Modern Military Operations

Photos depicting contemporary military training and operations in various contexts, featuring troops, briefings, and interactions in active duty settings.

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) Utilitiesman First Class (UT1) John Corder (left) inspects the web gear on Construction Electrician Second Class (CE2) Oscar Daniels as the Seabee detachment prepares to deploy to Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Mitchell State: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) Utilitiesman First Class (UT1) John Corder (left) inspects the web gear on Construction Electrician Second Class (CE2) Oscar Daniels as the Seabee detachment prepares to deploy to Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Mitchell State: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

GEN Dennis J. Reimer (seoncd from right), Army CHIEF of STAFF, receives a briefing from a member of Charlie Company, 1ST battalion, 119th Infantry, North Carolina Army National Guard at the Red Cloud Golf range. Base: Camp Oliver State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MAJ. David Bissell, commanding officer of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 10th Special Forces Group, talks to a U.S. Navy cameraman at a Kurdish refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMPROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR)

STAFF SGT. Pete Chapin and CAPT. Kitron Collaku, both from the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota AB, Japan, brief U.S. Army troops in the rear of an open C-130 prior to their drop over Nakon Si Thammarat AB, Thailand. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1996. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '96 Country: Thailand (THA)

Medium shot, Side view, CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force Frederick J. "Jim" Finch, USAF, presents the first Warrior Coin to AIRMAN Christopher Crosby, of Flight 649, 322nd Training Squadron, during culmination ceremonies at the Warrior Week site on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 9 October 1999. Subject Operation/Series: WARRIOR WEEK Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN Robert W. Riscassi, right, Vice CHIEF of STAFF, U.S. Army, BGEN Craig Hagan, Assistant Division Commander, 25th Infantry Division (Light) talk with two of the division's officers during Riscassi's visit to the base. Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGM of the Army William A. Connelly is briefed on the operation of an armored personnel carrier engine by SGT Adderley of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment during his visit to V Corps. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

960611-A-9384H-008. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

010923-A-7315T-011. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

A US Marine Corps Captain with 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, Echo Company, HQTRS briefs the warning order aboard the USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD-39) during Kernel Blitz '99. Kernel Blitz '99 was a amphibious assault beach landing (not shown) conducted primarily by 1ST Marine Division. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Combat Camera crew members, SSGT Lance Cheung (L) and TSGT Ray Conway (R) go through the Deployment Processing Unit (DPU) line taking care of any last minute personal matters before deploying during the Operation Readiness Inspection (ORI). Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medium shot, right front view, Major General Dan K. McNeill, USA, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at the head of a stick of paratroopers approaches a C-141B Starlifter troop carrier door for a jump into a Fort Polk, Louisiana drop zone. The exercise, called Large Package Week involves the airdropping of 1200 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and their heavy equipment onto the drop zone. Large Package Week is a quarterly training exercise designed to build cohesiveness between the 82nd Airborne and Air Mobility Command units. The mission took place at Pope Air Foce Base, North Carolina on April 5, 2000. Subject Operation/Series: LARGE PACKAGE WEEKEND Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviators from Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) and Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) gather on the flight line following their return from deployment in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Charles H. Coolidge Jr., commander of the 301st Aerial Refueling Wing, says goodbye to members of the 840th Security Police Squadron who are deploying to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041020-F-9072P-007. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK)

030525-M-9812M-068. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: U Tapao Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: USMC

GEN John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, meets with local press for a question and answer session on the status of the relief operation to the African nation of Rwanda. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

General Robert C. Oaks visits with members of the Air Guard deployed to the air base in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP)

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., second from right, director, J-3, U.S. European command, meets with U.S. and Dutch officers on the bridge of the Military Sealift Command vehicles cargo ship CAPE DIAMOND (T-AKR 5055) during exercise Reforger '91. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '91 Base: Flushing Country: Netherlands / Holland(NLD)

A US Army soldier lifts his emergency (chest) parachute pack for inspection by a parachute rigger prior to boarding a US Air Force C-141 to be dropped during a mass night-drop at Fort Bragg, N.C. Exercise CRISIS LOOK 97-03, Pope Air Force Base, North carolina, 17 June 1997. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS LOOK 97-03 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force display a captured Iraqi AKM assault rifle, left, and an RPG-7 grenade launcher as they stand beside their M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. A TOW 2 Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank weapon is mounted on the roof of the HMMWV. The Marines are still wearing their Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) protective suits and overboots. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

