Ground Combat Exercises

Images capture Marines in tactical positions, ready to engage, during training exercises emphasizing teamwork and military readiness.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade communicate with leaders while assaulting an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 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.

US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). Well-camouflaged Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines prepare to launch a Shoulder Mounted all-purpose Assault Weapon (SMAW), on Range 400, during Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 5-97. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030413-M-5654R-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Route 8 Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-373

001011-M-6312K-001. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Dennis Dodge, Golf Company (G CO), Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), moves to the top of Landing Force Objective (LD OBJ) One during the Combat Enhancement Training (CET) phase of Exercise DESTINED GLORY 00. SGT Dodge is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with a M203 40 mm grenade launcher. DESTINED GLORY is designed to build interoperability and cooperation between military forces in the Mediterranean Region. Elements of the United Kingdom (UK), Germany (DEU), United States (USA), Italian, Spanish, Greek and Turkish Air, Naval and Land forces are taking part in the exercise. Base: Doganbey Country: Turkey (TUR)

040323-M-9362G-010. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade communicate with leaders while assaulting an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 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.

040114-M-9362G-006. Base: Magtftc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050625-A-9039F-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Batel State: Dohuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACOE

030217-M-4419R-005. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

030401-M-4419R-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Lance Cpl. William Sullivan, a dog handler with the mobile section of 81 mm Mortars Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security with his dog, Coal, during a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 31. Marines from 3/6 and soldiers from the Afghan National Army are in Marjah to support Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid the area of Taliban presence and intimidation.

A US Navy air cushioned landing craft (LCAC) from the USS Portland arrives at Black Beach to pick up an Evacuation Control Team participating in a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) rehearsal. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

030411-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles, STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Derek Dutcher and Sergeant (SGT) Robert Guest with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, rest during a climb to an objective in the ADI Ghar mountains, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

With 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a 9 mm M9 Pistol, US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jonathon Hendrick, USMC Sergeant (SGT) Walker, and USMC CPL Schuffleman take their positions as they prepare to provide security at a convoy stop. The convoy is part of Marine Wing Support Squadron-373 (MWSS-373) en route to set up a Forward Arming Refueling Point (FARP) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Route 8 Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030410-M-3300U-005. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-06486. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Chipyong-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

060706-A-0559K-030. Subject Operation/Series: STARLIT Base: Cob Speicher State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHWEST

030203-M-5150A-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Marines assigned to 2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, move to position during a company assault exercise at Range 400 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Feb. 28.

030409-M-2195C-005. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Richard York, a fireteam member assigned to 378th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron, provides cover fire for a U.S. Soldier with Task Force Americal from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, during a Joint Force combat arms training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 24, 2022. Soldiers and Airmen must undergo routine weapons qualification training to ensure safety and proficiency standards, which they meet together at PSAB.

030324-M-3692C-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

050913-A-0527A-017. Base: Fob Lagman Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Wood, 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, and Capt. Nick Morgans move a simulated casualty onto a litter during a mass casualty scenario near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2010. The scenario was planned as part of Sergeant Wood's qualification to become an element lead.

Private First Class (PFC) Jordan Rud, right, with the 82nd Airborne Divisions Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD), fires an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), down range, as Sergeant (SGT) Joe Gonzalez uses a high definition (HD) scope to check the target, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mikhail Nikiforov, a Bowie, Maryland native, and Joint Terminal Attack Controller with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment communicates via radio during a JTAC training event at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Jan. 10, 2023. 3d MLR partnered with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Three Seven MH-60R Seahawks to increase joint-lethality and JTAC proficiency.

Chemical Warfare in the Twentieth Century The Gulf War 1991: United States troops wearing NBC Nuclear Biological and Chemical outfits with a 'wounded' soldier on a stretcher during an exercise before the start of operations in Kuwait.

030324-M-3692C-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

HWAJIN-RI BEACH, Republic of Korea (March 29, 2023) - A Republic of Korea Marine provides security during an amphibious assault training exercise for Ssang Yong 23. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. - ROK Alliance, Ssang Yong 2023 strengthens the Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward the ROK's combined defense of the Korean Peninsula and increasing the readiness of the U.S. -ROK Alliance.

