Artillery Deployment and Readiness

Photos of military artillery systems, including HIMARS and rocket launchers, being prepared for operations, illustrating readiness exercises in diverse environments.

The mobile surface-to-air missile and anti-ballistic missile system MIM-104 Patriot. BERLIN - JUNE 06, 2024: The mobile surface-to-air missile and anti-ballistic missile system MIM-104 Patriot. Fisheye lens. German Air Force. ILA Berlin Air Show 2024. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 21916202

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from the 3-157th Field Artillery Battery stands ready to fire as part of an emergency deployment readiness readiness exercise.

U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, readies a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for live fire engagement as part of a HIMARS Rapid Infiltration, also known as a HIRAIN, during exercise Arctic Edge 2024 at Eielson Air Force, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2024. Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, became the first unit to use HIMARS in combat in 2007. Arctic Edge 2024 (AE24) is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. militarys capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the arctic region. Woodard is a native of Elgin, Oklahoma. Marine Corps

010912-F-1460M-003. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen, assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadren, offload equipment of a Lockheed C-5 Galxey during Operation Viking at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass. July 19, 2022. Operation Viking is an intense joint task force exercise designed to prepare Soldiers with realistic training simulating the deployment of civil affairs units in direct support of a contingency operation in Africa.

Soldiers from Task Force Spartan conduct an emergency deployment readiness exercise (EDRE) at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 22, 2022. EDRE's are rapid mobilization training events that tests an units agility and level of readiness in order to ensure mission readiness and operational success of the unit.

Sergeant Noah Atchinson, 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, guides loading operations July 15 at Sabre Army Airfield during a Joint Task Force-Port Opening Exercise conducted alongside Airmen assigned to 821st Contingency Response Group, Travis Air Force Base, California. The training scenario tasked 689th RPOE with bringing emergency relief items delivered by the U.S. Air Force to communities on the ground in a foreign country impacted by a simulated natural disaster.

040906-M-3988H-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mudaysis Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The mobile surface-to-air missile and anti-ballistic missile system MIM-104 Patriot. BERLIN - JUNE 06, 2024: The mobile surface-to-air missile and anti-ballistic missile system MIM-104 Patriot. Fisheye lens. German Air Force. ILA Berlin Air Show 2024. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 21916202

240124-N-PI330-1027 ROTA, Spain (Jan. 25, 2023) Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), place a truck cabin on its frame on Camp Mitchell in Rota, Spain, Jan. 25, 2023. NMCB 133 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S Air Force reservists from Travis Air Force Base, Army National Guard members from Fairfield, and U.S. Airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing are participating in Exercise Nexus Rising, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., June 3-5, 2022. Nexus Rising is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of the 349th Air Mobility Wing to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Missions in NEXUS RISING include air rescue, aeromedical evacuation, airlift for cargo and personnel, aerial refueling deployment processing, aerial port operations, and command and control.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Baker Battery, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR), 18th Fires Brigade prepare an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for movement during a Latvian-led field artillery live-fire exercise, NAMEJS, at Liepāja, Latvia, Sept. 26, 2022. The 3-321 FAR is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

The Orion team prepares the parachute test vehicle for the final drop test which will qualify Orion's parachutes for human flight on Sept. 10, 2018...On September 12, 2018 an Orion test capsule will be dropped from a C-17 aircraft at an altitude of more than six miles to verify the spacecrafts complex system of 11 parachutes, cannon-like mortars, and pyrotechnic devices work in sequence to slow the capsules descent for a safe landing on Earth.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines use a Millennium Military Vehicle (MMV) 1,100-pound lift capacity rough terrain forklift to load outbound mail onto a USMC KC-130 Hercules aircraft, on the flight line at Jalibah Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Pearce, 358th Fighter Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, secures a general use missile to a vehicle at MacDill AFB, Florida, Feb. 6, 2024. The A-10 can employ a variety of conventional munitions including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs and joint direct attack munitions. Air Force

December 7, 2010 - United States Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (CLR-27), 2D Marine Logistics Group Forward (2D MLG Fwd), pick up palletized Logistics Vehicle System tires to be loaded onto a MV-22 Osprey during air delivery training on Camp Davis, North Carolina.

