Military Operations and Training

Soldiers in various settings, involved in operations and training, showcasing military gear and vehicles in diverse international contexts.

DN-ST-85-02005. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

041026-F-5388P-040. Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE BEVERLEY BULLDOG 04-04 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030408-F-8362B-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces

Major General (MGEN) Thomas P. Carney, Commander, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), prepares to enter the M3 Bradley fighting vehicle. The M3 will be used by the 3rd Squadron, 1ST Cav., 5th Infantry Division (Mech.). Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030324-M-4779G-014. Base: Al Shur Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

041128-M-5901F-010. State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060417-A-6311S-016. Base: Mahmudiya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

050910-A-8255A-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030402-M-3138H-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051011-A-1327A-058. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Muzzaffarabd Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

DN-ST-85-02005. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

050914-A-8255A-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lt. Gen. Bashkim Jashari, commander of the Kosovo Security Force, and other KSF senior leaders observe as U.S. and KSF troops treat a casualty with IV fluids during a field training exercise in the Camp Dodge training area while attending a combat medic course at the 185th Regional Institute in Johnston, Iowa, on May 17, 2022. Four KSF members are attending the course at the 185th RTI. Jashari was accompanied by the KSF senior enlisted leader, the Iowa National Guard adjutant general and the IANG senior enlisted leader for a tour of Camp Dodge facilities, which kicked off their week-long visit. The Iowa National Guard is partnered with Kosovo as part of the Department of Defenses State Partnership Program, which affords unique opportunities for cross training.

US Air Force Personnel, STAFF Sergeant McDougal and SENIOR AIRMAN McKinney securely fasten their patient to a gurney for transport to a field hospital unit. The 2nd MG is participating in Continuing Medical Readiness Training on the East Reservation of Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, from 21 September through 25 September 1998. Medical personnel are involved in unrehearsed medical situations during wartime conditions. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060208-A-1211S-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

MSG Ed Cruz-Segarra (center), crew chief, and MSG Jim Baker (right), point out to RODEO 94 pre-flight inspection judge SMS Joe Mahnken (left) that the descrepancy he discovered is already annotated in the aircraft maintenance log. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011008-F-5114B-035. Complete Scene Caption: German Army Major Johannes Backus, M.D., German Division Special Operations, Regensburg, Germany, shares information, and points out what the inside of the German ambulance looks like, to medical personnel from the 14th Field Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, who are participating in the BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Exercise at Mubarak Military City. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

070110-A-7438M-015. State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

050718-A-9039F-078. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene McKinny, talks with soldiers of the 161st Field Artillery Target Acquisition Battery at the "Old Turkish Fort". Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Ships Serviceman First Class (SH1) Gary Sleeseman hands out cold weather boot liners and foot powder to Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) in preparation for their deployment to Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Mitchell State: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DAKAR, Senegal (April 8, 2022) Senegalese Marines plot a route in preparation for a visit, board, search, and seizure drill while training with U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force 61/2 (TF-61/2) participating in Exercise Obangame Express 2022, April 8, 2022. TF-61/2 will temporarily provide command and control support to the commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet, to synchronize Navy and Marine Corps units and capabilities already in theater, in support of regional Allies and Partners and U.S. national security interests.

Carrying M-16A1 rifles equipped with blank firing attachments, augmentation personnel from the 66th Security Police Squadron (66th SPS) climb down from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. These members of the 66th SPS have come to the base to participate in exe. Subject Operation/Series: CREEK WARRIOR '88 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

041123-M-2583M-046. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020507-F-1014W-015. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT RESOLVE 26 Base: Camp Butmir State: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Belize Defense Force, Meixcan Marines, and US Marines conduct culminating exercises including vehicle takedown, search and seizure, arrest, riot control, and building raids May 19, 2022 at Belize Police Training Academy for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