960712-F-2829R-020. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-89-11635. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines armed with M16A2 rifles prepare to move out at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies. The experiment is being conducted by the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Experimental) from Quantico, Va and Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines from Camp Lejeune. Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020130-F-1545M-010. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing review documents to be submitted in the processing line as they prepare for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Egyptian and U.S. troops are briefed during Exercise Bright Star '82. In the background is a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

Soldiers from 3rd Plt., Co. B, 3rd Bn., 69th Armor, 24th Inf. Div. (Mechanized) are briefed by their platoon leader as the unit prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. An M-1 Abrams main battle tank is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Soldiers from the 3d Battalion, 160th Infantry Battalion, US Army National Guard, send a situational report during maneuvers near the MOUT (Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain) facility on Camp Pendleton, California during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, greets U.S. Air Force personnel while visiting military facilities during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division assemble in a personnel holding area before being bused to Pope Air Force Base for a parachute drop. Subject Operation/Series: BIG DROP II Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

COL. Brad Beasley, the new commander of Fort Buchanan (left), shakes hands with COL. Donald R. Reidel, the outgoing commander. Observing are MAJ. GEN. Patricia R. P. Hickerson, DCSPIM-FORSCOM (second from left), and MAJ. GEN. Emelio Diaz Colon, commander of the Army National Guard of Puerto Rico. Base: Fort Buchanan, San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050803-A-9419D-005. Base: Camp Grayling State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LCPL Cornelius Harrison checks identification badges at the security gate at Marine Expeditionary Camp-Pohang (MEC-P), Oct. 11, 1998. Harrison is out of the Combat Service Support Group, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and is deployed to MEC-P in support of Foal Eagle '98 for two months. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Marine Expeditionary, Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SENIOR AIRMAN Tim Porter, 375th Services Squadron, organizes his baggage prior to deploying to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MAJ. GEN. Raymond Crabbe, Deputy Force Commander, US Protection Force presents a United Nations medal to one of the Joint Task Force Provide Promise (Forward) personnel, during the US Medals Parade, at Camp Pleso. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Pleso State: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

STAFF Sergeant David Rose loads a magnetic tape reel while SPECIALIST Fifth Class Gregory Moore prepares to operate a data keyboard during the 76P MOS decentralized automated service supply course at the Quartermaster School. Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Three chief petty officers from a naval mobile construction battalion confer with one another while in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Marines sit in the sand to eat their Thanksgiving Day dinners during a visit by President and Mrs. George Bush. The president and his wife are traveling to several sites in Saudi Arabia to visit U.S. troops taking part in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

General Glenn K. Otis, Training and Doctrine (TRADOC) Commander, visits with soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05398. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA)

GEN. John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, briefs personnel from all units deployed to the air base for this operation, about the latest information concerning the upcoming Bosnia peace talks. Gen Shalikashvili is visiting the air base to receive operational briefings and meet personnel who are involved in Operation Deny Flight. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

970629-N-4724B-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 97' Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: I MEF

At the tank parking compound inside Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina, US Navy Admiral (ADM) Leighton Smith, Implementation Force (IFOR) Commander, answers questions from the national and international media. The Honorable William J. Perry (brown jacket) Secretary of Defense and US Army Major General (MGEN) William L. Nash (holding helmet), Commanding General, Multinational Forces Division North are with ADM Smith. In the background are several M1A1 AbramS tanks. At the tank parking compound inside Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina, US Navy Admiral (ADM) Leighton Smith, Implementation Force (IFOR) Commander, answers questions from the national and international media. The Honorable William J. Perry (brown jacket) Secretary of Defense and US Army Major General (MGEN) William L. Nash (holding helmet), Commanding General, Multinational Forces Division North are with ADM Smith. In the background are several M1A1 AbramS tanks.

