Training Exercises and Maneuvers

Visuals of soldiers engaged in training with heavy weapons and artillery, portraying readiness and equipment in diverse environments.

DF-ST-84-08196. Subject Operation/Series: CRISEX 83 Base: Matalascanas Country: Spain (ESP)

A U.S. Army captain stands in the turret of his armored personnel carrier while checking his map of the terrain during Reforger '82. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Wertheim Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

Security policemen take turns dropping rounds into an M-29 81mm mortar during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Country: South Korea

US Marines from Battery "R", Fifth Battalion, Eleventh Marines prepare to fire an M198 Medium Towed Howitzer during a training exercise at Camp Pendleton, California,. The M198 has an effective range of 22,400 meters (13.92 miles) with conventional ammunition. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spanish Marines man a 105mm howitzer during Exercise Crisex '81. Subject Operation/Series: CRISEX '81 Base: Garrucha Country: Spain (ESP)

US Navy Seabees ride atop a dump truck which is on an Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU 2) utility landing craft is in the well deck of the dock landing ship USS PORTLAND (LSD 37). The PORTLAND is transporting equipment which will be used to repair a flood-damaged railroad during exercise ATLAS RAIL. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RAIL Country: Tunisia (TUN)

A US Marine from the 2nd Battalion 8th Marines sets up a lightweight satellite terminal (LST-5C) on the Naval Base. The Marines are taking part in two days of training on the island and are presently stationed aboard the USS NASSAU as part of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

DF-ST-84-08196. Subject Operation/Series: CRISEX 83 Base: Matalascanas Country: Spain (ESP)

DF-ST-87-08516. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A gunner of Weapons Co., 1ST Bn., 3rd Marines, fires an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during a Marine Corps combat readiness evaluation. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AMN Jeffrey M. Hernandez, left, a student from the Combat Control Team School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and SSGT David Libbey, an instructor, replace the tape antenna on an AN/PRC-77 radio with a whip antenna during a joint Army Reserve/Air Force Reserve medical exercise. Base: National Guard Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-04904. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11243. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Fort Wainwright State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPL. K. M. Taylor of Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, opens the chamber of a 155mm howitzer following the firing of a round during a live fire exercise at Camp Hansen. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Crewmen push supplies out of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft as an airdrop is made over McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Country: Antarctica (ATA)

DF-ST-90-00429. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPEC. 4 Edward C. Hall of Btry. A, 1ST Bn., 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 25th Inf. Div., loads 20mm target practice tracers into a self-propelled Vulcan air defense system during the joint Korean/U.S. training Exercise Team Spirit '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Dae Chon Country: South Korea

DA-ST-87-12957. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marines prepare to offload an M-60A1 tank from a railroad flatcar to be placed aboard a ship, in support of the possible rapid deployment of a 12,000-troop Marine amphibious brigade operation. Marines of the 2nd Force Service Support Group are performing the work. Base: Port Authority, Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-07119. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines load an M-60 machine gun during Valiant Blitz, the amphibious assault landing phase of exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Tok Sok Ri Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Army engineers bore a hole for a construction project. Country: Unknown

A Marine inspects the Mark 19, Mod 3 40mm automatic grenade launcher mounted in the turrett of his AAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle during a live fire exercise at Camp Schwab. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

DM-SC-89-07157. Country: Unknown

000223-M-0267C-001. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Country: Philippines (PHL)

DA-ST-88-04552. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MSGT Jim Paler, non-commissioned officer in charge of site support for the 622nd Tactical Control Flight, dips a helmet into a barrel of hot water to clean his mess kit, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Gruenstadt Army Compound Country: West Germany (FRG)

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 377th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, ram a high explosive round into their M-198 Howitzer gun at Gun Position 3, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 485th Tactical Missile Wing maintain security posts in preparation for a simulated launch of a BGM-109G ground launched cruise missile. The M-1014 German MAN tractor and attached transporter-erector-launcher are parked in the background. Country: Belgium (BEL)

Electrician Technician First Class Ray Cole (left), member of the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California, reviews, on a computer system, the results of the search effort for the four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Peak. In the foreground is part of the sensing equipment being used. Base: New York Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11710. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Camp Robinson, Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Personnel from the 5th Munitions Maintenance Squadron secure 750-pound bombs onto a flatbed truck to be transported to a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marines of Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, stand in the turret of an LAV25 light armored vehicle (LAV) during a halt in a reconnaissance patrol west of Howard Air Force Base. Country: Panama (PAN)