LTC Perry Allmendinger (center, rear), Commander, Hunter Army Airfield, greets members of 3rd Infantry Division on their return from SOUTHERN WATCH. An Army videographer records the troops, dressed in desert combat gear, descend from the contract aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A 351st Supply and Service Company, bread baking crew works at the dough mixer/cutter machine in a 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)

021022-F-9616R-010. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC

A Marine from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (32nd MAU) passes the time by reading a newspaper, during a multinational peacekeeping operation. The unit was sent here after a confrontation took place between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Subject Operation/Series: MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

First Lieutenant Michael D. Bramhall of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, helps another member of the detachment arrange his gear prior to a parachute jump. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041213-F-5388P-016. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Martigo Caldwell, 51st Services Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, dressed in chemical gear, utilizes a CAMS (Chemical Agent Monitoring System) to detect chemical contamination on a simulated dead body before moving it into the morgue during Osan's Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040324-F-3963C-080. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

060417-A-6311S-051. Base: Mahmudiya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

040719-A-2746R-066. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qabr Abd Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060205-A-5747J-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dibis State: At Ta 'Mim Country: Iraq (IRQ)

SSG Thomas J. Hamilton, US Army Scouts, Section Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry, inspects the soldiers before they depart from Camp Able Sentry II to Observation Post Temporary (OPT) 51D. The soldiers are armed with M16 rifles and .50 Cal machine guns. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Able Sentry State: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD)

050626-A-1566H-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Charlie State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050628-A-1566H-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Field Artillery Advisor Team 5411, led by Team Leader, Capt. Abner Gonzalez of 5th Security Forces Assistance Brigade, met with Gen. Charles A. Flynn, Commanding General United States Army Pacific, Dec. 12, 2022, during his visit to Camp Kengun, Japan.

DF-ST-87-03642. Subject Operation/Series: BLUETAIL Base: Grosseto Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 12, 2022) - Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Duncan McAuley, center, participates in an aeromedical subject matter expert exchange with members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

030123-F-1616C-004. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command

A US Army member of the 52nd Medical Evacuation Battallion, Camp Humphries, South Korea, takes part in a medical evacuation exercise during FOAL EAGLE 2000, on October 26th, 2000. FOAL EAGLE is the largest joint and combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from 25 October to 3 November. About 25,000 U.S. troops will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops from bases in the United States and elsewhere in the Pacific. The exercise demonstrates U.S. and South Korean military cooperation. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

050301-N-8629M-007. Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

DM-ST-88-06328. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990204-M-8752R-005. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040612-M-5555L-082. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040609-M-5555L-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060509-N-2568S-215. Base: Naval Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050718-A-9039F-058. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Command Operating Base Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

041115-A-1067B-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lt. Christopher Acosta of the 3rd Infantry Division, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment talks with an Iraqi at a water purification plant that is guarded by Iraqi forces in Al Bussay, Iraq on Aug. 19, 2008.

030413-M-3558L-081. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041113-M-0173F-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Army Major General James C. Riley (Center, Foreground), Commander, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) and Brigade Commanders, participate in a map exercise during BCTP (Battle Command Training Program) Warfighter Exercise 99-03 at the US Army Training and Support Center, Fort Stewart, Georgia. Subject Operation/Series: WARFIGHTER 99-03 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040613-M-5555L-011. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050422-A-1566H-086. Base: Camp Bucca State: Al Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020830-F-0362B-008. Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

The local press records US Army General (GEN) George W. Casey Command General 1ST Armored Division, as he and Leaders from the town of Jusici, Bosnia-Herzegovina signed an agreement requiring residents to leave for a 72-hour period. Residents were asked to leave when weapons were brought into the Zone of Separation (ZOS). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Jusici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030322-M-6270B-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-89-04716. Subject Operation/Series: ROUND UP 88-1 Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051003-A-8255A-146. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041124-M-2583M-100. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

BIZERTE, Tunisia (May 24, 2022) NATO Maritime Interdiction Training Center cross-train tactical sweep maneuvers with the Mauritanian Boarding Team during exercise Phoenix Express 2022 in Bizerte, Tunisia, on May 24, 2022. Phoenix Express 22, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean.

