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Live-Fire Training Exercises

Photos feature personnel engaging in live-fire exercises and emergency drills aboard military vessels, highlighting tactical training.

220919-N-EJ241-1166DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 19, 2022) - Tools used by Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 sit on the floor after a section of concrete is worked on at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. NMCB-4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction.
220919-N-EJ241-1166DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 19, 2022) - Tools used by Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 sit on the floor after a section of concrete is worked on at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. NMCB-4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction.
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Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-57. Hurricane Katrina030131-F-5712B-001. Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)DM-ST-86-07501. Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Coast Guard Personnel - Supplies - 26-HK-84-143. Hurricane KatrinaFirefighters from the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron put out a fire during training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 19, 2022. This training provided firsthand experience for potential real-world scenarios.An Airman stands within a compound waiting for 115th Security Forces Squadron members to arrive and extract a simulated casualty during Audacious Warrior at Fort McCoy, Wis., on May 17, 2022. (Wisconsin National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck)U.S. Air Force engineers from the 820th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineering Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, NV, and U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers from Marine Support Squadron 274, Cherry Point, NC use a crane to hoist a Guyana Fire Service fire engine out of a ditch. The service members are part of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Country: French Guiana (GUF)Sailors, Marines, and equipment supporting training for the U.S. Navys 4th Medical Battalion are shown at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility on Aug. 11, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Everything supporting the 4th Medical Battalion was for training supporting a Combat Support Training Exercise as well as a Global Medic exercise going on at Fort McCoy. The battalion conducted a wide variety of medical training scenarios from the training area.DN-ST-88-03234. Country: Bahrain (BHR)110517-N-TU221-268MANILA, Philippines (May 17, 2011) Personnel Specialist Seaman Monica Roberts, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), removes paneling from a wall inside an abandoned building at Hospicio De San Jose Orphanage during a community service event. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are participating in the event.War waste, Phonsavan, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, AsiaInside the well deck onboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS NASSAU (LAH-4), USN and US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), watch as USMC M1A1 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) are loaded onto a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) craft, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-120-84. Hurricane KatrinaCPL Joshua McNew of thev1st Marine Division, G-2, slides cammy netting over his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), in order to break up the vehicles silhoutte during DEEP STRIKE '97. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE Base: Needles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)A member of the 531st Quartermasters Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington, adjusts the valves on fuel lines. The 531st is maintaining a mogas (jet petroleum) and vehicle repair operation. Subject Operation/Series: Bright Star 94 Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)990321-M-7115H-019. Base: Jungle Warfare Training Center State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers attach rebar at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 17, 2024. Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps051228-A-7969G-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 320FA,CAUS Marine Corps Corporal Wessly Hill stands at the top of a water tower while taking part in humanitarian assistance operations in Djibouti, Africa. Country: Djibouti (DJI)TNI Soldiers playing the opposing force secures the training area on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Nov. 1, 2022. JPMRC 23-01 builds effective partnerships with a broad array of land-dominant forces; Americas Indo-Asia Pacific defense strategy must include a well-resourced land forces dimension that is postured to influence the often overlooked yet critical human domain.Zombie attack, Paint Ball Marratxi, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.021220-F-3488S-004. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAFTSGT Donna Fare checks the length of an antenna during Reforger-Crested Cap III. She is stationed with the 908th Communications Flight, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGERCRESTED CAP III Base: Bad Soellegan Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)Members of the Army National Guard from five states combined to form a Round Out Unit specializing in Aviation Depot Maintenance. The Army National Guard team trained soldiers from the 4th Aviation, Fort Carson, Colo, on the techniques of shrink wrapping helicopters. The wrapping protects the helicopters from corrosion during shipping. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)Military helicopter hovers in clearing in Ulu Temburong National Park, BruneiSimulated munitions from the 23rd Wing munitions flight are prepared for an Agile Combat Employment exercise, Agile Flag 22-2, at the Air Dominance Center, a Combat Readiness Training Center, located in Savannah Georgia on July 22, 2022. Munitions specialists from the 23rd Wing built simulation munitions to be used in the exercise. ACC's recent Agile Combat Employment transformation prepares todays leaders for the rapid operational decisions and mission type orders required to win against peer adversaries.STAFF Sergeant Daniel Tipton, USAF, 39th Communications Squadron, Quality Assurance, repairs a radio transmitter used to support the high-frequency radio mission at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Staff Sergeant Daniel Tipton, USAF, 39th Communications Squadron, Quality Assurance, repairs a radio transmitter used to support the high-frequency radio mission at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.Sgt. 1st Class Fredrick Scruggs (Left) of Hodges, S.C., runs new communications wire on Camp Phoenix while Master Sgt. Bobby Bethea (Right) of Hoffman, N.C., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion provides support. Scruggs and Bethea, both of the 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, are on a one-year tour to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.DF-ST-85-13417. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)The CCDC C51SR are on Fort Dix Complex Range 59C completing new equipment testing. (photos taken by the Fort Dix Training Support Center / Daniel Amburg)050121-N-5376G-008. Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: Disaster relief000505-N-6492H-572. