High Mobility Artillery Systems

Images of various High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and support vehicles in military training environments, showcasing camouflage and operational readiness.

Reserve Citizen Airmen from Soldiers from the California Army Guard's 49th Military Police Brigade, and Airmen from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing offload a M98 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck from a C-5M Super Galaxy at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California, June 4, 2022. Nexus Rising is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of the wing to generate, employ, and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis Air Force Base partnered with California Army and Air National Guard members for the three-day exercise.

An M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System moves to a launching position during Western Strike 22 at Orchard Combat Training Center, June 14, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

DA-SC-89-11649. Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment are given instruction on the use of the Project Origin robotic combat vehicle in the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, June 5, 2022. Project Origin uses autonomous ground vehicles to support Army maneuvers by providing a variety of load packages, depending on the situation, and its use is being demonstrated during exercise Combined Resolve 17 as part of the Army's modernization and emerging technologies initiatives. Combined Resolve is a U.S. Army exercise consisting of 5,600 service members, Allies and partners from more than 10 countries, and is designed to assess units' abilities to conduct combat operations effectively in a multi-domain battlespace.

A Mark 48 articulated 8 x 8 vehicle pulls out of a staging area after picking up a container express (CONEX) box during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: US Naval Station, Roosevelt Road State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

BAKU - 26 June 2011 - Miliatary Parade in Baku, Azerbaijan on Army Day

DA-SC-85-13305. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division mobilize a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for a HIMARS Rapid Infiltration during Marine Aviation Support Activity 22.1 in Luzon, Philippines, June 8, 2022. MASA 22 is a bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Marine Corps, aimed at increasing interoperability and improving aviation-related capabilities in support of U.S.-Philippine mutual defense.

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement with 3d Marine Division transports ammunition in support of an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. Routine short-notice ACM drills ensure III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines remain ready to rapidly deploy and maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific.

Reserve Citizen Airmen from Soldiers from the California Army Guard's 49th Military Police Brigade, and Airmen from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing offload a M98 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck from a C-5M Super Galaxy at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California, June 4, 2022. Nexus Rising is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of the wing to generate, employ, and sustain air operations in a simulated combat environment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Travis Air Force Base partnered with California Army and Air National Guard members for the three-day exercise.

DA-SC-87-05418. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Mastiff 6x6 armored patrol vehicle of the British Army.

United States Marine Corps LAV-25 during a combat operation, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Equipment used for the forward arming and refueling point gets unloaded during Steel Knight 23, on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centers Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 30, 2022. The exercise provides 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing with the opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.

Two M-1945 field oven units extend from the side of a 351st Supply and Service Company field bakery during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '87. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

BALTIC SEA (May 19, 2022) - A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC), attached to Assault Craft Unit 4, offloads light armored vehicles onto the shores of Estonia, May 19, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is participating in the Estonian-led exercise Siil 22 (Hedgehog 22 in English). Siil 22 brings together members of the Estonian Defense Force and U.S. Sailors and Marines under Task Force 61/2 to enhance Allied interoperability and preserve security and stability in the Baltic region.

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), better known as the humvee, patrols the streets of Kunduz in Northern Afghanistan.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 4th Marines provide security from a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during Stand-in Force Exercise on Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2022. SiF-EX is a Division-level exercise involving all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force focused on strengthening multi-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. This exercise serves as a rehearsal for rapidly projecting combat power in defense of allies and partners in the region.

Soldiers assigned to Bravo., 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment load field gear into their small unit support vehicle (SUS-V) during cold weather training at the Bethel armory, Jan. 19, 2018. SUS-V's are personnel carriers capable of operating in arctic conditions over frozen tundra. (Alaska Army National Guard

Members of the 914th Civil Engineer Squadron load into a humvee during offsite convoy operations training in Youngstown, New York, June 11, 2022. Training with humvees is vital to the mission as personnel must be able to move equipment to the fight wherever it is needed.