A US Army M561 Gama Goat is used during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Marines of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit rebuild bunkers that were destroyed by mud and rain during their participation in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Members of the 41st Combat Support Hospital instruct Honduran soldiers in helicopter safety and litter handling procedures during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

DM-SC-87-12180. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Two members of the 202nd Military Intelligence Brigade perform a monthly preventive maintenance check on a field generator. Base: Fort Monmouth State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members from the 432nd, 354th and 374th Security Police Squadrons from Misawa AFB, Japan; Eielson AFB, Alaska; and Yokota AFB, Japan; fill and stack sandbags at the air base in support of the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-85-11728. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Camp Robinson, Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 (NMCB-5) scans the surrounding desert during a camp defense drill. NMCB-5 is in northern Saudi Arabia to provide engineering support for coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DF-ST-87-12657. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DA-SC-88-04622. State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-01800. Subject Operation/Series: WEDGER Country: Philippines (PHL)

US Army, STAFF Sergeant (SSG) John Santos, of D Company, 1ST Battalion, 41st Infantry , 3rd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, unrolls concertina wire which will be attached to a pole and used as a crowd deterrent, while his platoon conducts a compliance checkpoint along Route Camel, near Karakaj, in the Republic of Serbska (Republika of Srpska), Bosnia and Herzegovina. Operation JOINT GUARD, 28 August 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Karakaj Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030416-M-6881W-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fenway State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Security policeman SSGT Joseph Reilly teaches M-2 .50-caliber machine gun operation to his team during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Reilly is a member of the 3rd Security Police Squadron. Country: South Korea

A Kuwaiti soldier, Journalist 1ST class Le Bosco, and LT. David Culler gather sand as a memento following the liberation of Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

PETTY Officer 1ST Class Russ Leinbach, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), talks with the occupants of a British army Bedford MJP 4x4 cargo truck on the road leading to an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, stow a crate with M777 howitzer stock list-level 3 equipment onto a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement for transportation on Camp Pendleton, California, April 20, 2022. The M777 howitzers and munitions are part of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance to meet urgent Ukrainian needs. The United States will continue to utilize all available tools to support Ukraine's Armed Forces in the face of Russian aggression.

Army SGT. Samuel S. Rogers, a member of the "opposing forces," briefs pilots on the functions and ranges of Soviet mortars during Exercise Air Warrior. The mortars being demonstrated are the M-37 82mm mortar, in the foreground, and the M-43 120mm mortar, in the background. Subject Operation/Series: AIR WARRIOR Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-85-09384. Base: Dong Ha Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

A1C Richard Sweitzer, 176th Communications Flight, Kulis ANG Base, Alaska, adding fuel to a light-all unit during the tactical communication exercise CORN COB II. Subject Operation/Series: CORN COB II Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Don Satterlee, an Electrical Power Production Craftsmen from Sembach AB, Germany, work at unraveling 110 line for more power to the site. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Pruem Air Station Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A rapid runway repair team from the 601st Civil Engineering Squadron, attach matting planks onto a frame for the construction of a cover, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-88-01222. Subject Operation/Series: IMMEDIATE FALCON Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M-16 GMC (halftrack) with crewman at an air base somewhere in Korea.

APOCALYPSE NOW (1979), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

Machinist's Mate 1ST Class Joseph Streb, a member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 1, disarms a 500-pound bomb that was unearthed by construction equipment. EOD Mobile Unit 1 is based at Naval Air Station, Barber's Point, Hawaii. Country: Unknown

A Ukrainian soldier watches from a sandbag bunker as he guards a position around the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters located in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor on April 9th 1996. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-87-03396. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK '86-12 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-92-04404. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX '90 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Members of the 410th Security Police Squadron participate in an exercise using the multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES). The airman in the foreground is armed with an M60 machine gun. Base: K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03091. Base: Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AN/TPS-43E radar equipment is set up by personnel of the 622nd Tactical Control Flight, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Gruenstadt Army Compound Country: West Germany (FRG)