AIRMAN 1ST Class Augusto Angel checks the oxygen flow and the intercom system of a flight helmet during exercise Commando Vulcan. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO VULCAN Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Korea

040613-M-5555L-069. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060422-A-5745M-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

041202-M-2583M-046. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-89-07192. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010331-M-6537L-009. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Uss Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force

Soldiers giving emergency care to a wounded comrade lying on the floor, screaming in pain.

020128-F-3886C-014. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

A meal is served at the field kitchen during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TARA" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Lempira Country: Honduras (HND)

Members of the Honduran 2nd Infantry Battalion prepare for a parachute jump near Aguacate during Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II. They are aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft provided by the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing from Pope air Force Base, North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

SGT. Mike Shean and another Air National Guard troop takes a needed break from loading fifty pound sand bags onto helicopters at the Farmland Insurance parking lot.(Exact date unknown). Base: Des Moines State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Straight on medium shot of USAF members of the 629th AMSS (Air Mobility Support Squadron), Air Mobility Command, Lajes Field, Azores, the Idaho Air National Guard, and the Lajes Field Fire Department pack MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat) for shipment from Lajes Field to East Timor. Base: Lajes Field State: Azores Country: Portugal (PRT)

US Army General John Shalikashvili (center), Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, visits the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps on the Ilidza Compound in the Sarajevo Suburb of Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina. GEN Shalikashvili walks the hallway to talk to soldiers from the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps during his visit to various sites in Sarajevo during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

CPL Jerry Huffman, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, relaxes with a book while in camp at a former Iraqi training compound near Dahuk which was recently taken over by the Marines. The U.S. military presence in the area is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

030525-M-9812M-023. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: U Tapao Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: USMC

An Airlift Rodeo '90 competitor helps a teammate at the end of the combat leadership event, a competition involving climbing walls, storming mock buildings and running over rough terrain with various obstacles. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Private First Class William G. Hinde, USMC, of the Interim Marine Corps Security Forces Company, Bahrain, provides area security with live ammo in his M16A2 rifle as local Naval Support Activity (NAS) worker wonders whats up. The Marines participated in a reationary drill while on duty at the NAS, Bahrain. Base: US Naval Support Activity State: Juffair Country: Bahrain (BHR)

DM-SC-85-09286. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

970617-F-7910D-003. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS LOOK Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Bangladesh soldiers unload supplies from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Operation Sea Angel, a U.S. military effort to aid victims of a cyclone which struck the area on April 30th. Subject Operation/Series: SEA ANGEL Base: Kutubdia Island Country: Bangladesh(BGD)

050707-A-1566H-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2583M-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060506-A-5745M-072. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

040222-M-3980Y-005. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

030619-M-5882G-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030518-M-1103B-037. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance

Italian Air Force Lieutenant Nanni Adrea (Pointing at map), briefs the two crews of the Italian CSAR( Combat Search And Rescue) crews that are simulating extraction of NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) evacuees during Exercise VENETO RESCUE on June 6th, 2000. Subject Operation/Series: VENETO RESCUE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

050915-A-6004S-006. Base: Biloxi State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11761. Base: Dobbins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) stack mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades in a demolition pit. The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Reed with the Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 266 Reinforced (VMM-266 REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) assist unloading food from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter in a flood affected area during flood relief operations in the Sindh province, Pakistan, October 18, 2010.

040613-M-5555L-056. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031206-F-1798W-006. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Toledo, 11/20/2022. The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, visits the facilities of the Toledo Training Command. Photo: H. Fraile.

A Haitian repatriate is scanned at Guantanamo Bay before boarding the US Coast Guard Cutter THETIS (WMEC 910). The scanning process included a security scan for weapons and other contraband and a brief medical exam on board the cutter, before being transported to Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

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