During a simulated tactical scenario, SPC Bryan A. Cook, HHB 1ST of the 44th Air Defense Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, is shown raising the radar on the Forward Area Air Defense Ground-Base Sensor (FAAD GBS) field equipment. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020415-A-1526R-043. Base: Camp Barbuda Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-202. Hurricane Katrina

030814-M-7837W-006. Base: Mohammed Al Ahmed Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-71. Hurricane Katrina

The Project Origin robotic combat vehicle is shown during training for U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, June 6, 2022. Project Origin uses autonomous ground vehicles to support Army maneuvers by providing a variety of load packages, depending on the situation, and its use is being demonstrated during exercise Combined Resolve 17 as part of the Army's modernization and emerging technologies initiatives. Combined Resolve is a U.S. Army exercise consisting of 5,600 service members, Allies and partners from more than 10 countries, and is designed to assess units' abilities to conduct combat operations effectively in a multi-domain battlespace.

A combat engineer signals for a military police M998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) to begin crossing a ribbon bridge during the joint South Korean/US exercise TEAM SPIRIT '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

The U.S. Armys Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, a modern combat vehicle, is driven on an off-road obstacle course designed to test the capabilities of the vehicle at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Aug. 17, 2022. The U.S. Army Reserve is transforming through an integration of next-generation technologies and warfighting concepts across the force to enhance our ability to compete globally, deter adversaries and win on all-domain battlefields in an era of strategic competition.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Ivey, a landing support specialist with 3rd Landing Support Battalion and a native of Sunnyvale, Texas, guides a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement to the unit marshaling area in preparation for Balikatan 23 in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 27, 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 of shared experiences.

030605-M-5865P-002. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS Cherry Point

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).

Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Orzysz, Poland - Soldiers of the 98th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Washington Army National Guard, man a Reconnaissance Stryker during the last training day of exercise Thunderbolt Focus 2022, April 27. U.S. Soldiers among others from allied nations worked together in dynamic teams against tactics, techniques, and procedures used by enemy forces that allowed the Battle Groups to practice, refine, and validate all warfighting, interoperability and control skills.

CPL J. Reimer and LCPL A. Vaughn from Bravo Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, drive their Command and Control (C2) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), into a C-5A Galaxy Transport Jet during embarkation from the air base. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. CPL J. Reimer and LCPL A. Vaughn from Bravo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, drive their Command and Control (C2) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), into a C-5A Galaxy Transport Jet during embarkation from the air base.

Kunduz, Afghanistan - Old Russian BM-21 launch vehicle..

Stryker combat vehicles are staged aboard the Liberty Passion at the Port of Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Oct. 8, 2022. The 837th Transportation Battalion examined and cleared each Stryker before disembarking the vessel.

Diehl Defence missile system IRIS-T SLS, 22. 06. 2005. ILA International Aerospace Exhibition Berlin, Schoenefeld, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

060123-A-6365W-119. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040910-F-2034C-010. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-207. Hurricane Katrina

030507-F-2185G-007. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines and members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force demonstrate High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems capabilities during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 4, 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 U.S. Air Force AN/TPS-75, deployable field radar system, scans the skies during Agile Rage 22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Northern Michigan's National All-Domain Warfighting Center is a premier training location for Agile Combat Employment, because of its unique training airspace and facilities, encompassing more than 148,000 acres of ground maneuver training area and more than 17,000 square miles of special use airspace; one of the largest areas of its kind in the U.S.

San Pedro, Calif. (May 24, 2022) - A tractor, rubber-tired, articulated-steering, multipurpose carries a container off a landing craft, utility from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) at Cabrillo Beach during a Defense Support for Civil Authority exercise as part of Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW) 2022. LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.

Soldiers from B Battery, 1ST Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Assault), Fort Bragg, North Carolina commence unloading of their trucks and M-198 155mm howitzers from the landing craft air cushion (LCAC) vessel, with its air cushions deflated and forward ramp down, which extracted them from Vieques Island during JTFX 98-1. Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), ride in a utility task vehicle during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 on San Clemente Island, California, April 21, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, which emphasizes the development of small task-organized unit experimentation across all warfighting functions, as well as enhance the battalion's ability to conduct command and control, fire-support planning, intelligence functions, and logistical support to distributed company level operations. This exercise continues support of 2d MARDIVs experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

011101-A-6157W-016. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

DA-ST-88-06912. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

U.S. Marine Corps M777 towed 155 mm howitzers are staged on the flight line prior to being loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 22, 2022. The howitzers are part of the United States efforts alongside allies and partners to identify and provide Ukraine with additional capabilities.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Chuck Fox of the 89th Air Wing Safety Office is rearranging equipment on a flatbed truck to create maneuvering space for the forklift to remove equipment safely from the flatbed at Fort A.P. Hill, Virgina. This mission is in direct support of Exercise Crisis Look 00-03. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS LOOK 00-03 Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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 is transported 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.