An instructor gives a 1ST Battalion recruit his final safety brief before the recruit throws a live grenade. The recruit is holding an M-67 delay fragmentation hand grenade still in its shipping container. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00737. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

SENIOR AIRMAN Jerome Mack, a 31st Security Forces Squadron Patrolman and Desk Sergeant, discusses security issues with AIRMAN Shane D. Watts (left), and Spanish-deployed security forces SPECIALIST Soldado Mauel Ver Jimenez. This photograph is part of the story in the July, 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article "Fighting the War from "Home". Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

030508-M-7690B-088. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-273

The Honorable William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense (wearing the leather jacket), is shown various anti-tank and anti-personnel mines recovered in the local area by Russian Army Major General Shasha Lentsov Commander of the Russian Brigade in Uglevik, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Honorable William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense (wearing the leather jacket), is shown various anti-tank and anti-personnel mines recovered in the local area by Russian Army Major General Shasha Lentsov Commander of the Russian Brigade in Uglevik, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

US Air Force 89th Security Forces personnel from Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, sign out M16 rifles during a deployment to Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. During the deployment, wing personnel will be evaluated on ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND OPERATE (ATSO) skills, humanitarian scenarios and base defense. The primary objectives of this exercise are to train and prepare troops for Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployments. Subject Operation/Series: ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND OPERATE (ATSO) Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-06922. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

Gen Hansford T. Johnson, commander-in-chief, Military Airlift Command, speaks with U.S. troops during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DF-ST-87-09655. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

COL Wayne McDermott, Tactical Air Command, addresses team chiefs prior to the start of the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CMSGT Danny Awalt briefs a participant prior to the start of the M-2 burner assembly event, part of the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-05537. Base: Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020211-F-5407T-002. Base: Punta Gorda Country: Belize (BLZ)

DF-ST-87-06805. Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

980930-F-1894K-015. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Marines and sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) watch a performance by comedian Jay Leno. The IWO JIMA is docked at the Administrative Support Unit (ASU), Bahrain. Leno is in the region to entertain U.S. troops participating in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

US Air Force Security Force members of the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron (ATCS) stand ready after being issued their M-16s. The 245th ATCS is undergoing its first ORI. The squadron is a Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) located on McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by: SSG Gerold O. Gamble). Subject Operation/Series: 245TH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SQUADRON ORI Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion 325th Infantry Regiment, Vicenza, Italy jump from a C-141 during the exercise Roaring Lion.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: ROARING LION Country: Unknown

A Marine wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear explains Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) defense methods to Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps, talks with the Officers and Marines stationed on Camp Kinser. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-89-01066. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

SPC Marwan Nushwat (right) and SPC Mark Martin look over regulations before posting guard duty during PURPLE DRAGON, a training exercise. Both men are wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) equipment which responds to laser beams indicating a hit or kill during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DRAGON Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine lance corporal answers a visitor's question about an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle on display in the well deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Pointe Noire is the first port of call for the BARNSTABLE COUNTY during the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Base: Pointe Noire Country: Congo(COG)

US Navy Stretcher bearers remove a casualty from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) as part of a mass casualty drill. The amphibious ship Belleau Wood is participating in Exercise VALIANT USHER '98, a training exercise with Australian military forces, 17 May 1998. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT USHER'98 Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3)

DN-ST-86-01648. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Marines from the Marine Air Combat Control Squadron-24, 4th MAW Dam-Neck, Virginia Beach VA., head to the passenger bus just after arriving on a C-5 cargo aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: GREEN CLOVER '96 Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

DF-ST-89-00924. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Country: Unknown

Army SSGT Louis Martinez helps SGT Leonard McDowell wire an M-18A1 Claymore mine. They are participating in a course designed to teach Air Force security police infantry tactics for air base defense. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-88-09743. Base: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

STAFF Sergeant Robert Kochan teaches AIRMAN Florencio Olivares how to call in a fire mission using a compass and azimuth during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness (IRRE/CERE) exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The quarterly exercise tests the 51st Fighter Wing's ability to respond to combat situations. Subject Operation/Series: IRRE/CERE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

DA-ST-87-12840. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

CSMA Gene C. McKinney (right) shakes hands with SPC Leon Luna of the 2nd Brigade Fire Support, who is deployed for JOINT ENDEAVOR, during his visit to Task Force. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Lodging Area Lisa Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

