Field Training Exercises

Scenes of soldiers engaged in field training exercises, featuring tactical movements, teamwork, and equipment operations in diverse environments.

Gun Crew Two, from Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, loads a 155mm howitzer in preparation of a free mission, where speed is as important as accuracy. The Marines are participating in a live fire exercise at Camp Hansen. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), positioned in a foxhole aim down field with M16 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons during a breaching exercise. Subject Operation/Series: LIBERTY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11727. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Camp Robinson, Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M60 machine gun team changes barrels before engaging their last target during the DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88 competition. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-87-01605. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A fire direction control team from the 3rd Bn., 319th Arty. Regt., 82nd Abn. Div., determines grid coordinates for a 105mm howitzer fire mission during an artillery demonstration held for members of the Honduran 16th Infantry Battalion. President Ronald Reagan mobilized U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division, to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras. Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Judicalpa Country: Honduras (HND)

DM-ST-87-01606. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gun Crew Two, from Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, loads a 155mm howitzer in preparation of a free mission, where speed is as important as accuracy. The Marines are participating in a live fire exercise at Camp Hansen. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Colonel David E. K. Cooper, Commander, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, keeps in touch with his troops by radio during Opportune Journey 4-83. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marines adjust their gear before moving into the jungle during Exercise Kennel Bear '89. The Marines, from Marine Barracks Guam, are acting as aggressors against Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 (NMCB-3) and Marines from the 3rd Force Service Support Group (3rd FSSG). Subject Operation/Series: KENNEL BEAR '89 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

A Korean Soldier during a live fire training exercise at Typhoon Range. Subject Operation/Series: LIVE FIRE Base: Yang-Gu Country: Korea

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division unload their gear from trucks near the shore of Gatun Lake at the beginning of Operation Strike Hold, an Army contingency exercise. Subject Operation/Series: STRIKE HOLD Country: Panama (PAN)

001208-M-6979W-022. Base: Camp Mackall, Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning) participate in the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. The soldier at the left is manning an M-60 machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Soldiers defend the boundaries of the air field from aggressor forces during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Army Platoon members remove a simulated wounded soldier from the battlefield at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armed with an M-16A1 rifle, a Navy corpsman runs the obstacle course during a simulated firefight. He is undergoing combat training at the Field Medical Service School. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-05596. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-07074. Subject Operation/Series: BRAVE DEFENDER '85 Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

CPL C. Candelario squad leader from the Marine detachment of the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), instructs his men on combat tactics at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close view of a combat-ready Marine officer candidate wearing a field protective mask as he waits for the signal to move forward. This Marine is a student of The Basic School for Marine Officers Combat Training. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-87-01591. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Chester Chapman (right), US Army, observes as PVT. Roman Ivanovich Voisovs'k (left), Ukraine Army, goes through training on the proper observation and reporting procedures at the Observation Post Training Site during the exercise. Soldiers from three NATO and 14 other central and eastern European countries are developing their combined peacekeeping skills during the exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Cooperative Nugget '95 is the sixth Partnership for Peace exercise, but the first to be held on US territory. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE NUGGET '95 Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army SPECIALIST (SPC) James Allbritton and Private (PVT) Paul Merriam, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, stand guard, in front of a parked M998 High-Mobility Multipurose Wheeled Vehicel (HMMWV) while conducting a temporary checkpoint near Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegoniva, as part of force protection training.Operation JOINT GUARD, 30 April 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Brcko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Sergeant Vincente Cruz, section chief, Combat Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, observes opposing force positions as his tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) misslie squad set up thier weapon. They are t. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Airborne Ranger from the 2nd Battalion 75th Infantry works to untangle his gear from thorny bushes after being dropped from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft as Exercise Ocean Venture '81 gets underway. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '81 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers patrol the area during exercise Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Team competitors from Air Force Space Command, armed with M16A2 rifles, swiftly hustle to the last phase of the combat rifle competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00 Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Four 3/5 Cavalry US Army soldiers, all wearing protective flak clothing, stand on dirt road in front of a parked US Army M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Cargo/Troop Carrier searching for land mines in the immediate vicinity where a US Army HMMWV struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. One soldier uses an AN-19/2 Mine Detector to scan for buried mines, while the other three visually scan the area. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

