Combat Readiness Exercises

Military personnel participating in training exercises, demonstrating tactical maneuvers and operational readiness in simulated combat situations.

DA-SC-89-11589. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

030407-M-0175R-166. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines from Bravo Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Regiment prepare a M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer for rocket assist projectiles during a combined arms live fire exercise. The M198 is constructed of aluminum and steel, and is air transportable by CH-53E helicopter and C-130 or larger fixed-wing aircraft. Maximum effective range with conventional ammunition is 22,400 meters (13.92 miles) and with a rocket-assisted projectile, 30,000 meters (18.64 miles). Base: Mcb, Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Service members in the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina train in tactical combat maneuvers at Kasarna Manjaca, Dobrnja, Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 17, 2022. Guard members assigned to the State Medical Detachment and 1-169th Aviation Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, trained alongside active duty Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina soldiers in tactics, aviation, medical, and non-commissioned officer development. The Maryland National Guard will celebrate 20 years of partnership with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina through the National Guard Bureaus State Partnership Program next year.

Major John R. Conley, comander, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, positions himself in the doorway of an aircraft mock-up during a practice session held prior to a parachute jump. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry Division, exit a UH-1A Iroquois helicopter in an airmobile assault Opportune Journey 4-83. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy CHIEF Larry Perry an Operations CHIEF with the 105th Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit, Long Beach, Calif., carries tent poles as his unit prepares to set up their campsite. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '96 Base: Kodiak Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Team members run the obstacle course at the beginning of the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from Charlie Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) "War Pigs" from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) drag out the wench line. It will be hooked up on the back of a Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25), to pull it out after it got stuck during EDGED MALLET '02 in Kenya, Africa. Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET '02 Base: Manda Bay Naval Base State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

010716-M-5834A-029. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photographers Mate Third Class (PH3) Steve Ruh shows off his firing skills from the standing position with an .308 caliber M-14 rifle. Behind him are other members of the Combat Camera Group, Atlantic, who are also qualifying on the M-14 rifle. Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from the 1ST Battalion 5th Marines protect their wounded in a 360-degree fashion during a week of training evolution with the Special Operations Training Group (SOTG) force. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 157th Armor Division cleans the .50-caliber machine gun from an M-60 tank during Reforger training exercises at the 7th Army Training Command. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Grafenwohr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) soldiers have their Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear tested by a Korean observer/controller at the Twin Bridges training area on Oct. 31, 1998. The ROKA forces will be using MILES for the first time against the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, during a simulated battle at Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, on Nov. 2, 1998, during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

020821-M-0175R-058. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

Members of the Air Force Flight Security Control Team, 90th Space Wing, takes a defensive position at a missile site during a simulated terrorist attack as part of the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020828-F-3820W-002. Subject Operation/Series: FOGGY SHORES 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041121-F-2034C-011. Base: Forward Operating Base Wilson State: Ad Dawr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040320-M-5523R-014. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training session on planning urban operations to Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), who are training in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exercise 04-1 (ARGEX 04-1), which is a bi-annual combined training exercise designed to re-familiarize US Navy (USN) Sailors and USMC Marines to work together handling e

Sergeant Tim Blobaum, team leader, Company C, 1ST Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, moves toward high ground during a training exercise at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training Area. The 25th Infantry Division is preparing for Team Spirit '84,. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000228-M-0267C-018. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Jennifer Cobb, Bio-Environment Engineering Flight, 341st Medical Group, provides cover for other Medical Group personnel as they retrieve their casualties following a terrorist attack. For two days in late August 1997, the 341st Medical Group conducted a field deployment exercise with simulated attacks and casualties. Nearly two hundred Medical group personnel were deployed to an area that represented a small-scale air transportable hospital under constant threat of attack. The medical personnel were required to continue medical operations while maintaining their perimeter defense. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines practice sighting on incoming aircraft with a Stinger surface-to-air missile during Exercise Cope Thunder 90-2. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER 90-2 Country: Philippines (PHL)

