Marine Corps Training Exercises

Images depict military recruits engaging in training with firearms and equipment, showcasing camouflaged uniforms and a focus on teamwork.

An M60 machine gun team of the 2nd Division, Republic of Korea Navy Marine Corps, fires downrange during a live-fire exercise for Operation BEAR HUNT '84. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Recruit from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, fires a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) at Alpha Range on Edson Range. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-06394. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Three combat-ready Marine officer candidates who are members of a fire team wait for the signal to move ahead. These candidates are students of The Basic School for Marine Officers Training. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M60 machine gun team of the 2nd Division, Republic of Korea Navy Marine Corps, fires downrange during a live-fire exercise for Operation BEAR HUNT '84. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-88-05429. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

Members of the 26th Marine Amphibious Unit prepare to fire the M-47 Dragon medium anti-tank/assault weapon. They are here participating in Exercise Alpine Warrior '82. Subject Operation/Series: ALPINE WARRIOR '82 Base: Camp Ripley State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division teaches a Honduran soldier how to fire an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during Operation GOLDEN PHEASANT. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Country: Honduras (HND)

Royal Australian Navy Captain Chris G. E. Cowler (foreground) joins US Marine Corps Lieutenant Chris Budihas (left) and US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Gil Ducy (back) in observing assault activities during an amphibious assault at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, during RIMPAC '96. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LCPL Dean Walker, left, and LCPL Kelly Lisciak of Headquarters and Service Co., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), finish eating lunch outside their position at a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DA-ST-85-12843. Country: Unknown

A Marine armed with an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher takes cover in the grass during a joint services exercise. Country: Panama (PAN)

Combat control team members begin their field training after parachuting from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. The airmen are assigned to the 317th Tactical Air Wing, involved in exercise Reforger '80. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

First Lieutenant Hahn, USMC, 1ST Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Bravo Company 1/5, shouts "Cease Fire" to his troops after they have secured an area in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia. Combined U.S. and Australian Defense Forces are participating in exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

DM-ST-87-01584. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Finding that his fireteam leader, STAFF SGT. Joe Hamilton, has been "killed" in an attack, AIRMAN 1ST Class William McGall, 341st Operations Squadron lays on the ground and uses Hamilton's radio to report back to Command Post. Subject Operation/Series: MARAUDER 1995 Base: Limestone Hills State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), during a breaching exercise aim down field using M16A2 rifles with a Colt 40mm M203 Grenade Launcher attachment. Subject Operation/Series: LIBERTY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine attacking the objective, with an M16 A-2 Service Rifle with M-203 grenade launcher, during the 50th Anniversary of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, aboard Camp Pendleton, California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MARDIV

DM-ST-87-01613. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Marine from the Fleet Anti-terrorism Support Team, Norfolk, VA, provides security for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, Charleston, SC, during the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Warren Grove Range State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000225-M-0267C-018. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

SENIOR AIRMAN Christopher Drapper, 100th Security Police Squadron, sights in on a target with an M60 machine gun equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear and mounted atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Drapper is patrolling the airfield perimeter during Creek Defender, an air base ground-defense training course including both classroom and field training. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-89-06050. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 87 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant Mario Brooks, 60th Military Airlift Wing security police, takes aim against an aggressor during a combat tactics exercise, part of VOLANT RODEO '86, an annual, multi-national tactical airlift competition. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '86 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-03134. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Four members of the Army's 7th Infantry Division maneuver their way around a patch of tall grass during a joint services exercise. Country: Panama (PAN)

A female recruit from the 4th Recruit Training Battalion low-crawls beneath a barbed-wire obstacle at the depot's Field Training Unit. Base: MC Recruit Depot, Paris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the Security Force Company practice with electronic sighting devices on their M-16A2 assault rifles during training in guarding the special weapons area of the submarine base. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Shot of US Air Force Air Force member holding a Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS satellites make it possible to precisely destroy targets, and future GPS-based survival radios, replacing the model seen in the photo, will revolutionize combat search and rescue. This image was used in the June 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine. Shot of US Air Force Air Force member holding a Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS satellites make it possible to precisely destroy targets, and future GPS-based survival radios, replacing the model seen in the photo, will revolutionize combat search and rescue. This image was used in the June 1998 issue of Airman Magazine.