LCPL. Hoover, 1ST Platoon, "K" Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, secures the perimeter around an amphibious tractor as part of a practice amphibious assault at Onslow Beach. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE 92 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Colombian marines exit from a U.S. Marine Corps Personnel Tracked Landing Vehicle (LVTP-7) as they participate in a beach assault during Operation Unitas XXV. They are armed with M-14 rifles. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile (CHL)

DN-ST-85-08781. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers prepare to fire an 81 mm mortar during the joint US/Honduras field training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). The soldier at the right is armed with an M16A1 rifle. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

1960s TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM LOADING A 90mm M-67 RECOILLESS RIFLE

Ukrainian Marines form up to control a group of demonstrators during Situational Training Exercise-4, Civil Disturbance/ Mass Casualty, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFORstandards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine officers of Co. H, Basic School, aim an M-60 machine gun downrange during a live fire exercise at Range 11. A spare barrel assembly is on the right. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00592. Country: Unknown

Security policemen unload boxes of mortar ammunition from trucks during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Country: South Korea

Members of the 1ST, 506th Infantry Battalion in the prone position armed with M16 rifles during a live fire training exercise at Typhoon Range. Subject Operation/Series: LIVE FIRE Base: Yang-Gu Country: Korea

DA-SC-85-06488. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Chipyong-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-87-03132. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-12677. Subject Operation/Series: BLUE HORIZON '86 Country: Ecuador (ECU)

DN-ST-89-01486. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK Country: Norway (NOR)

Forward observers of the 1/41st Field Artillery Battalion call in fire. Forward observers of the 1/41st Field Artillery Battalion call in fire.

Engineers from the Australian army and members of the U.S. Army's Company C, 65th Engineers, 25th Infantry Division (Light), create an airstrip from a heavily forested section of outback during the joint Australian/U.S. Army exercise Kangaroo '89. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '89 Base: Caravale Country: Australia (AUS)

Packs belonging to soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) are stacked on the bed of a K-loader before being moved into the cargo hold of an aircraft. The soldiers are beginning their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Members of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on an LAV(C) light armored command and control vehicle wait for a food convoy they will be escorting from the airport during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. The crewman in the hatch has an M-16A2 5.56mm rifle and an M-240E1 7.62mm machine gun is on the pintle mount to his right. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Baidoa Country: Somalia (SOM)

Army troops wade through a marshy area during a training exercise. Country: Unknown

PFC. Mario Munoz (right) and Lance CPL. Conrad Robinson (Left), stand watch atop the old American School in the former American Embassy compound on Christmas Day. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides security for a fallen comrade", while patrolling through the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility, during Situational Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that is conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, .... Complete Scene Caption: A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides security for a fallen comrade", while patrolling through the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility, during Situational Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a

DA-ST-88-04744. Subject Operation/Series: CAMILLE Country: Dominica (DMA)

Straight on, medium close-up of two US Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST of the 9th Cavalry, 1ST Cavalry Division, lying on their backs as they prepare a breach by cutting concertina wire while conducting "Headhunters" Infantry Tactics Procedures training (HITP) at Fort Hood, Texas' Owl Creek assault course on May 19th, 1999. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division ride across Gatun Lake aboard an Army LCM-8 mechanized landing craft as part of Operation Strike Hold, an Army contingency exercise. Subject Operation/Series: STRIKE HOLD Country: Panama (PAN)

An airman motions to Kurdish refugees as they approach a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter that has landed to deliver supplies to the refugees camp. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Paratroopers march back from a drop zone during Air Force Reserve Operation REDOUBT, PHASE III. Subject Operation/Series: REDOUBT, PHASE III Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Canadian paratroopers from the 2nd Commando Canadian Airborne Regiment, Canadian Forces Base, Petawawa, Ontario, set up poncho shelters after seizing the airstrip at the Somalian village of Belet Uen today. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM)

DF-ST-87-06653. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

970628-N-4998R-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-02283. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

Members of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 5th Infantry Division (Orange Forces), defend their position on a roadside against advancing Blue Forces during the joint Korean/United States training exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-89-06579. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SHIELD Base: Camp Robinson State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030325-M-2081S-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Vietnam, War, 'Marine Dust Off North Of Tam Ky, Wounded Soldier Being Lifted Into Helicopter.'