LCPL L. Patrick and another Marine from the demonstration platoon explain tactical techniques to the candidates at the Officer Candidate School, Marine Corps Development and Education Command. They are armed with an M-16A1 rifle. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-02185. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

US Marine Corps Recruit Thomas back crawls under barb wire while pushing ahead of him a 15 pound ammo (ammunition) can at the infiltration course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1SG Earl Williams, left, company first sergeant, Co. A, 3rd Bn., 21st Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), and SSG Edward G. Quichocho check a map during the joint South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '89. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Ichon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

During a night training exercise a Security Police student with an M-16 rifle lays prone while an instructor watches from the rear. The student is receiving Air Base Ground defense training during an Army conducted course in combat skills, at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (HM3) Dunn applies a pressure dressing to Lance Corporal Martin's "wound" during Operation KERNAL BLITZ. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL BLITZ Base: Barking Sands, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Specialist Jacob Luce, assigned to 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team- Airborne (173rd IBCT ABN) unpacks an M119 Howitzer during Exercise Saber Junction 22 at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a combat training rotation designed to assess the readiness of the 173rd IBCT (ABN) in executing operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allied and partner nations.

Straight on medium close-up of USAF AIRMAN First Class Jodey Powell, 94th Security Forces Squadron, Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia, as he hides himself behind a fallen tree and aims his M16 rifle, with a M203 Grenade Launcher attached, down range. The rifle and A1C Powell's Kevlar helmet are equipped with M.I.L.E.S. (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear. A1C Powell is part of a group of 220 Air Force members participating in Phoenix Readiness at Fort Dix, New Jersey. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-01616 or search 000626-F-0007M-004). Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS COURSE Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army Spc. Justin McElroy (left), a team leader from Fayetteville, Tenn., Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Combat Company, 1-32 Infantry and Afghan National Army troops negotiate the tough Afghan terrain during a patrol near the village of Tsapre in eastern Afghanistan. The patrol was part of a mission that included air assaults and patrols in remote villages throughout the region and allowed Coalition forces to engage the local population.

010725-F-1845T-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRRE/CERE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-87-02904. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norway (NOR)

051011-A-2611R-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH ACR

030912-M-9023R-017. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: GOLF 2ND BN 3RD MAR

PFC Jeremy Smith, PFC Gregory Shaw, and PFC Jong Staley roll up a camouflage net at the Tactical Assembly Area Santa Barbara outside Wonapsan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. Smith, Shaw and Staley are attached to the1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington. The 3rd Brigade is in Korea as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Wonapsan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Radioman PFC J. Krippendorf and his squad leader, CPL C. Candelario, both from the Marine detachment of the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), train in tactical maneuvers at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. They are armed with M-16A1 rifles. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brian Gutierrez, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, conducts a contact patrol with other Corpsmen and Marines on July 22, 2022, during training on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 is holding annual training at Fort McCoy. (Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

DM-SN-89-04483. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medium shot, side view, Colonel Stefan Eisen, USAF, Commander 737th Training Group and Brigadier General Michael N. Farage, USAF, Commander 37th Training Wing cut ribbon to open "Warrior Week" Lackland Air Force Base, TX. Subject Operation/Series: WARRIOR WEEK Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine recruit crawls under concertina wire on the obstacle course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PFC. James L. Hampton, left, and PVT. Michael V. Yadanzai, an M-60 machine gun crew from Company A, 1ST Bn., 5th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., participate in exercise Opportune Journey 4-84 at the Pohakuloa Training Area. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A combat-ready Marine, PFC Jones, fires his M-16A1 rifle from a prone position at a bunker during Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030330-M-4779G-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A squad leader of Co. B, 1ST Bn., 14th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., maintains radio contact with his company while participating in an ambush during the joint U.S./South Korean Exercise Team Spirit '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Mandeul Country: South Korea

US Army Explosive Ordnance Specialists (EOD) from 9TH Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division, prep a detonation cord and blasting cap for a bunker explosion outside the town of Celici, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Celici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Soldiers from the US and the Republic of Korea purchase items from the Army Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) mobile food coach, on Oct. 29, 1998. The food and drinks for sale are a treat for soldiers in the field during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Seoul Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