Moving out from a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) 25, Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) secure an airfield once held by the Iraqi 10th Armored Division in Al Amarah, Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Amarah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050813-A-5447B-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030320-M-3138H-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Squad of special forces in action in the desert, covered by smoke screen.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), assault a simulated enemy trench, while attending the Infantry Officer's Training Course, at the platoon based trench and grenade range 410A, located at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army soldiers of the 552nd Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade check to see if Iraqi police officers of the Al Rabaneain district weaponsÕ are clear during an AK-47 training exercise focused on marksmanship and weapon familiarization at Combat Outpost Spear in Mosul, Iraq, on Oct. 15, 2007. DoD by Airman 1st Class Christopher Hubenthal,

US Army (USA) Puerto Rico National Guard Soldiers, assigned to 130th Charlie Company, train on how to inject an antidote into a simulated contaminated victim, during the chemical, biological training portion of the Common Task Training (CTT), at the Camp Santiago Training Site (CSTS), located in Salinas, Puerto Rico (PR). Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021209-M-3022S-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

040420-F-0701S-047. Base: Lambert Iap, Saint Louis State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040424-M-1623M-010. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Weapons of Soviet special operations group before going on a mission.

030409-M-2195C-011. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPL L. G. Morales, Bravo 1/10 kneels with his M-16A1 with grenade launcher to survey the area between the town of Cap Haitien and the airfield occupied by U.S. forces involved in Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

June 3, 2004 - Iraqi soldiers learn urban-war fighting techniques as part of their overall advance military training at Tadji, Iraqi. Recently the U.S. Army has adopted the train the trainer approach to teaching their own skills to the Iraqi Army. Train the trainer consist of investing more time with individual Iraqi instructors and then letting the instructors teach the mass of the classes.

Soldiers carry a simulated casualty under a barbed wire obstacle while competing for the title of Army Reserve Medical Command's "Best Warrior" at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 1, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Garcia, a rifleman with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts a radio check during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 25, 2022. ITX is a month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges to refine combined arms maneuver in offensive and defensive combat operations.

040605-M-4419R-073. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050607-A-1566H-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Delta Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-89-04071. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medium close shot. A Dover team memeber catches some ZZZ's at lunch during the base's Battle AX exercise Dover AFB, Delaware on March 28, 2000. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Crosses a River on a Zip Line During Mountain Leader Training

Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Radio Battalion, treat simulated casualties during a mass casualty evacuation drill at Dillingham Air Field in Mokuleia, Hawaii, Oct. 21. The drill, part of a battalion-level field exercise held at the air field, Oct. 18 to 27, was designed to prepare the battalion for future combat operations, and sustain core competencies in combat lifesaver support and first aid, said Capt. Jonathan Cartrett, company commander, H&S Co., 3rd Radio Bn.

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Matthew Duesbery and another soldier from "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, wait for other members of their unit as they make their way to a cave in the ADI Ghar mountains, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM 2003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030217-M-3692W-118. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Co

SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Hafstad, and SENIOR AIRMAN Adrian Faison, both structural engineers from the 820th Red Horse Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, NV attach a sling rigging to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The CH-47 will redeploy the equipment from Kumaka back to Camp Stephenson, Timehri, Guyana. The 820th, was at Kumaka to renovate the existing regional hospital as part of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Camp Stephenson, Timehri Country: French Guiana (GUF)

050630-A-9930K-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Samarra Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD CO. 3 BN 1 BDE 5 DIV

030415-M-0289P-001. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of Task Force Devil, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, Kandahar Army Airfield, set up their 120mm mortar in support the soldiers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) during their combat patrols, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

SPC Casey Hutchinson, 3rd Section, A Battery, 1ST Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), Fort Bragg, prepares a 105mm artillery round for the M119 howitzer during a live fire joint field training. Hutchinson, along with the unidentified soldier in the background are wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) equipment. (Duplicate image, see also DASD9803108 or search 980201A6522J503). Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. and Egyptian troops move out in a column during Exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

DA-SC-90-00055. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes down Range 400 during their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 23, 2022. Range 400 employs realistic live fire training that produces combat-ready forces in preparation for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22.2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet.)A U.S. Marine with 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes down Range 400 during their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 23, 2022. Range 400 employs realistic live fire training that produces combat-ready forces in preparation for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22.2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet.)

