the chief seaport of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. The mission, a mock siege, also (Not Shown) included members of the US Coast Guard, Haitian Coast Guard, and the Haitian Swat Team. This training mission was part of the Contingency Readiness exercise taking place in Haiti, 12 April 1997. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

U. S. Air Force security policemen clean M-16 rifles at the conclusion of exercise Volant Scorpion '85. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION '85 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

960529-A-3327S-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Several Luxembourg soldiers clear an area on the beach prior to laying a matting for vehicles coming ashore. A fork lift on a utility landing craft is used to lay down the matting during exercise Alloy Express. Subject Operation/Series: ALLOY EXPRESS Base: Route E-6 Country: Norway (NOR)

Members of the 1ST Bn., 5th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., position themselves on an embankment while engaging opposing forces during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '85. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Geumsa Country: Korea

DF-ST-89-04086. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew members stand by with tie-down chains to secure planes to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). Country: Unknown

LTC James W. Vanscyoc, 150th Tactical Fighter Group, New Mexico Air National Guard, is helped into his anti-exposure suit before departure at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

DM-ST-88-09864. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Mark Owens transfers an AIM-54C long range air-to-air Phoenix missile during weapons handling operations deep inside one of the ships weapons elevators and storage magazine spaces. The USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked air wing are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of operation Southern Watch enforcing the No-Fly Zone over southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Marine Adds Fuel to a Small Fire Burning Human Waste at a Combat Outpost in Albu Hyatt in Iraq's Anbar Province

Chaplain (LT.) Jane E. Feerer talks to three crew members working aboard the ammunition ship USS BUTTE (AE-27). Base: Gaeta Country: Italy(ITA)

US Army Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Merrit (Quartermaster Command & STAFF) receives help with his parachute before inspection by the Jump MASTER, Fort Story, Virginia, 14 May 1997. Base: Fort Story, Virginia Beach State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPC James S. Stewart, left, and PFC Russell K. Moore, both linguists with the military intelligence unit of the 25th Infantry Division (Light), set up a radio receiver/direction finder during the joint Australian/U.S. Army exercise Kangaroo '89. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '89 Base: Caravale Country: Australia (AUS)

Combat Crew Receiving Final Instructions Just Before Taking off in YB-17 Bomber from Squadron Base, Langley Field, Virginia, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War information, May 1942

DF-ST-85-12460. Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-89-05953. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medical technicians carry a "major aircraft accident victims" to one of the groups of victims, arranged according to the degree of injuries. The "victims" are civilian volunteers who are assisting in an Air Force mass medical emergency training exercise. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Stacks of "litter patients" are aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft, 37th Aeromedical Evacuation Group, before takeoff during Exercise Reforger '80. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Base: Wunstdorf German Air Force Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Chairman Mao reviews the Red Guards (cultural revolutionary army) in Beijing 1966. Seen with (right), Ye Jianying, Marshal of the People's Republic of China in the People's Liberation Army

DF-ST-87-08146. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PEACH '86 Base: Gulfport Air National Guard Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Firefighters remove "casualties" from the crash site during the Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE). Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-06283. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63)

SGT Major Sakorafas Kostas (Greek Army), Infantry SPECIALIST, and another Greek soldier tie down the flaps to secure the back end of an Greek Army, IFOR marked, Steyr 680 M (4x4) 4500 kg Trucks loaded with OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) provided polling kits that are being shipped throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina for the upcoming elections taking place during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Hospital personnel conduct and are evaluated on triage procedures during Exercise Medical Red Flag. Subject Operation/Series: MEDICAL RED FLAG Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Kurdish refugees carry RPG-7 portable rocket launchers as they prepare to move from their mountain encampment to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the are as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Naval personnel from Naval Air Station, Agana, take part in clean-up efforts at Pedro C. Lujan School in the aftermath of Typhoon Omar which struck the area on August 28th. Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Don Satterlee, an Electrical Power Production Craftsmen from Sembach AB, Germany, work at unraveling 110 line for more power to the site. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Pruem Air Station Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Roy Hunt of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Detachment 6 examines an Iraqi contact mine that washed ashore following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DF-ST-85-12470. Country: Philippines (PHL)