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.

Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment load various military vehicles into a Boeing C-17 in preparation for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at the National Training Center (NTC).

BAKU - 26 June 2011 - Miliatary Parade in Baku, Azerbaijan on Army Day

SAAREMAA, Estonia (May 21, 2022) A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment prior to a tactical movement to their next objective during exercise Siil (Hedgehog) 22 while attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group/22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Task Force 61/2 on Saaremaa, Estonia, May 21, 2022. The 22 ARG/MEU, as part of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of Operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.

332d Expedition Security Forces Squadron have their Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (M--ATV) await the night at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia August 19, 2022. M-ATVs are designed to take the place of M1114 HMMWVs and is designed to provide the same levels of protection as the heavier and larger previous Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) with improved mobility.

An AN/TPQ-36 weapons locating radar, part of the Firefinder radar system, of the 161st Target Acquisition Battery from the Kansas National Guard is positioned at the international airport. An eight soldier team on deployment for JOINT ENDEAVOR mans the AN/TPQ-36 which gathers information about artillery, rockets, and mortars and with it the team can determine when and where a weapon was fired, where the round is going and when the round will reach its target. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cody Demorest, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller with All-Domain Effects Team Bravo, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (2d ANGLICO), II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, coordinates fire during a short halt during part of a mechanized assault as part of Defender Europe 22, Kazlų Rūda, Lithuania, May 25, 2022. 2d ANGLICO provides a liaison capability to our joint service and NATO allies by educating the ground forces on Marine Air Ground Task Force fires and air support.

060405-N-7092S-139. Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030206-M-5753Q-093. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-132 Commander Ken Ham takes his instructor, Battalion Chief David Seymour, at left, for a ride in an M-113 armored personnel carrier during driving practice. Also along for the ride is Mission Specialist Michael Good. An M-113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency egress from the vicinity of the pad is needed. The STS-132 crew is participating in their Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT, a dress rehearsal for launch. TCDT provides each shuttle crew and launch team the opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. On the STS-132 mission, the six-member crew will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier, or ICC, and the Russian-built Mini-Research Module-1, or MRM-1, to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Atlantis. The ICC is an unpressurized flat bed pallet and keel yoke assembly used to sup

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3rd Bn., 43rd Air Defense Arty., is deployed in the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Service members drive Joint-Light Tactical Vehicles on the cantonment area July 8, 2022, during training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis. During July 2022, like other months of the year, thousands of troops held training at Fort McCoy in a variety of types of training operations for active- and reserve-component forces. Fort McCoy's motto is to by the "Total Force Training Center."

DM-SC-88-09361. Base: Onslow Beach State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A convoy of Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles is lined up in a staging area and ready for departure on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Oct. 25. Daily convoys are carrying out more equipment as Operation New Dawn continues to draw down.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Bloodworth, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System operator with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes his team's route to the launch site in support of Valiant Shield 2022 on Palau, June 8, 2022. This is the first time the Marine Corps employed a HIMARS on the island of Angaur. The HIMARS rapid infiltration, or HI-RAIN, was possible due to improvements made to the Angaur Airstrip during Task Force Koa Moana in 2020.

030206-M-5753Q-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Vehicles sit in rows in a staging area prior to being backloaded onto a maritime pre-positioning ship near the conclusion of Exercise Ocean Venture '88. At left and far right are Mark 48 articulated 8 x 8 vehicles; at center is an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: US Naval Station, Roosevelt Road State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060227-A-2718K-142. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld practices driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. Other crew members are behind him. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission will each practice driving the M-113 in turn as part of their training on emergency egress procedures. An M-113 will be available to transport the crew to safety in the event of a contingency on the pad before their launch. The crew is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a dress launch rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT. It provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization, emergency training and a simulated launch countdown. The STS-125 mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis to service NASAs Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch Oct. 10.

Japan Ground Self Defense Force Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicles conduct a live-fire range during Resolute Dragon 22 on Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 5, 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 British 7th Signal Regiment soldier sets up the Radio Relay Van for a test transmission at the future site of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Tactical Headquarters. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Odzak Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 1/6, advance towards the checkpoint during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 30, 2023. MOUT training increases the lethality of the MEUs infantrymen through live-fire drills, room clearing procedures and small team tactics in order to prepare for their upcoming deployment.

An MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launcher of Btry. E, 3rd Bn., 43rd Air Defense Arty., is deployed in the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DM-ST-85-09154. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Delivering a WRSK (War Readiness Spares Kit) pallet an Air Force driver guides her 10K-AT forklift at the direction of Loadmaster Corporal (CPL) Matthew Rider, USMC, to an Awaiting KC-130 during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The driver and forklift are from Air Mobility Command (AMC) and CPL Rider is from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58, Miramar, California. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352

Harold Ladson, 437th Aerial Port Squadron hazmat inspector, inspects a Humveewith the U.S. Army at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Oct. 13, 2022. Personnel routinely conduct these inspections on outgoing cargo to ensure a safe and secure airlift.

An Eqyptian tank transporter arrives at the dock with an M-60 main battle tank that will be loaded aboard a ship at the conclusion of the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

An M-142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) assigned to the U.S. Army 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, sits on the flight line prior to being loaded onto a MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing in support of Latvian National exercise NAMEJS, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept 26, 2022. Joint and combined training such as Latvian exercise NAMEJS is a critical opportunity for U.S. and allies to train together to be prepared to face any challenge.

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division travel through a trail as they scan for possible enemies during the Light Tactical Family (LTF) Crew Maneuver Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 6, 2023. The five-day course focused on training and educating crew members on effective LTF employment in rough terrain.

A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with 3d Marine Division is staged in support of an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. Routine short-notice ACM drills ensure III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines remain ready to rapidly deploy and maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Army soldier, assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat team, 1st Cavalry Division, participates in Railhead Operations in Poland. 3ABCT's vehicles arrived in Poland to aid in maximizing military capabilities.

U.S. Marine Infantrymen with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provide ground security during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration of the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. The MAGTF Demo displays the coordinated use of close-air support, artillery and infantry forces, and provides a visual representation of how the Marine Corps operates. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been offloaded from the well deck of the USS Anchorage at Naval Base San Diego following completion of Underway Recovery Test 3 in the Pacific Ocean.NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel conducted the recovery test using the test vehicle to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The test allowed the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program conducted the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a United Launch Allianc

Educators, media, and influencers from Recruiting Stations Dallas and San Antonio participate in WRR's Educators' Workshop Program aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton from Aug. 1, 2022 to Aug. 5, 2022.

Soldiers hoisting with the vehicle faucet ammunition of a Daf Viertonner.

A mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle

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Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

A Stryker vehicles belonging to 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. rolls off the boat at the Port of Pyeongtaek, South Korea Oct. 8, 2022. The vehicles were off loaded by members of the 837th Transportation Battalion, the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and the 2nd Infantry Division. The 2-2 SBCT will serve a nine-month tour of duty in Korea, the first for the unit and the 12th iteration overall since the start of the Korea Rotational Force began.

A firefighter battles a simulated building fire during the ground base defense exercise Foal Eagle '91.. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '91 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea(KOR)

051013-A-1327A-041. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

M1255 CVV Strykers await daily checks and maintenance at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 19, 2024. This Command Vehicle deals mainly with communication within a brigade and was showcased at the JBLM Stryker Symposium on Jan. 23, 2024.

000326-F-4406B-508. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF)

STS-98 Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam (right) takes a turn driving an M-113 armored carrier, part of emergency egress training at Launch Pad 39A. Seated alongside is Capt. George Hoggard (left), a training officer with SGS Fire Services. In the event of an emergency at the pad prior to launch, the carrier could be used to transport the crew to a nearby bunker or farther. The STS-98 crew is at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also includes a simulated launch countdown. STS-98 is the seventh construction flight to the International Space Station, carrying as payload the U.S. Lab Destiny, a key element in the construction of the ISS

A view of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Self-Propelled Launcher Loader (SPLL) in firing position. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier documents vehicle offloading as an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) comes ashore from the Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship CAPE DIAMOND (T-AKR 5055) during exercise Reforger '91. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '91 Base: Flushing Country: Netherlands / Holland(NLD)

A vehicle assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) offloads from a U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, on a beach in Morehead City, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU is operating in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade load live rocket pods onto an M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) as part of Exercise Dynamic Front 2022 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 21, 2022. DF-22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, is the premiere U.S.-led NATO Allies and Partners-integrated fires exercise in the European theater focusing on fire interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural and technical domains.

030413-A-XXXXX-2151. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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