TSGT Robert Coleman, 176th Communications Flight, Kulis ANG Base, Alaska, taking aim on an "aggressor" during the tactical communication exercise CORN COB II. Coleman's M-16 rifle is equipped with the multiple independent laser engagement system (MILES). Subject Operation/Series: CORN COB II Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Air Force Flight Security Control Team, 319th Missile Squadron, patrols a Minuteman III missile site perimeter during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990424-M-3368I-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members use compasses and a chart to check their position during a field training exercise. Country: Unknown

000804-A-9846J-047. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

DM-SC-85-09314. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

040721-F-3963C-096. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-86-05164. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)

011213-A-0051B-136. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Local residents gather to watch as Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) as they load ordnance into the back of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020722-M-0367H-007. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY LIVE FIRE Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d Battalion 12th Marine Regimen

DN-SN-87-11743. Base: Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Three members of the 1ST Battalion, 22nd Infantry, Fort Drum, New York, check their lists for last minute details prior to going on a patrol mission to the coast of Aquin, Haiti. They are wearing flack vests and M-85 Kevlar lined helmets. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Aquin Country: Haiti (HTI)

DN-ST-85-08784. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970328-F-2828D-002. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE Base: Libreville International Airport Country: Gabon (GAB)

A member of a 3rd Marines Dragon Platoon fires an M-47 Dragon medium anti-tank weapon during Exercise Coconut Grove '86. The missile's guide wire can be seen in the space between the Marines at right. Subject Operation/Series: COCONUT GROVE '86 Base: Kahoolawe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-11173. Subject Operation/Series: LASER STRIKE 83 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to C Battery, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Field Artillery Squadron, load the M777 Howitzer during a live fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 6, 2024. 2nd Cavalry Regiment provides V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe, with combat-credible forces capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater to defend the NATO alliance. Army

A member of a decontamination team picks up a metal canister used to store leaking chemical artillery rounds as the cleanup of a contaminated area begins during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Recruits march through the woods during individual combat training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of a U.S. Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) security police fire team gather around an M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during Operation Desert Shield. The airmen are, from left: STAFF SGT. Rodney W. Link, AIRMAN Michael Grey, SGT. Shawn E. Roberts and TECH. SGT. Darrin C. Rice. Rice is a member of the 437th Security Police Squadron; the others are assigned to the 90th Security Police Group. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, fire an M240B machine gun during a regimental field exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 30, 2022. Marines conducted the FEX to enhance combat capabilities while maintaining operational readiness throughout the regiment.

040212-F-0881Z-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Italian soldier with 4th Tank Regiment, Garibaldi Brigade scans the area from a C1 Ariete tank at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 13, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army

990703-M-5696S-006. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Bonsteil State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

DM-SC-85-09308. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DA-SN-88-00650. Subject Operation/Series: ARDENT GROUND '87 Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Members of a Marine combat-ready squad wear their field protective masks during their training with members of the NATO forces. The 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade is participating in the NATO exercise Northern Wedding on Red Beach. Base: Shetland Island Country: Scotland (SCT)

