Military Technical Operations

Photos depicting military personnel working on technical and operational tasks in different locations, showcasing maintenance, navigation, and specialized training.

040821-F-0681L-129. Base: Fargo State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011004-F-4155R-004. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

SENIOR AIRMAN Brad Rothenbach, an avionics specialist from the Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing (FW), consults the Technical Order (TO) on the operational testing of the Modular Low Power Radio Frequency (MLPRF). The 192nd FW is located just outside of Richmond at Byrd Field in Sandston, Virginia. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Byrd Field State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030715-M-5578G-023. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

040821-F-0681L-129. Base: Fargo State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps Corporal (CPL), Michael L. Ford, a radio operator with 3D Marine Division Communication Company, tries to locate his six digit grid on his map during land navigation training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The JWTC is a training area where Marines are expected to perform land navigation skills, patrolling tactics, force on force reconnaissance, and jungle survival skills. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

021217-F-1443F-011. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

031011-F-8170B-053. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 66th PJS, 6CTS

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) David Bescho, left and STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Stacy Osterhoudt with the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade (CAB), give an intravenous injection to Sergeant (SGT) Gary Robinson of the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB) at the Coalition Joint Civil Military Operation Task Force (CJCMOTF) compound, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041115-F-2014R-022. Base: Andersen Air Force Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030114-F-7203T-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040409-F-6844O-005. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030929-M-3166S-013. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051007-A-9247D-013. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040213-M-7403H-001. Base: Westpac Express (HSV 4676)

030206-M-5753Q-088. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Major David Foss, 3rd Medical Operations Squadron, Elmendorf AIR FORCE BASE, annotates a patient's chart during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise. STAFF Sergeant Anthony Mixon (on cot), 3rd Communications Squadron, reported to the Expeditionary Medical Squadron complaining of severe stomach pains.PHOTO by: MSgt Valerie J. Weaver. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050910-A-9419D-009. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

030408-F-2034C-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

040715-F-7152S-004. Base: Swanton State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030325-F-2095R-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

060725-N-5914D-006. Base: USS Boxer (LHD 4) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

030206-M-5753Q-086. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Technical Sergeant Carlos Gonzalas and SENIOR AIRMAN Steve Rowe of the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, go over schematics before installing telephone capabilities in the Camp Camel area during the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) EXERCISE CRISIS REACH 01-49. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 01-49 Base: Airway Heights State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

030324-F-6701P-015. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

030723-F-9105A-004. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

011106-F-9232S-003. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040715-F-1466H-020. Base: Swanton State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050910-A-9419D-021. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Kevin Broughton, Frequency Manager for the 1ST Communications Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia programs a hand held radio during the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection. US Air Force Master Sergeant Kevin Broughton, Frequency Manager for the 1st Communications Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia programs a hand held radio during the 1st Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection.

DA-SD-03-08250. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground Radio Maintenance Journeyman, SENIOR AIRMAN Jesse Jeffers of the 86th Communications Squadron repairs a Ultra High Frequency Amplitude Modulated Transmitter at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Subject Operation/Series: Recruiting Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

041210-F-1389C-027. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030323-F-9528H-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-134. C-130 Ride. Hurricane Katrina

030319-F-4806N-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030220-F-9448S-018. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050205-F-4350W-003. Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040610-F-0375W-002. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Miguel Beltran, 831st Munitions Support Squadron, Ghedi Air Base, Italy, dispatches security forces to a Hardened Aircraft Shelter during an unauthorized entry alarm exercise. SRA Beltran is a Remote Monitoring Facility Operater, 14 August 2000. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-01800 or search 000814-F-9629J-015). Base: Ghedi Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

041217-F-9072P-004. Base: Royal Air Force Mildenhall Country: United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Brandon Macal, from Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), deployed to the 363rd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, inspects CBU-87/103 Combined Effects Munitions prior for upload onto an aircraft during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

040421-F-2820P-010. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040421-M-5882G-003. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ronald Robinson, left, 153rd Medical Group chief of aerospace medicine, and Capt. Kalvin Krieser, 673rd Healthcare Operations Squadron registered nurse, treat a simulated patient's condition during Cope North 24 at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 9, 2024. Agile combat employment capabilities are continually refined by exercising various operations from dispersed, austere locations. Air Force

040824-F-5388P-018. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

011001-F-3397P-005. Base: Rickenbacker Ang Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060212-A-5745M-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DA-SD-03-08241. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040527-F-1830P-005. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

040622-F-0451J-045. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSOC

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Danet, an aircraft structural repairer instructor with 2d Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, assembles aircraft components during a practical exercise May 31, 2022 at Fort Eustis, Virginia.

001211-F-2902B-001. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFMC

010924-F-1631A-007. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030316-F-4806N-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM)

070128-A-5332O-074. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050622-A-9665L-016. Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR

021022-F-2185G-0010. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

011115-F-3356N-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

US Air Force Captain Trevor Petrou, physical therapist from the 89th Medical Group, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, treats British Royal Air Force Corporal Sam Mason, air conditioning mechanic, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. CPT Petrou and CPL Mason are a part of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. US Air Force Captain Trevor Petrou, physical therapist from the 89th Medical Group, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, treats British Royal Air Force Corporal Sam Mason, air conditioning mechanic, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. CPT Petrou and CPL Mason are a part of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

010211-F-1460M-007. Subject Operation/Series: RESTOPS Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

020918-F-2185G-001. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 9, 2022) A member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, investigates simulated contraband in an engine room aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) during a helicopter, visit, board, search and seizure (HVBSS) exercise. Benfold is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force.