DF-ST-88-05171. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Left side, rear view of a US Air Force aircraft cargo loader. Several Air Force Load Team personnel mill around the back of the vehicle that is on the flight line of Dyess AFB. The cargo will be loaded onto waiting aircraft (Not shown) for deployment to Operation Desert Thunder. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT THUNDER Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

001030-N-8421M-048. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SSGT Jim Welter, a Weapons Loader from Naval Air Station Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, and SRA James Foster, of the 110th Fighter Group, Battle Creek, Michigan, load an AGM 65 Maverick missile onto an A-10 Thunderbolt. The 110th Fighter Group is deployed to Aviano to relieve the 81st Fighter Squadron of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in time for the Christmas holidays. The 81st and the 110th are deployed to Aviano to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone over war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

010802-A-6788L-003. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Air Force personnel load equipment into a C-130 Hercules aircraft for transport to Travis Field, Georgia, during the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing's operational readiness exercise Purple Penny. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE PENNY Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 34th Fighter Generation Squadron load a GBU-12 paramount onto an F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft during the Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, April 14, 2022. This is the first time Spangdahlem has hosted an F-35 load crew during a Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter competition.

US Marine Corps Corporal T. Garcia and US Marine Corps Lance Corporal D. Miller from Bravo Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, drive their Light Armored Vehicle into a C-5 Galaxy Cargo Jet during embarkation, Exercise NORTHERN EDGE, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040324-M-5523R-038. Base: Camp Mu Juk Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

020515-F-3886C-214. Subject Operation/Series: HUNGARIAN RESPONSE 2002 Country: Hungary (HUN)

A U.S. Marine with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, guides a P-19R ARFF truck after a training exercise responding to an aircraft with casualties and engine failure at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 2024. The training exercise tested ARFFs ability to quickly respond to a scenario with minimal warning. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group conduct checks on Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement vehicles during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022. The ACM exercise was conducted to prepare 3rd MLG personnel to react quickly to a crisis, counter potential threats, and assist allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific region in maintaining regional stability. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Army Cpl. Rogelio Argueta, Patriot Launching Station Enhanced Operator-Maintainer, assigned with Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command gives commands, during a practice missile reload and unload drills on a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system trainer at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 6, 2019. (

DF-ST-89-04974. Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPL S. Avila and PFC V. Barton from Bravo Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) off a C-5 Galaxy Transport Jet during late night debarkation. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Hernandez, right, and Cpl. Zachary Bradshaw, left, high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) operators with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, work inside HIMARS, in support of Valiant Shield 22, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 13, 2022. Marine Air Control Group 18 integrated with forces across the Indo-Pacific to train in operations that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force.

Members of the Michigan National Guard perform a fuel line flushing and recirculation procedure on a tank rack module at the Joint Force Headquarters, Lansing, Michigan, May 25, 2022. TACOM film crews documented the process, which will go out Army-wide to provide guidance for validating this repair.

U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob J. Keefe, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) crew member assigned to Baker Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR), 18th Field Artillery Brigade directs movement of an M142 HIMARS during a Latvian-led field artillery live fire exercise, NAMEJS, at Liepāja, Latvia, Sept. 26, 2022. The 3-321 FAR is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Air Force security forces, explosive ordinance disposal and airfield management Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, conduct a response to fire exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 19, 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

Soldiers from the 75th Field Artillery Brigade; the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment; and the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment load various military vehicles onto rails in preparation for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at the National Training Center (NTC).