GUNNERY Sergeant Mark Makowski activated from the Fleet Information Warfare Center, Little Creek, Virginia, works on the weekly supply list for the Radio Mir tranmitter site in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The Radio Mir transmitter site is located 906 meters above sea level on Grdonj Hill, and supports the Stabilization Force Information Command Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Found at 106.2 MHZ on the dial, Radio Mir (which translated means Radio Peace) broadcasts service information, spotlights political developments, and plays music for the local Bosnian population. The site is currently maintained by a six-person Reserve unit from Virginia. It is their responsibilty to broadcast the pre-recorded.... Gunnery Sergeant Mark Makowski activated from the Fleet Information Warfare Center, Little Creek, Virginia, works on the weekly supply list for the Radio Mir tranmitter site in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The Radio Mir transmitter site is located 906 meters above sea level on Grdonj Hill, and supports the Stab

US Army SPECIALIST Fourth Class Justin Enders from Headquarters Company 187, instructs soldiers with the 187th Charley Company in field medicine and evacuation procedures onboard the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) while in transit to Haiti during Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Members of Trp. E, 1ST Bn., 17th Cav., 82nd Airborne Div., show Egyptian soldiers various pieces of equipment during Exercise Bright Star '90. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '90 Country: Egypt (EGY)

A member of the U.S. Army Audio-Visual Center television production team conducts an interview with an officer participating in Exercise Reforger '82. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Personnel from the 2nd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron (MAPS) coil a cable used for the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The system is being operated during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Marine Corps first all-woman drill platoon stands in formation at parade rest with M-16A1 rifles. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Chinese migrants are searched for contraband and weapons by US Marine Corps Military Police and US Navy Shore Patrol, during the first evolution of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION MARATHON Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Chaplain (CMDR.) Skip E. Blancett, right, leads Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) in a hymn while conducting a Protestant worship service in a partially destroyed building. The Marines are in northern Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

In the Aeromedical Staging Facility, Colonel Maggie Beato, (right) flight surgeon from the 433rd ASTS, Kelly AFB, Texas and 1ST Lieutenant, Helen Fierro, flight nurse from the 302nd ASTS, Peterson AFB, Colo. examine the left arm of a "simulated" patient during a Mass Casualty exercise at the Kansas City Downtown Airport during Patriot Express '95 a 4th Air Force Reserve exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT EXPRESS '95 Base: Kansas City Downtown Airport State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000512-M-1573L-001. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Nikhon Si Thammarat Country: Thailand (THA)

DM-ST-89-07597. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

061018-N-3003C-116. Base: Al Udeid Air Base State: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) gather in a courtyard to receive instructions upon their arrival in Zakhu. The Seabees were dispatched to Iraq from their base at U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain, for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey an northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Germaine cleans a piece of her video camera equipment while on location to film Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Brig. GEN. Roy E. Rattazzi, CHIEF of STAFF, US Protection Force presents a United Nations medal to one of the Joint Task Force Provide Promise (Forward) personnel, during the US Medals Parade, at Camp Pleso. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Pleso State: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

CPL. Darren Howe, a life support fitter for the 77th Fighter Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Damian B. Bunch, a life support technician for the 44th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform cross-training on the F-15 Eagle life support equipment. Subject Operation/Series: IRON FIST '95 Base: Raaf Williamstown Country: Australia (AUS)

Lieutenant General Alexander M. Weyand (left), Commander, IX Corps, Japan, talks with Major General William H. Schneider, Commander, 25th Infantry Division, while on a visit to the 25th Infantry Division headquarters during the joint ROK/US training Exerc. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

CPL Robert Cutler, 5th Marines, explains the entrenching tool (E-tool) to Bangladesh soldiers. Marines are in the region as part of 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 Country: Bangladesh(BGD)

CPT Mike Groman looks over some notes with an evaluator after flying a search and rescue mission, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A member of a U.S. Navy mobile construction battalion reserve unit unwraps tensioners to be used in setting up tents during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Medical personnel attached to the 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing tend to patients during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

970624-N-3947R-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MEDICAL BATTALION

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