Troop Deployments and Training

Snapshots of soldiers preparing for deployment and undergoing training, featuring military gear and diverse activities in various outdoor environments.

DA-ST-85-04920. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. COL. Hawrylak, 1ST Platoon, 22nd Infantry, Fort Drum, NY, observes troops loading 747. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 9th Infantry Division prepare to depart a firing range following pre-deployment weapons training. Units of the 9th Infantry Division will travel to South Korea for the joint South Korean/US exercise TEAM SPIRIT '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant Gordon, a heavy equipment operator with the 518th Engineering Company, operates a D-7 bulldozer. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

DF-ST-85-13162. Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND)

MSGT James Johnson of the 602nd Aircraft Generation Squadron, Travis AFB, sits on the floor and adjusts his personal survival equipment harness during in-processing. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant John Ross and AIRMAN 1ST Class John A. Denton guard the flight line entry control point from a jeep during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron help move a patient out of a bus at a British field hospital at Muenster-Osnabrueck airport during exercise Tac/Strat Med Evac. Subject Operation/Series: TAC/STRAT MED EVAC Country: West Germany (FRG)

SSgt Boyd Bowling and SGT Chris Crutchfield, USAF Combat Camera Team, conduct communication exercises on the airstrip at Mogadishu in support of UNOSOM II. Country: Somalia (SOM)

DA-ST-85-04920. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. military personnel and Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey(TUR)

A SFC demonstrates the handling of a grenade to a recruit during basic training. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-06048. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 87 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

With an M-16A1 rifle slung over his shoulder, A1C Mark H. Hyden of the 40th Security Police Flight checks an entry authorization badge outside of the base's hardened operations area during the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) exercise Display Determination '89. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '89 Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members take cover behind a tree during a field training exercise. One SEAL is armed with an M-16A1 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher. Country: Unknown

Members from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron practice on and off loading of a lightweight special tactics vehicle from a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter during Foal Eagle '93. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea

Electronic Technician Third Class (ET3) Carl Osborne of Small Boat Unit 20 gathers in one of the mooring lines on a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB)at the dock prior to getting underway. The small boat units often supports SEAL Team operations at the base. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 129th Evacuation Hospital rush a wounded soldier on a stretcher from a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) medical evacuation helicopter to the field hospital triage area during the mass casualty phase of the joint U.S./South Korean Exercise Team Spirit '87. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A drill instructor watches as recruits from her platoon emerge from a gas chamber exercise. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020419-A-9890P-002. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2002 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific

Marine guards salute as they change posts at the U.S. Naval Magazine. A few remaining Marines are guarding the facility until all U.S. naval personnel depart from the area. Control of both Naval Air Station, Cubi Point, and Naval Station, Subic Bay, is being re linquished to the Philippine government. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Technicians mount cameras on an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft during Exercise PHOTO Finish '81. Subject Operation/Series: PHOTO FINISH '81 Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force Military Training School (Limos) Instruction M-55 Quad air goal mitrailer.

Marines from Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, load onto the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 2001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '01 Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1) State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division take a water break while on patrol during Operation URGENT FURY. The soldier on the left is armed with an M60 machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

DN-ST-88-05882. Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

Recruits from the Woman Recruit Training Command exit from a gas chamber during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two mechanics perform maintenance on a 2 1/2-ton utility truck during a regularly scheduled service check. Base: Fort Benjamin Harrison State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 31st Services Squadron brings realism to the exercise by throwing out body parts as part of a base wide disaster response exercise in preparation for a possible mishap. Subject Operation/Series: ALI SU AVIANO '96 AIR SHOW Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-ST-89-05256. Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP 87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ROBERT DUVALL and MARTIN SHEEN in APOCALYPSE NOW (1979), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

DF-ST-87-04037. Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY)

Members of an 82nd Airborne Division artillery battery sit on their M-102 105mm howitzers while taking a meal break during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DA-ST-85-02275. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