021002-F-4177H-016. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

970516-F-7666R-185. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

DA-ST-88-04752. Subject Operation/Series: CAMILLE Country: Dominica (DMA)

040309-F-0451J-011. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - Mobile Operations Damages - 26-HK-145-17. Hurricane Katrina

050906-A-4182R-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020306-F-6701P-005. Subject Operation/Series: ANACONDA Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040211-M-6237R-014. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050913-A-0527A-006. Base: Camp Kackeran Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

050112-F-4800M-063. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tax shelter volunteer US Air Force STAFF Sergeant James Ludwig (left), 52nd Fighter Wing, helps US Air Force AIRMAN John Schoeder, 52nd Fighter Wing, process his income tax return. More than 100 volunteers were trained by Tax professionals at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Nathan Richardson, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, secures pallets on a K-loader here March 19. An international charter aircraft delivered 95 tons of blankets, plastic sheeting, hygiene supplies, soap and jerry cans to assist with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.

An unidentified US soldier and an unidentified foreign soldier look at a map covered with plastic. Both soldiers are involved in Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) William Massey, foreground, Weapons Load Crew Member for the 71st Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, checks for error readings while A1C Adriane Bean reads the weapons checklist during Gun System Operational Check training at Langley's Maintenance University. Technical Sergeant Cary Williams, Weapons Instructor, middle, 372nd Training Squadron, is teaching both airman how to do armament system checks on the TFE-20 F-15 Armament Trainer, which is a full scale mock-up of aircraft armament controls, allowing checks to be taught without using an actual aircraft. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Major David Hosley is dressed for his flight by U-2 equipment technicians (from left) AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Grawe, SENIOR AIRMAN Shawn Brown, and AIRMAN 1ST Class Miquel Vargas. AIRMAN Magazine article describes the U-2 as still being a major player in the nation's reconnaissance mission despite its 1950s' design and first flight in 1955. Capable of then flying over 70,000 feet, and now even higher thanks to a new F-118-101 engine and upgraded avionics the aircraft was awarded the Collier Trophy in 1998 by the National Aeronautic Association and named the U-2S. The U-2S now has digital capabilty and can transmit data instantaneously to analysts at Beale AFB by using a network of ground.... Complete Scene Caption: Major David Hosley is dressed for his flight by U-2 equipment technicians (from left) Airman 1st Class Michael Grawe, Senior Airman Shawn Brown, and Airman 1st Class Miquel Vargas. Airman Magazine article describes the U-2 as still being a major player in the nation's recon

010804-F-9631D-002. Complete Scene Caption: Private First Class John Carrol, USMC, (left), and Private First Class Casey Miller, USMC, Marine Air Group 11 S4, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, apply what theyve learned about pallet building. The Marines received training from members of the 615th Air Mobility Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, as part of this years PATRIOT HOOK Exercise. The PATRIOT HOOK Exercise 2001, a joint force exercise involving four separate airfields in Southern California - March Air Reserve Base, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Los Alamitos Army Air Field, and San Clemente Naval Landing Field. At the four airfields units practice air deployment of fighting forces and equipment during a wartime scenario. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT HOOK Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Kris Ferro, a Biological-Environmental journeyman of the 27th Aerial Medical Group, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, does paperwork after setting up a device that tests what is in the air at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SRA Ferro is a part of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

050912-A-9419D-011. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

041025-F-5388P-017. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLEY BULLDOG 04-04 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of the 168th Security Forces Squadron and 168th Operations Group load clips with the number of rounds they'll be shooting with during M-9 qualification training April 2, 2017.

021006-M-0175R-018. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002 Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Major Command Shown: 24th MEU (SOC)

030505-F-9105A-009. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

US Marine Corps Captain Sojourner, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force Tactical Exercise Contingencey Group, makes radio contact with other rebel force roll players prior to an amphibious assault landing during RIMPAC '96 at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Another Marine helps LCPL Cruz Herrera of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 4th Marines use an aiming circle to calculate firing data for his M-224 60mm mortar. His battalion is participating in Exercise RimPac '88. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '88 Base: Bellows Air Force Station, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-105. Hurricane Katrina

050718-F-7564C-075. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

021002-M-7371B-010. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002 Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

031216-F-0017C-055. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Airmen refill their canteens at a water distribution point during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Paul Kielar, 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) assistant crew chief, assists USAF Captain Garren Roberts a 493rd FS pilot with preflight preparations inside an aircraft shelter at the 493rd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jaroslaw Kostecki adjusts the wave guide detector for a OE-361 quick reaction antenna. SSGT Kostecki is the assistant Noncommissioned Officer of Satellite Communications for the 31st Air Expeditionary Force Package, 31st Communication Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy. The 31st AEFCP is deployed to Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, to provide Siprnet, DSN, Internet and Intrasite communications capabilities from air to ground to land mobile radio during Exercise AFRICAN EAGLE. African Eagle is a bi-annual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air to air training with the Royal Moroccan Air Force. Subject Operation/Series: AFRICAN EAGLE Base: Sidi Slimane Air Base Country: Morocco (MAR)

Tech. Sgt. Brendan Muchow, 114th Civil Engineer water and fuels engineer, annotates injuries sustained from a simulated field explosion on a DD Form 1380, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) medical card, during a live field exercise at Joe Foss Field, South Dakota, Oct. 1, 2022. The exercise sharpens the units proficiency in responding to a CBRN attack by testing its ability to don protective equipment quickly, assess various chemical exposures, utilize TCCC skills required for the scenario and safely resume flying and training operations.

020809-F-3873G-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

040924-F-1601R-009. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060522-N-3946H-065. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

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