Troops in Combat Training

Groups of armed soldiers in tactical gear conducting operations and patrols in a desert environment, illustrating active military engagement and readiness.

US Marine Corps Combat Patrol in Haditha, Iraq

041103-M-0036Y-062. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041113-A-1067B-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos

US Marine Corps Combat Patrol in Haditha, Iraq

030423-M-3692C-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060315-A-7969G-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Seniya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060420-A-5043I-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

060226-A-7969G-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

A U.S. Air Force security forces member assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron provides cover for her wingman during a fire team tactics scenario at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 14, 2022. Airmen assigned to the security forces, logistics readiness, and operational medical readiness squadrons participated in a four-week long training course with the objective to diversify their skillets with one anothers specific career fields. (U.S. Air Force photo Tech. Sgt. Sergio A. Gamboa)

040814-M-3658J-019. Base: Mcb Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, armed with 5.56 mm M-4 carbines and 9mm Beretta M9 pistols, conduct a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission at Bagram Airfield in Kabul, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041231-F-2034C-003. Base: Forward Operating Base Caldwell State: Kirkush Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A sniper from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment searches for enemy snipers from a rooftop in Rashid, Iraq, June 2, 2007.

070320-M-7404B-011. Complete Scene Caption: An instructor with the 2nd Brigade 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team (MiTT 2-7) marches Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) back after an exercise on proper squad patrolling formations on Camp Yasser, Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 20, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by CPL Sheila M. Brooks)(Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030722-A-3450H-062. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060424-A-7969G-003. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

050607-A-1566H-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Charlie Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041028-F-0848C-001. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030418-M-0715G-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040910-F-2034C-009. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030924-F-7709W-006. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

020714-F-0201H-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030317-M-4419R-141. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

070319-M-7404B-020. Complete Scene Caption: An instructor with the 2nd Brigade 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team (MiTT 2-7) instructs an Iraqi army soldier while he fires a PKC machine gun from the turret of a highly mobile multi wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) during a live fire exercise at the fire and maneuver range on Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 9, 2007. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Sheila M. Brooks) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

070128-A-7430N-002. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

040605-M-4419R-058. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050127-A-5043I-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN

060325-N-6901L-039. Base: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041104-M-0036Y-021. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030821-A-8887A-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040825-A-0259W-037. Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060422-A-5745M-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

040909-M-2361E-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040813-M-0706S-007. Base: Nassir Wa Al Salam State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020810-A-4385T-041. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gangikhel State: Malikasay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050712-A-8255A-074. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A CO. 1/81 INF. 10TH MNT. DIV.

A U.S. Marine assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, ground guides a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) during a chemical biological radiological nuclear (CBRN) decontamination during a Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Decontamination Training Course in Kuwait, Apr. 22, 2020. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region.

Army Specialist Raymond Ruschel, Provincial Reconstruction Team SECFOR member pulls security on mission in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan 10 Oct, 201. (Air Force

U.S. Airmen assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, conduct an inert Blow & Go method during Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 24, 2022. The team consisted of Staff Sgt. Zackary Stringer, Staff Sgt. Tiffany Quasnitschka, Staff Sgt. Tyler Boyd, Staff Sgt. Daniel Green, Staff Sgt. Michael Deisch, Tech. Sgt. Seth Kohn, Senior Airman Justin Coover and Tech. Sgt. David Corley. The training was held to prepare and test current personnel in their ability to get the airfield back up and running with available resources after an attack.

070324-M-2166H-037. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) pose for a picture on top of an old Iraqi bunker on Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

030324-M-5150A-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

AQABA, Jordan - Service members with the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Group, Jordanian Maritime Counter Terrorism Team and Lebanese Marine Commandos conduct over-the-beach operations in Aqaba, Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion Sept. 8, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion is considered the capstone event of the broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces, one of U.S. Central Commands strongest and most reliable partners in the region, leading the way for security and stability using conventional and unconventional scenarios to activate a combined joint task force. The exercise underscores the United States commitment to partners in the Middle East and joint defense against hybrid threats by state and non-state actors. Approximately 1,700 U.S. service members, 2,200 Jordanian Armed Forces, and 591 coalition personnel from 28 other partner nations are participating or observing the multilateral military training exercise, which was scheduled for 2021, but postponed due to the

060322-A-5043I-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BRIGADE

070320-M-7404B-014. Complete Scene Caption: STAFF SGT. Aslan Altan, CHIEF Advisor to the Iraqi Instructors of Military Transition Team 2d Brigade 7th Iraqi Army Division (MiTT 2-7), instructs Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) on proper squad patrolling formations on Camp Yasser, Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 20, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by CPL Sheila M. Brooks)(Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anba

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, USACAPOC, calls in a radio report during a training scenario meant to test radio etiquette and reporting abilities August 27, 2022, in Junction City, a part of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Soldiers identified what they saw in a makeshift sand table and then used live radios to call in SALUTE reports to their peers; SALUTE reports are relayed over the radio during a patrol or mission in order to inform the chain of command of an encountered enemys size, activity, location and unit, as well as the time of the incident and any equipment the enemy might have.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Iraqi National Police from 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Division and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a search mission for illegal firearms and improvised explosive device caches in Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2008.