U.S. Marines with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), 2d Marine Division, guide a forklift during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2022. The MCCRE evaluates the combat readiness of 2d LAR in preparation for their future deployment with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Army Spc. Jamil P. Samuel, a multiple launch rocket and high mobility artillery rocket system crewmember with Baker Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, remotely controls an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at Liepāja International Airport during a Latvian-led combined military exercise in Liepāja, Latvia, Sept. 26, 2022. The 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

DF-ST-89-05911. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

050902-F-4563N-012. Base: Columbus State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Battery Q, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines (5/11), 1st Marine Division, drive a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System after unloading it from a C-17 Globemaster III with 6th Airlift Squadron at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 27, 2022. Marines with 5/11 integrated with the squadron to gain proficiency in transporting tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jailine L. AliceaSantiago)

Multi-layered air defense consisting of a Japanese-developed surface-to-air missile system Chu-SAM and Kin-SAM alongside a U.S. MIM-104 Patriot during Orient Shield 22 at Camp Fukuoka, Japan, Aug. 29, 2022. Orient Shield 22 is the largest U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral field training exercise being executed in various locations throughout Japan to enhance interoperability and test and refine multi-domain and cross-domain operations.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Bylica and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Steve Webster from the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, secure an uploaded AIM-120 Air to Air missile to an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Personnel at Kunsan Air Base are participating in an Beverly Bearcat Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Marine directs the off loading of a United States Marine Corps M923A1 5 ton Tactical Vehicle from United States Naval Ship 1ST LIEUTENANT JACK LUMMUS (AK 3011). The equipment was transported to Gladstone Port in Queensland, Australia for use during exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Gladstone Port State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derek Roybal, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Hodgkin, and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hogan, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning journeymen, 729th Air Control Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, perform an operations check on field deployable environmental control units, Sept. 7, 2022, Hill AFB. The 729th Air Control Squadron supports in-theater commanders by providing rapid deployment of mobile air control systems.

The 8th Military Police Brigade excuted a week-long equipment download and staging mission of approximately 500 pieces of military stock, as part of Army Prepositioned Stock-3 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 2022. The "Watchdogs" Brigade executed oversight as the Command and Control (C2) authority over the movement of each piece of equipment downloaded from the U.S. Naval Ship Watson.

Airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron prepare to load a Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mine onto a 42nd Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection. Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040924-F-1601R-007. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Medium-Range Intercept Capability is set up during a static display at General Raymond G. Davis Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, January 12, 2024. The MRIC has been tested by Marine Corps Systems Command for fielding beginning in fiscal year 2025. MRIC provides a tactical solution and symbolizes the rebirth of the Marine Corps' air defense capability for the 21st century.

DF-ST-85-12976. Subject Operation/Series: KINDLE LIBERTY Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Kauai, Hawaii (July 26, 2022) U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division assemble a AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, July 26. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

010810-F-2021R-005. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Straight on medium shot of US Marine Cannoneer from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, from Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, fire the M198 155mm Howitzer during training exercises at the Artillery Relocation Shoot at Ojojihara, Japan. Also seen is a right side front view of a M923A1 (6X6) 5-ton cargo truck that is backed up the Howitzer. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 1st Lt. Akira Takahashi, Central Transportation Management Command, marshals Vehicles from the 15th Brigade, Japan Grand Self Defense Force, here March 17. C-17 aircraft transports Japan Grand Self Defense Force's troop and vehicles from Okinawa for relief efforts up earthquake and tsunami sites.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, execute a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft as part of exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kenebetsu Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed 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.

A German Army Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

220702-M-RA094-1083 PEARL HARBOR (July 2,2022) U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Company 33, 3d Supply Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, reverse a Marine Logistic Vehicle System Replacement during a logistics movement in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 2, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationship among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Senior Airman Kris Lewis, of the 41st Aerial Port Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., performs an engine-running offload of a forklift from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Sept. 10, 2022. Lewis took part in "Smoked Mullet," an event designed to further the Multi-Capable Airman training Airmen from outside of the aerial transport career received during the 403rd Wing's February Unit Training Assembly.

DF-ST-90-00567. Base: Naha State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Soldiers from the 75th Field Artillery Brigade; the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment; and the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment load various military vehicles onto rails in preparation for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at the National Training Center (NTC).

U. S. Air Force Airmen from the 124th Maintenace Squadron, Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise, Idaho perform Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training while conducting maintenance on a U. S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft also from the 124th Fighter Wing, during Agile Rage 22, Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., June 16, 2022. Exercises like Agile Rage 22 are re-defining Air Force Command & Control operations, shifting focus to decentralized command and control for distributed operations. ACE is the ability to project combat power anytime, anywhere, while remaining operationally unpredictable to complicate an adversary's decision making process.