SGT D.L. Wilson guides a forklift operator to unload cargo from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Sentry Cowboy I. Wilson is from the 181st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Texas Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY COWBOY I Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Army instructor holds a Soviet-made RPG-7 rocket launcher as a second instructor points out its features during a weapons familiarization class. Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of the 106th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group pick up a "survivor", to be transferred aboard an HH-3 Pelican helicopter during Sentry Castle '81, a search and rescue exercise. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Seneca State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-10078. Base: Mexico City State: Distrito Federal Country: Mexico (MEX)

A variety of uniforms are modeled by Army personnel. Country: Unknown

Airmen don their masks during chemical warfare training, part of Exercise Coronet Cactus. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET CACTUS Base: Raf Leeming Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Troops from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Canada check out an M240G machine gun mounted on the turret of a Light Armored Vehicle. Various pieces of US Marine Corps equipment is displayed during the first field training day. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to go out on patrol during Operation URGENT FURY. Two soldiers have M203 40 mm grenade launchers mounted on M16A1 rifles, one has a sniper rifle, and one has an M60 machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

04/12/1982. Norberto Lorenzo Santos (can in hand) in the Falklands War.

A medium left side view of dignitaries and guest in the VIP section during the Change of Command Ceremony for Task Force Eagle Commander, Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the Ceremony US Army Major General (MGEN) William L. Nash 1ST Armored Division, Commander Task Force Eagle, relinquished his Command to US Army Major General (MGEN) Montgomery C. Meigs, Commander, 1ST Infantry Division. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-89-00730. Country: West Germany (FRG)

National Guardsman patrolling after 1992 riots, South Central Los Angeles, California

Lance Corporal Carlisle of Company A, 1ST Battalion, 9th Marines, and Lieutenant Wilcox of Headquarters and Service Battalion, conduct a bayonet demonstration for troops participating in Operation BEAR HUNT '84. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SGT Edwardo Agular, Uruguayan tactical air controller, stands guard over a 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron (24th TASS) OA-37 Dragonfly aircraft during a training exercise between the 24th TASS and members of the Uruguayan air force. Agular is armed with a 7.62mm FN FAL rifle. Base: Durazno Country: Uruguay (URY)

Soldiers of the Command Troops (KCT) took place in an exercise in urban area in Germany.

Captain John Lyons inspects a street vendor's merchandise in the city after participating in the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '87. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Taewon Country: South Korea

DA-SC-87-05456. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

John Stevens outside tent.

USAF B-57 Navigator Major Auguste Planchon Speaks with Group Prior to Combat Mission. USAF B-57 Navigator Major Auguste Planchon Speaks with Group Prior to Combat Mission. "Phan Rang AB, South VietnamU.S. Air Force B-57 navigator Maj. Auguste Planchon (second from left) of the 8th Tactical Bomber Squadron, talks with Sgt. Edward J. Aims, Staff Sgt. Robert E. Powell and Staff Sgt. Donnie L. Hawley prior to Maj. Planchon's combat mission in a B-57 aircraft."

TAKESHI KITANO in BATTLE ROYALE (2000) -Original title: BATORU ROWAIARU-, directed by KINJI FUKASAKU. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant David Bass, a videographer assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, coordinates the teams command tent construction. The Joint/Combined Combat Camera team is currently deployed to the Combat Support Operations Course school at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this course, the team will learn to survive and operate in a field environment. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07738. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Navy cameraman adjusts his video camera while covering the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). The AMERICA is returning to Norfolk following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain Scott Hill signs forms to accept aircraft from the crew chief, AIRMAN First Class Charles Bricen, before a mission during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970629-N-4724B-006. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: I MEF

Bolivian paratroopers at attention during the joint Bolivia/U.S. exercise Fuerzas Unidas. Base: Apolo Country: Bolivia (BOL)