041123-F-8946M-006. Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060317-A-5745M-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

Security forces at Pantha chowk in the outskirts of Srinagar. Three militants and one policeman were killed in an encounter between the two groups. Srinagr, India. (Photo by: Basit Zargar/Majority World/UIG)

A 3D printed model of U.S. Marine Corps vehicles and a Navy Roll-On/Roll-Off Discharge Facility are used to demonstrate their locations during a rehearsal of concept brief in preparation for Balikatan 23 at Camp Agnew, Casigueran, Philippines on April 4, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.

031110-F-0981H-020. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

060312-A-6311S-002. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070324-M-2166H-008. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulate setting an ambush during a practice exercise at Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

110618-N-IL826-128CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. (June 18, 2011) A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 17 fires the M240B machine gun during the weapons portion of Unit Level Training and Readiness Assessment called operation Sea Hornet. Operation Sea Hornet provides training ranging from classroom to small unit leadership that will assist in preparing for mobilization to various deployment areas of responsibility.

030409-M-9106S-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

051005-A-3240S-126. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060111-A-5745M-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

060425-A-7969G-013. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030202-M-5150A-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST CEB

050628-A-1566H-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, take cover during Marine Warfighting Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 2, 2022. This exercise is the culminating event of the Service Level Training Exercise, challenging the MAGTF to fight against a free thinking adversary with similar capabilities in a force-on-force environment.

051007-A-0527A-010. Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050913-N-9288T-136. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

040826-M-1726K-007. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 watch as Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Marine Commandos fire their weapons during a maritime assistance force engagement in Thies, Senegal, Nov. 26, 2013. During the first week of the task force's fourth month-long engagement in Senegal this year, the Marines focused on basic and combat marksmanship skills.

030305-M-0367H-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Jan

040611-M-5753Q-016. Base: Anah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051001-A-7186W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030327-M-2306K-061. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramaylah Oil Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Botswana, Makgadikgadi, Jack's Camp. Bushman guides walk across the saltpans back to Jack's Camp.

040607-M-0706S-036. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

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

110404-F-WU507-278: U.S. Army Pfc. Ben Bradley (left), a Bulldog Troop, Red Platoon scout (7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment), ducks away from small-arms fire, as fellow scout Sgt. Jeff Sheppard, launches a grenade at the enemys position, during a combat engagement in northern Bala Murghab Valley, Baghdis Province, Afghanistan April 4, 2011. Bradley, Sheppard,

Ghana Special Operations work together to safely cross a roadway while clearing the surrounding area of a town during close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner-nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jonathan Mansk, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3rd BN 7th MAR), watches over detained civilians while waiting for the Karbala City Police to arrive on the scene. Some forty-three individuals were arrested for stealing fuel from the pipeline outside the city. LCPL Mansk is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifle with a M203 40mm grenade launcher. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041011-M-0173F-002. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040812-M-0095Z-074. Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030822-M-7837W-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Ezekieo Wroe, a gunner with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, provides suppression against the enemy on Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, May 16, 2022. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.

040509-M-8683D-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division load a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing to conduct an air insertion during Resolute Dragon 22, Yausubetsu Training Area, Hakkaido, Japan, Oct. 1, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is a bilateral exercise to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division load a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing to conduct an air insertion during Resolute Dragon 22, Yausubetsu Training Area, Hakkaido, Japan, Oct. 1, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is a bilateral exercise to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

070317-M-2819S-003. Complete Scene Caption: 1ST LT. Hassen with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army monitors the Iraqi Soldiers as they conduct a security patrol. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Neill A. Sevelius) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

040408-M-8096M-012. Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) train members of the Kenyan Army on the M224 60 mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 30, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

U.S. Army Spc. Kon Im and his squad move through an open-air market during a foot patrol in Baqubah, Iraq, April 5, 2007. The Soldiers are with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment.

060123-A-6365W-241. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

DF-ST-86-07568. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

A Soldier of the Jordanian Armed Forces pulls security during a cordon and search training exercise during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 8, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

Botswana, Makgadikgadi, Jack's Camp. Bushman guides walk across the saltpans back to Jack's Camp.

Approximately 80 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, along with counterparts from several states to include California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are training with the Royal Moroccan Army in the northern Sahara Desert as part of African Lion 22. Idahos battalion, from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and headquartered in Pocatello, left the United States June 18 for the two-week exercise overseas with the international partner. Idaho Soldiers spent the first week preparing for the combined arms live-fire multinational mission that is the primary focus of the second week and conducted annual crew certification on the M109A6 Howitzer. During the exercise, the battalion provided ground support with preparatory and destructive fires, as well as obscuration using white smoke fires. At the end of the two-week exercise, the Idaho National Guard and the four counterpart states will conduct the combined arms live-fire

041103-F-0524H-066. Base: Dequq Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060326-A-7969G-010. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030402-M-8539K-004. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div DM

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