Soldiers assigned to the 50th Engineers, 1ST Platoon Camp Laguardia, Republic of Korea, raise the loading ramp after Two M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles assigned to the 2-9 Infantry, Camp Casey, ROK, drove onto the partially assembled pontoon bridge in order to cross the Imjin River, ROK, during a bridge building training exercise on Oct. 22, 1998. Many of the participants in todays exercise are officers participating in accordance with the US Army Officer Professional Development Program, a program designed to improve team building and soldiery. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Imjin River Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marines set up an M-224 60mm mortar during an infantry officer training course. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine detachment of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) discuss firing coordination procedures during NATO exercise Northern Wedding '86. The Marines are trained as gunfire spotters and direct the fire of IOWA's guns from positions on the beach. Subject Operation/Series: NATO EXERCISE NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Base: Cape Wrath Country: Scotland (SCT)

A member of the 90th Security Police Group demonstrates first aid procedures during a training exercise. Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPC 4 Daniel Kocher, Co. A, 4th Bn., 73rd Armor, uses a hose to wash mud off an M-60 tank during Reforger training exercises at the 7th Army Training Command. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Grafenwohr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Vintage Photograph. Soldiers navigate dense woodland during a tactical exercise.

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines demonstrate the evacuation of casualties during Situational Training Exercise-4, "civil disturbance and mass casualty", part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 held at Camp Lejeune NC. US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines demonstrate the evacuation of casualties during Situational Training Exercise-4, "civil disturbance and mass casualty", part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96 held at Camp Lejeune NC.

DA-SC-86-08955. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Dragon anti-tank gun team from Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines (BLT 2/3), 31st Marine Amphibious Unit (31st MAU), gets ready to move out during Exercise Kangaroo 4. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO 4 Country: Australia (AUS)

030213-M-7031A-008. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

HAMBURGER HILL (1987), directed by JOHN IRVIN.

Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) engineers use an M-9 Armored Combat Earthmover bulldozer to construct a tank entrenchment at the Twin Bridges training area on Oct. 31, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, is the site for a simulated battle on Nov. 2, 1998, between a ROKA Armored Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

2LT Stewart Moon and SPC Mathew Bacon, 2nd Platoon, B Co. 40th Engineers, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany, set up a 40 pound shape charge to blow up a Serbian bunker in the Zone of Separation.(CP 2537196027-grid square). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A Combat Control School student prepares an acting mutilated soldier lying with a severed-leg decoy. The students are participating in first aid training before becoming a Red Berets upon their graduation. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Students of the infantry officer course wear protective masks as part of field training at the Basic School, Marine Corps Development and Education Command. The men are also armed with M-16A1 rifles. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M-60 machine gun crew of Co. B, 1ST Bn., 14th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., defends a position on a hill during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Mandeul Country: South Korea

SENIOR AIRMAN Chris Nichols, 35th Munitions Squadron, Misawa, AB, Japan, shoulders a massive torque wrench used to assemble GBU-12 bombs during this combat ammunition production exercise.Published in AIRMAN Magazine July 1996. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: CAPEX 96 Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Korea

A combat-ready Marine, LCPL Smith, checks the sight on an M-29 81mm mortar prior to the next fire mission 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)

DM-ST-86-05376. Country: Australia (AUS)

DN-ST-85-07115. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT. Brian Brown (L) and SENIOR AIRMAN Jamie Morris, 8th Security Police Squadron, Kunsan AB, Korea, test fires an M-60 from their gunner's position at the Opposing Forces (OPFOR) camp during the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

AIRMAN Simon Amador, a member of security police team, covers the movement of other team members while on patrol during the combat tactics phase of VOLANT RODEO '86, an annual, multi-national tactical airlift competition. Amador is armed with an M-16 rifles equipped with multiple intergrated laser engagement system (MILES) gear. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '86 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00558. Country: Unknown

A staff sergeant from the Army's 193rd Infantry Brigade watches as an Ecuadoran commando fires an M-16A1 rifle during small unit training conducted as part of the joint Ecuadoran/U.S. exercise Blue Horizon '86. Subject Operation/Series: BLUE HORIZON '86 Country: Ecuador (ECU)

Members of the Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5 travel across the desert in a SEA Team 3 Scorpion fast attack vehicle (FAV) during a press demonstration. An M-2 .50-caliber machine gun is mounted on top of the vehicle. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Marine Takes a Nap Before a Convoy at the Asadabad Forward Operating Base in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan

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

DN-ST-88-04000. Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier from the 25th infantry Division, right, explains the operation of an M-16A1 rifle and night vision scope to a soldier from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force during bilateral training exercise Orient Shield. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Army soldiers receive position information from NAVSTAR satellites with the aid of backpacks. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-85-08893. Country: Unknown

Three members of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) Army, 2nd Guard Brigade, load a round into a 122mm Howitzer D-30J field artillery piece during a three-day exercise when the HVO Army was granted use of Barbara Range for the first time in 18 months. Base: Glamoc Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