Aviation ordnancemen ready bombs for loading onto various aircraft on the flight deck of the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) in preparation for a third wave of air strikes against Iraq during DESERT FOX. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOX Country: Unknown

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Kauai, Hawaii (July 26, 2022) A U.S. Marine Corps AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) attached to the 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division emits radar signals during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, July 26. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Army aviation mechanics, of B Company 7/159, Gibelstadt, Germany, prepare to do maintenance on a servo mount of a T-700 engine of a Blackhawk helicopter, while deployed to Albania in Support of Task Force Hawk. This mission also is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Rinas State: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

Canadian Air Force MASTER Corporal Rod House and Warrant Officer Ken McCarl work together with US Air Force Second Lieutenant Lance Brenneke to position a pallet of water for upload on a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Alexandria airport in Louisiana. Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from the 2nd Air Movement Squadron, Trenton, Ontario, and US Air Force aircraft from the 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and aerial port personnel from the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, combined forces to provide airlift support for the US Army's 2nd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, from Fort Drum, New York, during JRTC 01-06, a joint .... Complete Scene Caption: Canadian Air Force Master Corporal Rod House and Warrant Officer Ken McCarl work together with US Air Force Second Lieutenant Lance Brenneke to position a pallet of water for upload on a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Alexandria airport in Louisiana. Canadian Air Force aircraft and

970710-M-0023H-007. Complete Scene Caption: A RT-4000 forklift tows a M149A1 Water Trailer out from the hold of the MV Villars at Paldiski, Estonia. The Villars had brought equipment stored in Norway under the Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB) program to Estonia for BALTIC CHALLENGE '97. BALTIC CHALLENGE is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the US, will participate in the second "in the spirit of PfP" land exercises conducted in the Baltic region. Co-Commanders for the exercise being held in Paldiski, Estonia are Colonel Oscar Mark, Estonian Defense Forces and Colonel D. L. Andrews, US Marine Corps Reserve. While BALTIC CHALLENGE will conduct training along peacekeeping/humanitarian assistance mission standards, significant US Navy and Marine Corps capabilities never exercised in Europe will be

030204-M-3138H-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Railcars that were loaded by Soldiers with the Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company with military vehicles and equipment are shown Nov. 7, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Overall the company loaded 128 items on to railcars over the multi-day rail movement at the installation to deploy the equipment eventually to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Five personnel with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) assisted with the rail movement and its coordination. The 411th is the latest of many units over the last decade to hold rail movements at Fort McCoy. As a matter of fact, for the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. And its a capability that will continue, Fort McCoy LRC officials said. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well a

011016-A-3639G-107. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Camp Bondsteel State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

040415-F-5281B-012. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Virgin Islands National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, 104th Troop Command and 662nd Engineer Company train with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to load relief supplies as part of the hurricane disaster preparation exercises at the FEMA warehouse St. Croix, Virgin Islands, September 08, 2019. The Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency works together with VING to train and prepare for future hurricane disasters.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 9, 2022) - U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and U.S. Navy Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 5 secure Light Armored Vehicles onto Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (front) and LCAC 78 in the well deck of amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) July 9. The 13th MEU is currently embarked aboard the Anchorage, conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Staff Sgt. Rashawn Rahim, a port dawg with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron, backs a Humvee onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Jan. 6, 2024, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Members of the 46th and 32nd Aerial Port Squadron from Dover Air Force Base and Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, respectively, traveled to Youngstown ARS to practice with the 76th APS for the upcoming 2024 Port Dawg Challenge.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 in support of 12th Marines conduct generator maintenance during Keen Sword, on Amami, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between 3d Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self-Defense Force. This bilateral field-training exercise between the U.S. military and JSDF strengthens interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

A weapons loading team arms an F-15 Eagle aircraft with an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. An MJ-1 weapons loader is in the foreground. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M-1A1 Abrams main battle tank arrives on a Saudi transport truck during Operation Desert Shield. The M-1A1 will replace the older M-1 tank on the front line. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zachary Jones, 437th Operation Support Squadron Flight Line Operations craftsman, directs Airman 1st Class Jaron Stamper, 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment journeyman, to safely set down a container during forklift training at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, June 2, 2022. The training compliments multi-capable Airmen, an initiative designed to teach Airmen basic skills that are outside of their normal jobs to better equip them while they are deployed.