Staff Sgt. BIll Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, prepares to move a patient on a litter while the HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter lands during training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 21. The training focused on quick-care-under-fire and also gave training to Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), on how to react when pararescuemen arrive.

A Marine 50 Cal. Team from the 2nd Battalion, 1ST Marines, Golf Company, fires live rounds down range during combined arms exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ARMS Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 39th Field Artillery work together to remove an M-198 155mm howitzer from its heavy drop platform in the field during an XVIII Airborne Corps emergency deployment readiness exercise. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030201-M-2081S-022. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Commando Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Hq Bn, 1ST Marine Division

Camouflage U.S. Marines

040512-F-9085B-003. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Soviet Spetsnaz special operations group on a mission.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, of the New York Army National Guard, participate in a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Marquevis W. Chance, corpsman, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, provides security for his squadmates during a patrol Sept. 6, 2009.

240201-M-IU565-1003 CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (Feb. 1, 2024) Kuwaiti soldiers zero their weapons while participating in live-fire designated marksman training during exercise Eager Defender 24 onboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 1. Eager Defender 24 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between Kuwait and U.S. naval forces, focused on enhancing mutual capabilities and interoperability in maritime security operations. Marine Corps photo)

M-60 tanks from opposing forces meet during combat exercises taking place as part of exercise Gallant Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-08479. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldier aiming weapon

030406-M-4419R-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to B Battery, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Field Artillery Squadron, fire 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

DN-ST-85-07140. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Egyptian marine participates in an amphibious assault during the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, work security while Soldiers search a nearby field in Owesat, Iraq, April 12, 2009.

Armed soldier, photographed as part of a Bundeswehr exercise with armed forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the 'Wettiner Schwert' exercise as part of Quadriga 2024 in the training town of Schnoeggersburg, 8 April 2024

Spc. Gareth Warner drops a 120mm mortar round into the tube while Spc. Ricky Olivo keeps the gun on target during a fire mission on Combat Outpost Zurok in Paktika province, Afghanistan, July 13. The Soldiers are deployed with the 3rd battalion, 509th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.

020823-A-5790R-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). Marines provide command and control, using a SINCGARS radio at Range 400, in support of Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 4-98. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN Alfred M. Gray Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, poses for a photograph with members of Co. G, 2nd Bn., 5th Marines, at the Central Training Area. Gray is on hand to observe an exercise during his visit to Marine Corps Air Station, Futenma, Okinawa. Country: Japan (JPN)

UH-1A Iroquois helicopters from the 25th Combat Aviation Battalion prepare to land and pick up members of the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The troops are conducting an airmobile combat assault at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training area during training Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030409-F-0762P-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Navy photojournalist CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 Ed Bailey enters a sandbagged fighting position at a forward Marine camp while traveling with a Navy mobile construction battalion prior to the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030202-M-5150A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: HO 7th Marines

MARSOC Marines take a knee in a wheat field in Suji as Afghan National Army Soldiers and Marine Special Operation Command Marines patrol through the village in Farah Prov., Bala Baluk District, Afghanistan, March 29. The coalition forces started the three-day CRP lead by the ANA with a dismounted patrol through Suji, Peyo and Pasaw, an air drop of humanitarian aide supplies for Aka Sadiq and a route recon through the mountainous terrain of eastern Bala Baluk.

970617-F-7910D-005. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS LOOK Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070309-A-3887D-0126. Base: Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030505-F-8362B-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army soldiers from the 164th Task Force, Fort Stewart, GA, off load from a M929 5-ton truck after arriving at the port of Mogadishu. The 164th will redeploy to the Military Sealift Command chartered vessel Mediterranean Sky. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Members of Company 2 take cover after being fired upon during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the .... Complete Scene Caption: Members of Company 2 take cover after being fired upon during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Comm

Camouflage, U.S. Marines

A U.S. Marine atop an LAV-25, southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Marines of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit rebuild bunkers that were destroyed by mud and rain during their participation in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

110329-A-TH742-245 A U.S. Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division returns fire with a M249 light machine gun during combat operations in the valley of Barawala Kalet, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011.

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