DF-ST-89-05917. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A member of the 1ST Bn., 35th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., exits a UH-1A Iroquois helicopter as an air-mobile assault takes place during Opportune Journey 4-83. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 37th Aeromedical Evacuation Group prepare to place "wounded" aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Patriot Samaritan. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12149. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DA-ST-85-02262. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

CPT Joe Pullen, Administrative Officer, and MSGT Perry Cline, Services SPECIALIST, and others assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, set up the framework for their units supply storage tent. The 225th arrived today at Logan Heights and when operational will provide communication links for the Forces Command (FORSCOM) during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

At a decontamination station, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Done, 71st Fighter Squadron, unzips the leg of his Mission-Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gear prior to decontamination during a practice for an upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) in December. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TSGT Lee Mobock, left, and SSGT Robert Hayden, both munitions specialists with the 432nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, position Mark 82 500-lb. practice bombs in a holding area during exercise Cope Thunder 89-5. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER 89-5 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

An airman from the 621st Air Mobility Operations Group, McGuire AFB, NJ sits on the asphalt to begin putting on his chemical warfare suit during Threatcon Yellow. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX PEAK Base: Roswell Airport State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the Combat Harbor Patrol Division, Naval Station Rodman, checks a rubber raft lashed to the side of an inshore patrol craft as it gets underway. The raft was captured during a riverine/jungle warfare exercise. Base: Charges River Country: Panama (PAN)

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon practices in a swing-line trainer area during pararescue training. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07753. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Marines from Utilities, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 374, 3rd Marine Air Wing, empty a 3,000 gallon water bladder because it contained sand from Red Beach. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An unidentified female driver and SGT David Kuaal, Security SPECIALIST, 8th Security Police Squadron drive their M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier Track vehicle through the streets of Kunsan. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Aviation boatswain's mates service one of the retractable deck sheaves of the Mark 7 Mod 3 arresting gear system aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during Operation Deny Flight. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea

CAPT. Dee Ann Pericuchin (right), a Flight Nurse assigned to the 23rd Aero Medical Squadron at Pope Air Force Base attends to the needs of LT. COL. Gail Ford, the CHIEF Nurse with the 21st Combat Support Hospital at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The return to Ramstein Air Base was an aero-medical evacuation flight onboard a C-130 aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DA-SC-86-08956. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SRA Carmen Palmer, 603rd Communications Group, Eielson AFB, Alaska, checks the angle of a communication antenna to insure the best possible reception during the tactical communication exercise CORN COB II. Subject Operation/Series: CORN COB II Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Right front view of a parked Transport-Erector-Launcher (TEL), during a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) evaluation. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier from the Hungarian Implementation Forces (IFOR) contingent Pontoon Company, prepares to "break" the Hungarian steel PNP class 60 pontoon bridge that crosses the Sava river at Slavonski Brod, Croatia, after a convoy of American vehicles finishes crossing from Croatia to Bosnia, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Slavonski Brod Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Members of the Disaster Response Force decontaminate one of the base facilities during a chemical warfare training exercise. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of the Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) Unit 105, USNR, use binoculars to monitor activity from the top of a mobile trailer during Exercise Gallant Eagle '88. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '88 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army STAFF Sergeant Steven Norris, Bravo Company, 16th Engineering Battalion, 130th Brigade, Bamberg, Germany, recovers 14 pounds of unexploded C-4 explosive from a Muslim concrete reinforced command bunker in Dubrave, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Dubrave Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-ST-89-05174. Country: Unknown

Members of the 584th Maintenance Co. remove an engine from a truck at the Theater Army Area Command (TAACOM) maintenance area during the multinational joint service exercise Bright Star '85. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

DF-ST-88-06788. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant Edward Simon eats a meal during a break in aircraft unloading activities. He is unloading supplies for the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TAR" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TAR (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Lempira Country: Honduras (HND)

DA-ST-90-01380. Country: Honduras (HND)

Electrician Technician First Class Ray Cole uses a global positioning system unit to locate the search area for the 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. Base: Big Spruce Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-89-07287. Country: Unknown

960713-A-6567T-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Lipovac Rail Bridge Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-87-09581. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force personnel set up electroluminescent lights for the first arctic test of the system during exercise Brim Frost. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Wilma L. Walls, an administrative specialist with the 226th Combat Communications Squadron, sets up the field office that she will use during exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

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