U. S. Air Force Airmen from the 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, (SANGB) Mich. performs Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training while loading bombs onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II also from SANGB during an Integrated Combat Turn (ICT) during Northern Agility 22-2/Northern Strike 22, at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Agility 22-2 and Northern Strike 22 executing currently demonstrate how the Air Forces new Agile Combat Employment concept can be integrated into the joint fight. Northern Strike provides the perfect backdrop for the Michigan Air National Guard to establish Michigan as a center of excellence for ACE.

Tracks and lower portion of military vehicle used in Korean war on display in public park in Nonsan, South Korea, Asia

A 'Little Boy' atomic bomb returned to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base July 15 after a yearlong restoration project. It is the exact same type as the one the dropped Aug. 6, 1945, over Hiroshima, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jeff Fisher)

040226-F-5646C-007. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Members from the South Carolina Army National Guards 1/151 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, work to move 10 Apache helicopters from the ARNG side of the base to the Air National Guards F-16 hangar. McEntire ANGs F-16s are being flown to an off-site location allowing the space needed for the ARNGs helicopters to be stored in preparation of Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to make landfall in the near future. The South Carolina National Guard stands ready to provide hurricane disaster relief operations to civilian authorities in those areas affected by damaging hurricanes. The SCNG has prepositioned aircraft, equipment, and personnel who are preparing for recovery operations. (National Guard

U.S. Army Specialist Darius Sims, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade all-wheel mechanic, performs maintenance on a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 29, 2022. The HMMWV is a tactical vehicle produced for the U.S. Army in 1989 and is still in service today.

Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guards, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion prepare their vehicles and equipment for annual training exercises on the Orchard Combat Training Center in preparation for deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

011017-A-3639G-013. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Camp Bondsteel State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

Soldiers from the 16th Sustainment Brigade assigned to the 260th Movement Control Team assist the 838th Transportation Battalion Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) as they transport, offload, and processing of over 1,250 equipment items assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division, at the port of Vlissingen, Netherlands, on January 11, 2023. The 2/1 CD from Fort Hood, Texas, will go throughout Europe to support Atlantic Resolve and includes M-1 Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Tyler Campbell, a manpower officer with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, directs traffic for Marines arriving to exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 3, 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.

Logisticians from multiple Southern European Task Force -Africa units including the 839th Transportation Battalion, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 207th Military Intelligence Brigade, and the 23rd Modular Ordnance Ammunition Company all worked together at the Port of Livorno, Italy to upload the Military Sealift Command Vessel, USNS Yuma. The equipment will transit from locations across Europe to Agadir, Morocco as part of exercise African Lion 22, Livorno, Italy, May 29, 2022.

A damaged UH-1 Iroquois helicopter is lifted onto a flatbed trailer by the crane on the back of an M-816 5-ton wrecker. Base: New Boston State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000509-F-3050V-033. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: United States European Command

DF-ST-86-12157. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M-198 155mm self-propelled howitzer is anchored beside a 6x6 cargo truck in the cargo hold of the maritime pre-positioning ship PFC EUGENE A. OBREGON (T-AK-3005) during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: PFC Eugene A. Obregon T-Ak-3005

Forklifts with pallets of supplies are being loaded onto a C-130 at the Aerodrom Split for another airland mission to Sarajevo. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Split Country: Croatia (HRV)

031012-F-8833H-150. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group vehicle fires a mortar round as part of a live-fire demonstration at the closing event for Exercise Silver Arrow 2022 at Camp Adazi, Latvia, Sept. 29, 2022. Multiple NATO allies are proudly working alongside 1st Infantry Division and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

020108-F-0526K-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

An M1 Abrams Tank from the HHC 3-69 Armory, Fort Stewart, Georgia, drive into the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, during night operations for Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) 98-1. The vehicle was airlifted to McCall airfield, North Carolina. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-99-01499 or search 980128-F-8006R-003). Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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