Cubans captured during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

DA-SC-86-10668. Base: Point Du Hoc Country: France (FRA)

SSGT Mark Lerdall (without helmet) and SSGT Bill Peterson, Pararescuemen, 56th Rescue Squadron, Keflavik NAS, prepare an injured Marine for helicopter extraction from a simulated hostile area during NORTHERN VIKING '95. After the extraction the helicopter will fly the Marine to the hospital at Keflavik NAS. The simulation is part of NORTHERN VIKING '95, an exercise to test the plans of the defense of Iceland should the country ever be attacked. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN VIKING '95 Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

MSGT David Kovach of the 622nd Tactical Control Flight, uses a tripod mounted device to line up AN/TPS-43E radar equipment into position during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Gruenstadt Army Compound Country: West Germany (FRG)

Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team sweep the A-10 debris field with a MK-26 Ferrous Ordnance Locator which is capable of locating objects up to 14 feet under the snow. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-09582. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing munitions maintenance team inspect fuses before placing them into bombs during exercise LEADING EDGE II. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT John W. Barrett and AMN Kimberly D. McClain check a .50-claiber ammunition belt for a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. Base: Carswell Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Men from the 443rd Security Police Squadron prepares Charlie Sector prior to the start of Exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. servicemen watch a demonstration from a hillside observation post during the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '93. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '93 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S/Sgt. Marcel Charbonneau, Concord, Nh, Paints A Game Board For The Recreation Room. Panama>

Spain, Way of St. James, pilgrim's feet need break,

DF-ST-89-00778. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

SRA Jim Comisky, 56th Civil Engineering Squadron, works at the Flesland airport fire department during Operation Coronet Falcon. Comisky is making comparisons between the American and the Norwegian type firefighting suits. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET FALCON Base: Flesland Air Station Country: Norway (NOR)

Construction Mechanic 1ST Class Mike Kahl, a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1), tests the quality of water coming from a recently drilled well. The well, near Bale Dogle, is intended to supply an old Soviet air base being used by U.S. and Moroccan personnel participating in the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Air Force Military Training School (Limos) Camouflage exercise in the field.

Fort Benning, Georgia , Military training, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

STAFF SGT. Rita Anderson, forecaster technician with the 11th Weather Squadron, Detachment 1, checks the nozzle on a propane dispensing fog-dispersal unit. Although used sparingly due to expense, the base's system allows landings which would otherwise be impossible due to the area's severe and hard-to-predict fog; it works by freezing the moisture in the fog into particles which fall to the ground. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-10402. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION 85 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030326-F-9528H-011. Country: Unknown

Nijkerk; 12APR2002 © Cavdkm / Rob Gieling Zestien Trainees, engaged in the final exercise Enemy Quest from the practical training to officer of Marines (Potom).

Fort Benning, Georgia , Military training, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

DF-ST-85-11155. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Honduran 2nd Infantry Battalion prepare for a parachute jump near Aguacate during Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II. They are aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft provided by the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing from Pope air Force Base, North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

AIRMAN Apprentice Roland B. Mullins assigned to Fighter Squadron Thirty- two (VF 32 "swordsmen") arranges tie down chains that are used to secure aircraft to the hangar bay deck on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf. Base: Uss Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) pass the time in a hangar as they wait to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. A CH-54 Tarhe helicopter is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

M-973 small unit support vehicles stand ready for use during the joint service exercise Brim Frost '89. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Combat control team members secure equipment on an inflatable boat as they arrive on the beach after a parachute drop during a water training exercise. The airmen are assigned to the 63rd Military Airlift. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

War Games - Re-enacting World War II

A crewman paints the safety track on the deck of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS NEVADA (SSBN 733) while the ship is at Long Beach Naval Shipyard for maintenance. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During the Military Motorcycle Replacement Test, durablity, agility, and speed were tested. These new bikes, with more powerful engines, will provide the ability to instantly adapt to any situation. The test was done at the Motorcycle Training Course at Camp Pendleton, California. A US Marine, rides toward the camera, on what appears to be new or updated version of the KLR-2250 motorcycle. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Jacks are placed under the XM-971E1 semi-trailer van prior to being loaded aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The purpose of the van is to house and transport sensitive electronics equipment under operating conditions. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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