An Australian army captain briefs four scouts from 4th Bn., 87th Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), during the joint Australian/U.S. exercise Kangaroo '89. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '89 Base: Jindare Country: Australia (AUS)

Carrying M-16 rifles with grenade launchers attached, airmen participating in an air base ground defense exercise run away from the UH-1 Huey helicopter that carried them. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

970320-M-0364S-001. Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

030217-M-7031A-008. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-88-10277. Base: Judicalpa Country: Honduras (HND)

High angle rear view of two US Marine M198 155mm Howitzers as Marines from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines from Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, set up the Howitzers for firing during the Artillery Relocation Shoot at Ojojihara, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-85-05264. Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak, stops and talks to a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) driver during his visit to Bogue Airfield. He was visiting Marines of the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing performing their operations. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A heavily camouflaged SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Chambers, 100th Security Police Squadron, guards the perimeter from a dug-in defensive position. Chambers is armed with an M-16 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher as he takes part in Creek Defender, an air base ground-defense training course including both classroom and field training. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-90-02118. Base: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

DN-ST-88-00613. Country: Unknown

SGT Alcantar Francisco of A Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, kneels on the ground and demonstrates to members of the Joint Military Commission (JMC)how to probe for mines during a meeting at 1-4 CAV JMC Site (CQ347027), Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

970628-M-2111R-012. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST CEB, 1ST Mar Div

SPC Jorge L. Justiniano, left, and SPC BIll Thornburg, anti-tank gunners with Co. C, 3rd Bn., 21st Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light) hold a position on a hill overlooking the Han River during the joint South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '89. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Munmak-Myon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marines carry their gear ashore after disembarking from the amphibious cargo ship USS ST. LOUIS (LKA-16) during Operation Valiant Blitz '88. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT BLITZ '88 Base: Pohang Country: Korea

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

DA-SC-86-08886. Base: Geumsa Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DM-SC-87-12323. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with M16A2 rifles prepare to take back the city during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are .... Complete Scene Caption: US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with M16A2 rifles prepare to take back the city during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations.

A KATUSA Corporal looks through a pair of binoculars, while a US soldier zeros in on his target. Both are assigned to the scout platoon Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2/72nd Armor Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. Base: Pouchon Country: Korea

A member of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) runs past two other Marines manning a Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher mounted atop an M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Thailand (THA)

DM-ST-89-00705. Subject Operation/Series: AGILE SWORD Base: Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines finish field training and prepare to go home during exercise Sentry Castle '81. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 38th Air Rescue Squadron guard their position during the ground base defense exercise Foal Eagle '91. The airmen are armed with M-16 rifles equipped with blank firing devices.. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '91 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea(KOR)

US Army SPECIALIST K.T. Stallings, a Combat Photographer and Army Reservist with the 982nd Signal Company, assists Canadian and Austrian soldiers load a 5-ton truck with sandbags during Situational Training Exercise-1, Convoy Operations, Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that is conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. 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 295th Military Police Company prepare 7.62 mm machine gun ammunition during training on the small arms range. Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Hungarian Soldier aims through the PSO-1 telescope mounted atop his 7.62mm Dragoon sniper rifle, while kneeling beside a fallen tree, during convoy operations training, part of Situational Training Exercise-1 (STX-1), during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 held at Camp Lejeune, NC. A Hungarian Soldier aims through the PSO-1 telescope mounted atop his 7.62mm Dragunov sniper rifle, while kneeling beside a fallen tree, during convoy operations training, part of Situational Training Exercise-1 (STX-1), during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96 held at Camp Lejeune, NC.

Marines from Weapons Platoon, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, were pulled from mess duty and liberty to help in a Marine Joint Task Force cleaning operation during a brush fire in the Apra Heights area. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Apra Heights State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Nordic forces disembark from an Implementation Forces (IFOR) armored personnel carrier to respond to a suspected violent incident near the newly completed bridge. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Doboj Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

82nd Airborne artillery personnel load and fire M102 105 mm howitzers during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations. The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state. U.S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned

Soldiers erect a fully camouflaged unit kitchen trailer during exercise Team Spirit '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Yangdong Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Armed with an M-249 squad automatic weapon (SAW), LCPL Whidbee of Military Police (MP) Co., Headquarters Bn., 2nd Marine Division, stands guard at a checkpoint on an access road leading to the division combat operations center (COC) during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An instructor points out the features of the LVTP7 tracked landing vehicle, personnel, to recruits in basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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