A team member folds his parachute upon landing during Volant Rodeo '82. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '82 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Command Sergeant Major Kevin P. Edwards of Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (Camp Parks), instructs members participating in Operation GOLDEN MEDIC on basic military mountaineering at Camp Parks in Dublin, California. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in GOLDEN MEDIC, a multi-unit, medical, field exercise in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Parks, Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare their gear prior to boarding aircraft for a parachute jump during Exercise SAND EAGLE '89. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '89 Base: Saint Mary'S State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Lance Corporal Beauman, from Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon, sights a ground mounted M-220 E/4 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile (TOW 2) during the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualification (LAR-REQUALEX) '98. Base: Fort Pickett State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970705-M-0023H-004. Complete Scene Caption: Two Marines from the Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade/Offload Preparation Party (NALMEB/OPP) detachment wipe down a M923 5-ton truck on the MV Villars, a Swiss ocean going ferry, at the Norwegian port of Valsneset. All equipment loaded here had been pulled from the caves located in the Trondheim region of central Norway; and is on its way to Estonia for BALTIC CHALLENGE '97, a Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. The US Marine Corps has equipment stored in Norway, as part of the Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB) Prepositioning Program. The NALMEB program contains equipment and 30 days of supplies to support a 13,000 person Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The Government of Norway is the on site "contractor", and provides storage, maintenance facilities and services, and security. Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC CHALLENGE '97 Base: Valsneset Country: Norway (NOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Dale Yaussy, explosive ordnance disposal technician, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares detonation charges for a controlled detonation exercise on Browns Island on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 27, 2022. Browns Island is off limits to all visitors unless authorized for training exercises. All personnel accessing the island must be accompanied by an explosive ordnance disposal technician due to extreme dangers associated with the high hazard impact area.

980624-F-1108F-029. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Security Police personnel from Hickam Air Base, Hawaii defending against the OPFOR (Opposing Force) take aim at a simulated OPFOR casualty during the assault on the beach at Kunsan Air Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Medical personnel taking part in survivalist training pause during the map-and-compass navigation phase of the course. Members of Survival Team One train medical personnel in survival techniques including shelter building, map reading, fire making, fishing and food gathering in field conditions removed from that of their daily routine. State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America(USA)

050905-A-6004S-033. Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 155th Engineer Bn

010724-M-6537L-026. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MARDIV

The Paraguayan team runs to a shoot house during the combined assault course for the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Venta, Honduras on June 18, 2022. Fuerzas Comando is a Foreign Military Interaction exercise designed to enhance multinational and regional cooperation, mutual trust and confidence, and to improve the training, readiness, interoperability, and capability of regional Special Operations Forces.

A U.S. Army soldier of the 3rd Bn., 87th Inf., 4th Inf. Div., armed with an M-16A1 rifle, guards the perimeter of a drop zone during an Engine Running Offload (ERO) exercise with members of the U.S. Air Force reserve at the Red Devil drop zone. A C-130 Hercules aircraft is taxiing on an unimproved runway in the background. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lieutenant Carlos Cesar Leal de Alburquerque, a representative from Brazil, inspects an M-72A2 light anti-tank weapon during a live-fire exercise at the Jungle Operations Conference. Base: Fort Sherman Country: Panama (PAN)

030214-A-0614M-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Country: United States Of America (USA)

General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps, observes a debriefing of a platoon of recruits during a training exercise at range 505, Weapons Training Battalion, Camp Pendleton. General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps, observes a debriefing of a platoon of recruits during a training exercise at range 505, Weapons Training Battalion, Camp Pendleton.

An Afghan Security Forces Member Aims an RPG-7 Rocket Propelled Grenade During a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Eastern Kunar Province

US Army Private Christopher Gracia, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry, Army National Guard, Riverdale, New Jersey, simulates being shot by defending forces after breaking through their camp line during an opposing forces (OPFOR) attack scenario. During the two-week class, operated by the 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron, Fort Dix, New Jersey, students are trained in doctrine, tactics, and customs of hostile countries. The OPFOR team acts as a training aid to the Phoenix Readiness Course, enabling realistic training scenarios in a variety of situations. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group portrait of the members of 1ST Squad, 3rd Plt., Co. C, 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., during Operation Desert Shield. Front row, from left: SPEC. Jeffrey Bright, STAFF SGT. John L. Steffes, STAFF SGT. Christopher Romano (squad leader), STAFF SGT. Morgan Livingston and PFC. David L. Reynolds. Back row, from left: SPEC. Daniel Roberts, SPEC. Jay Anderson and PFC. Kristan Johnson. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An camouflaged infantryman armed with an M60 machine gun. Country: Unknown

030402-F-1404F-011. Base: Rock City Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

DF-ST-89-06320. Base: Camp Bullis Army Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-08774. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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