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5Students spray foam onto replicas of a bomb and a helicopter in a controlled-burn area the Naval Reserve Naval Damage Control Training Center. Students are being trained at the center by other reservists in shipboard damage control, firefighting and Chemical-Biological-Radiological (CBR) warfare defense. Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-148. Hurricane Katrina220623-N-JO823-1075 SANTA RITA, Guam (June 23, 2022) Sailors haul in line on the fantail as the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) pulls into Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.031006-M-2900S-101. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Firefighters from Norton Air Force Base discuss maneuvers to battle a fire during the four-day Panorama brush fire, which started in canyons north of town and has been whipped out of control by 40-50 mph winds. Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)DM-ST-88-08210. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)060526-N-1332Y-099. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Japan (JPN)030125-M-1852W-004. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3/12 HQ BtryDisaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-122-126. Hurricane KatrinaA close-up view of M-151A1 jeeps in the staging area where they are being prepared for loading aboard a cargo ship. The jeeps, along with other equipment, are to be used in support of a possible rapid deployment of a 12,000-troop Marine amphibious brigade operation. Base: Port Authority, Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)NAVAL BASE GUAM (Sept. 9, 2022) - Sailors handle line in preparation to get underway aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) on Naval Base Guam, Sept. 9. Zumwalt is conducting underway operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.Ground crew members roll up drag chutes during exercise Red Flag '87. Subject Operation/Series: RED FLAG '87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)A remote piloted vehicle (RPV) on display during CAPEX training. Subject Operation/Series: CAPEX 92 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Staff Sgt. Chad Courtwright, 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron combined tool kit custodian, places an outline for the custom paint job of an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, April 20, 2022.The paint job was inspired by the original logo for the 336th Fight Generation squadron.040422-F-0000M-006. Base: Lajes Field State: Azores Country: Portugal (PRT)Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. PolkPapua New Guinea, Morobe Province. Inspecting the wreckage at the site of Japanese World War II bomber Betty.A team of Soldiers participate in the Army Combat Fitness Test as a part of the Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark Jr. U.S. Army Best Medic Competition which started Jan. 24, 2022, Fort Hood, Texas. Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgment while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dylan Bailey)STAFF Sergeant Pete Tice, from the 31st RED HORSE Flight, Camp Darby, Italy, is using a 4 cubic yard loader to dismantle the Shiney Hope Ramp. The 31st RED HORSE Flight provides a highly mobile civil engineer response force to support contingency and special operations worldwide. The primary mission is to set-up field and contingency operations to support large-scale missions. Activities include heavy damage repair, barebase development and heavy engineering operations. The 31st RED HORSE Flight possess special capabilities, such as water-well drilling, explosive demolition, quarry operations, concrete mobile operations, material testing, expedient facility erection, and concrete and .... Complete Scene Caption: Staff Sergeant Pete Tice, from the 31st RED HORSE Flight, Camp Darby, Italy, is using a 4 cubic yard loader to dismantle the Shiney Hope Ramp. The 31st RED HORSE Flight provides a highly mobile civil engineer response force to support contingency and special operations worldwU.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 and U.S. airmen with 18th Civil Engineer Group (CEG) set up a temporary airfield during an airfield damage repair (ADR) field exercise (FEX) at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. Service members with III MEF, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, and 18th CEG participated in the FEX to refine ADR tactics, techniques and procedures by integrating with joint partners. Marine CorpsHistorical reenactment activities marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North CarolinaU.S. Marine Corps recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, pack their rifle cleaning kitsduring M16A4 service rifleissue at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, July 18, 2022. They pack their cleaning kits so they will have it throughout recruit training.050917-F-3197B-292. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)960710-A-8303M-001. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)US Navy Fire Control Technician 1ST Class Lanod Westmorland, stationed aboard USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57), helps paint an impoverished school house as part of Operation HANDCLASP on the outskirts of Manta, Ecuador. The ship visited Manta en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99HANDCLASP Base: Manta Country: Ecuador (ECU)Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-17. Hurricane KatrinaDF-ST-88-05551. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SILVER Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)030509-F-8362B-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)U.S. Marine Corps Rct. Bruno thinks about his next move during the 12 stalls obstacle at Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 28, 2023. The crucible is a 54-hour event that challenges all the skills learned throughout recruit training.981217-M-3661W-007. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Camp Fairwinds / Camp Kinzer Country: Haiti (HTI)Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Saltillo. Mexican Army checkpoint searching for illegal activity.The 55th Civil Support Team partnered with Mdewakanton Fire and Public Safety, FBI Minneapolis Hazard Evidence Response Team, and Minnesota State Fire Marshall for a field training exercise near Shakopee, Minnesota, August 3, 2022. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Angelique Fulton and her military working dog, Apollo B137, inspect a vehicle involved in a simulated gate-runner scenario during Exercise Citadel Pacific 2022 (CP22) at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo Aug. 16, 2022. CP22 is an annual exercise that is not in response to any specific real-world threat but is used to evaluate the readiness of fleet and installation security programs.120616-N-HM950-052 LUMUT, Malaysia (June 16, 2012) U.S. and Royal Malaysian Sailors paint the Haruman Kasih Pertubuhan Charity House during a community service project for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2012. CARAT 2012 is a nine-country, bilateral exercise between the United States and Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor Leste and is designed to enhance maritime security skills and operational cohesiveness among participating forces.010912-A-8705M-002. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOMPolice line (Polizia in Italian), do not cross. Area blocked for natural disaster or crime scene, Italy, Europe