US Army Captain Jim Skeleton, 501st Military Intelligence, Remote site Commander for Hill 1326 Bosnia and Herzegovina, shows USA Brigadier General Stanley F. Cherrie, Assistant Division Commander -Maneuver, Task Force Eagle (TFE), around the site during his visit to Hill 1326 during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A Navy corpsman crawls under barbed wire on the obstacle course during a simulated firefight. He is undergoing combat training at the Field Medical Service School. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Jesse Dailey, 100th Security Police Squadron, runs along a fenceline during Creek Defender, an air base ground-defense training course including both classroom and field training. Dailey is armed with an M-16 rifle equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

First LT. D.A. Anderson takes a break from field training during the infantry officer course at the Basic School, Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army National Guard officer candidates, enrolled in the Washington Army National Guards 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III, execute movement to contact missions on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 22, 2022. The candidates were faced with unexpected variables during the training, such as responding to simulated casualties and handling enemy prisoners of war. By conducting missions first as a squad, then as a platoon, candidates develop the confidence and leadership skills they need to make critical decisions under stressful circumstances.

A1C Kristi Krewson, 568th Security Police Squadron deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, stands with an M-60 machine gun in an M-113 armored personnel carrier during a security detail in downtown Tuzla. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DM-ST-90-01309. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-90-01423. Country: Honduras (HND)

DM-SC-89-01603. Base: Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, travels to Kurdish refugee camps near Cukurca. The camps are being established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A member of Company A, 2nd Bn., 17th Infantry, aims an M-67 90mm recoilless rifle during the joint service combined arms live fire Exercise CALFEX III at Yukon Range. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX III Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 554th Civil Engineering Squadron operate bulldozers to clear the gun range. The unit is participating in a joint Red Horse Team mobility training exercise. Base: Camp Casey Country: South Korea

Brigadier General John Quinn (center) visits with members of the 4.2 mortar section of Combat Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, during their annual artillery training exercise. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navy SEAL Team Members and South Vietnamese Soldiers Disembark from a River Patrol Boat"Mekong Delta, South VietnamU.S. Navy Seal-Air-Land (SEAL) team members and South Vietnamese soldiers disembark from a river patrol boat (PBR) for an assault on Viet Cong positions on Tan Dinh Island during Operation Bold Dragon III." Photographer: PH1 L.R. Robinson.

DA-ST-88-04768. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Company B, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, set up an M60 machine gun in a foxhole during the combined United States/Canadian NATO exercise RENDEZVOUS '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

Two soldiers wearing mission-oriented protective posture (MOPP) Level IV gear place markers to designate a contaminated area. Country: Unknown

SGT Lance G. Halston demonstrates the proper way to place a land mine during a recent soldiers' training session. U.S. Senator James Inhofe (plaid shirt), Chairman, Readiness Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, was on hand to observe the training. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Corporal Terry Lambert, a fire team leader from 2nd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, directs the members of his team during a live-fire competition at Empire Range. Lambert is carrying an AN/PRC-77 radio and is armed with an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher. Country: Panama (PAN)

DN-ST-88-00556. Country: Unknown

Portrait of GI Joe American Infantryman, Mid-Atlantic Air Museum World War II Weekend and Reenactment in Reading, PA held June 18, 2008

Members of the 519th Military Police Battalion fire the M-14 sniper rifle on Range 9. They are taking their annual qualification tests prior to the execution of exercise Orbit Sunset, an exercise designed to test the base counter terrorism plan (SPECTO). Base: Fort Meade State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vietnam: August, 1966 A soldier runs across an open area.

DM-ST-87-01614. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to the 50th Engineer Company, 1ST Platoon, Camp Laguardia, Republic of Korea, and elements of the 2-9 Infantry, Camp Casey, ROK, carry a raft to the edge of the Imjin River, ROK, for a simulated river crossing assault on Oct. 22, 1998. Many of the rafts crew members are officers participating in accordance with the US Army Officer Professional Development Program, a program designed to improve team building and soldiery. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Imjin River Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Soldier in combat suspension with dipstick and cleaning stand standing at the opened bonnet of Land Rover 88 inch.

030115-A-2442C-009. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Heritage Drop Zone State: Kosovo

A member of a U.S. Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team patrols the beach during a public demonstration. Base: Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-02170. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Edward Burns , Saving Private Ryan , 1998 directed by Steven Spielberg Dreamworks LLC ,Paramount Pictures

980711-A-1958F-005. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Bad Kreuznach Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-85-11683. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK FORCE 84-3 Base: Gila Bend Range State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines aboard a camouflaged M-60 tank participate in combat exercises during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040928-M-7404B-001. Base: Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (UNITED

U.S. Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) members emerge from the water during tactical warfare training. The SEAL member in the foreground is armed with an M-16A1 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher. The SEAL member on the right is armed with an HK-33KA1 rifle. Country: Unknown

Members of Battery B, 22nd Field Artillery, load a round of ammunition into an M-102 105mm howitzer for a live-fire exercise at the Empire Range. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

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