Wounded personnel are placed aboard ambulances by members of the 53rd Medical Support Unit, for medical evacuation from a "hostile" fire area during exercise Patriot Samaritan. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Marine with a field radio relays the direction of aircraft approaching the Crow Valley Electronic Warfare Tactical Range to the operator of an FIM-92 Stinger missile launcher during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)

Lieutenant Vanhook, USN, center, a medical doctor with the 3/6 Battalion Landing Team, 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) enjoys a morning fire with his sailors in front of the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

SGT Robert Ruiz, crew chief, 92nd Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGE), Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington sweats in the hot weather at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. He is removing panel screws from a KC-135R Stratotanker to inspect the flying boom's winch mechanism during the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-03127. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A North Carolina Army National Guard Military Police member uses the radio while standing next to her M1114 Heavy High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) outside the old Kinston Armory, following Hurricane Bonnie. Base: Kinston State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00990. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

An AIRMAN 1ST Class security policeman pulls a cable from the security police camper as he prepares to set-up camp. This airman and his counterparts are here to guard a remote Minuteman launch facility. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

THE DOGS OF WAR (1981), directed by JOHN IRVIN.

Sergeant Lonnie Sorensen, (right) from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1ST Cavalry Division, instructs the Secretary of the Army, Mr. Togo D. West, Jr. (left), on how to drive an M1 Tank during his visit to Fort Hood. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine officer armed with an M-16A1 rifle searches for the "enemy" as he patrols through the woods. He is undergoing combat tactics training, part of the Infantry Officer course at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Korean air force guard is on duty at the main gate of the Korean Operational Tactical Air Range (KOTAR). The KOTAR, assigned to the 51st Services Squadron, is under construction during Exercise Commando Crest. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO CREST Country: South Korea

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

Ussr, siberia, jakutsk, guard

A member of the 25th Infantry Division stands guard while a load of cargo, dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft, is retrieved during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-88-05182. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Members of an armored unit model their uniforms at Skidgel Hall, U.S. Army Armor Center. (substandard). Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN Cedras shakes hands with a US Army LTC upon arriving for his meeting with the US Ambassador and LTG Shelton at the Port au Prince International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

MASTER-at-Arms 2nd Class David L. Gilbert inspects damage to a car owned by one of the sailors at the station. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

US Air Force security specialists work with US Marine Corps personnel on a riot training drill. The Marines are training with US Air Force dog handlers and their attack dogs. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

SRA Morales of the combat control team breathes oxygen before his high-altitude, low-opening (HALO) jump. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy AIRMAN Apprentice Kenyaca Williams vacuums a padeye on the flight deck of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) as part of the Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Prevention Program on board the ship. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

DF-ST-86-11959. Base: Volkel Air Base State: Noord Brabant Country: Netherlands / Holland (NLD)

American and South Korean military personnel direct traffic at the main gate. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-90-03747. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03764. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Country: Egypt (EGY)

PETTY Officer 3rd Class Mathew Hollenbraugh, left, and PETTY Officer 3rd Class Dale Herbert Dale anchor a piece of concrete at a construction site in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Hollenbraugh and Herbert are Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5). Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DF-ST-88-10012. Base: Camp Perry State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander, Joint Task Force Kenya, greets a Kenyan Air Force AIRMAN in the Kenya U.S. Liaison Office (KUSLO) warehouse during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander, Joint Task Force Kenya, greets a Kenyan Air Force Airman in the Kenya U.S. Liaison Office (KUSLO) warehouse during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response.

DA-ST-86-04577. Country: Unknown

030210-F-3252P-011. Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Boatswain's Mate 1ST Class James B. Odell of Assault Crafts Unit 5 (ACU-5) reaches through concertina wire to greet Pakistani soldiers during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The Pakistani soldiers are part of the United Nations Peackeeping Force deployed to Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

DA-ST-85-02267. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

DM-ST-88-08113. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Base: Evenes Country: Norway (NOR)

SSGT Jamie Keenan (left) and SGT Bernard Pruitt unload a metal animal crate, containing a new dog, at the Department of Defense Dog Center. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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