While flying over the Arabian Sea, a CH-53E Supper Stallion take fuel from a KC-130 Hercules as another waits its turn. The helicopters are part of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-261 (Reinforced), the Aviation Combat Element for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). (Official U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Cheresa D. Clark) (RELEASED)
While flying over the USS Wasp (Landing Helicopter Deck-1), two CH-53E Super Stallions prepare to take fuel from a KC-130 Hercules. The helicopters are part of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-261 (Reinforced) the Aviation Combat Element for the 22 Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), while the KC-130 is from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Sqaudron-252.
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (August 12, 2002) – Lance Cpl. Tracy C. Ellis of Lumberton, N.C., plugs his ears as Youngstown, Ohio, native Lance Cpl. Chris C. Kellogg pulls the howitzer’s lanyard. The Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment warriors are currently participating in FINEX, the final stage of Combined Arms Exercises 9-02. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. G. Lane Miley)
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A 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60G takes off from the USS Juneau during ship landing training in the Pacific. The primary mission of the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is to conduct day or night operations into hostile environments to recover downed aircrew or other isolated personnel during war. Because of its versatility, the HH-60G is also tasked to perform military operations other than war. These tasks include civil search and rescue, emergency aeromedical evacuation (MEDEVAC), disaster relief, international aid, counterdrug activities and NASA space shuttle support. (U.S. Navy photo)
An MV-22 Osprey prepares to launch from the USS Saipan in the Atlantic Ocean. Maintainers from Edwards Air Force, Calif., deployed onboard the Navy ship for recent Osprey sea trials. (Air Force photo)
980902-A-2839B-001 A U.S. Army ammunition supply non-commissioned officer checks the 2.75 inch rockets loaded into a launcher on an AH-64 Apache helicopter at Comanche Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sept. 2, 1998. Helicopters from the 6th Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry, 11th Aviation Regiment are conducting a live fire exercise at the Glamoc Firing Range. The helicopters are deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of Operation Joint Forge. DoD photo by Sgt. Alfredo Barraza Jr., U.S. Army. (Released)
Airborne soldiers take the ultimate leap of faith every time they jump. They entrust their lives to the riggers who repair and pack their parachutes. U.S. Army Photo By SFC Brenda Benner Texas National Guard's 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment at Camp Mabry.
980726-A-0089G-001 26 July 1998, Ft. Benning, GA Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division Ft. Campbell KY, simulate a slingloade, in preparation for the exercise Rapid Force Projection Initiative (RFPI) being held at Fort Benning GA. RFPI is a field experiment designed to test new equipment and its usefulness with the Light Forces on the battle field. Image by SPC Russell J. Good 55th SIgnal Co. (COMCAM) Ft. Meade MD 20755.
011105-N-6259P-001 At sea aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Nov. 5, 2001-- Sailors aboard USS Enterprise spell out "E = MC2x40" on the carrier's flight deck to mark forty years of U.S. Naval nuclear power as ship and crew return home from a Mediterranean Sea Arand abian Gulf deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Enterprise currently in dry dock at the Naval Shipyards in Norfolk, Va. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Douglass M. Pearlman. (RELEASED)
Members of Co. B. 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor, North Carolina Army National Guard, from Sanford, N.C., man a check point in a mock Bosnia town during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sunday, March 5, 2000, as members of the 2252nd prepare for a deployment to Bosnia later this year.(Photo by SSG Bob Jordan, 382nd MPAD, NCARNG)
981025-F-2171A-508 A U.S. Army soldier ground guides a M-3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle to a spot for decontamination after gunnery training at the Korea Training Center, Republic of Korea, on Oct. 25, 1998. Armored units use the range to meet yearly, live gunnery training requirements. The Bradley is attached to C Troop of the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment. DoD photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Allen, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
A team from the 1st Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment launches a TOW missile during recent training.
970430-A-9384H-014 Three Charlie Company soldiers provide security while their fellow soldiers load into UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters during company air assault training at Camp McGovern, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 30, 1997. The soldiers will also learn about the mission of Task Force 1-77 at Camp McGovern, force protection, and setting up a temporary checkpoint as part of Operation Joint Guard. These soldiers are attached to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. DoD photo by Spc. Tracey L. Hall-Leahy, U.S. Army.
980506-A-1200M-002 Two U.S. Army soldiers launch a mortar round on the live fire range at Glamoc, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on May 6, 1998. These 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldiers are deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the Stabilization Force in Operation Joint Guard. DoD photo by Pfc. R. Alan Mitchell, U.S. Army.
001103-F-0007M-005 A soldier from the ArmyÕs 82nd Airborne exits out of an Air Force C-141B Starlifter over the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Nov. 3, 2000. The jumper is one of 5,000 82nd Airborne troops taking part in an aerial assault exercise called Large Package Week. The quarterly training exercise sharpens the airdrop capability of aircrews from the Air Mobility Command and the 82nd Airborne. DoD photo by Kenn Mann, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Army recruiting spent a week in November 1999 at Fort Benning filming an Army Rrecruiting TV commercial. Some of the soldiers being filmed. (U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Underhill) Record I.D. No. (VIRIN) 991105-A-5399U-001
001103-F-0007M-009 Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne load into an Air Force C-141B Starlifter at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., for their parachute jump over the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Nov. 3, 2000. Five thousand 82nd Airborne troops are taking part in an aerial assault exercise called Large Package Week. The quarterly training exercise sharpens the airdrop capability of aircrews from the Air Mobility Command and the 82nd Airborne. DoD photo by Kenn Mann, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
010809-F-1644L-009 A soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., after jumping from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III on Aug. 9, 2001. Three hundred soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., participated in the training jump. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
BLT 2/8, Weapons Co. Marines, attached to the 24th MEU (SOC), provide coverage from sniper fire as two Marines run across a courtyard to another building during urban warfare training on the Island of Sazan, Albania July 5, as part of Exercise Albanian Bilat.
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 Marines and Russian crew members unload a CH-46 Sea Knight from an AN-124 Condor. The Condor, a Russian aircraft, was the only aircraft available and large enough to handle the load.
020625-N-1056B-004 Eastern Pacific (Jun. 25, 2002) -- The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) is the U.S. Task Group flagship for the Pacific Phase of the annual UNITAS exercise conducted between June 27 and July 11, 2002, with naval forces from five nations off the coast of Chile. The ships five-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean for Counter-Drug Operations and the UNITAS exercise is the final deployment for the Spruance-class destroyer, which is scheduled to be de-commissioned in February 2003. U.S. Navy Photo by Lieutenant Corey Barker (RELEASED)
Photo by Cpl. Krystal N. Leach Cpl. Mitchell L. Hamilton, canoneer, Romeo Battery, hands a bag of gun powder to Cpl. Joshua A. Shultz who will place it into the Howitzers chamber, while Lance Cpl. Allen S. Borough and another Marine prepare to load the artillery round to be fired.
020108-M-8643P-501 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Jan. 8, 2002) -- Sgt. Jason E. Capozzoli, a 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SOC) Force Reconnaissance Marine from Tallahassee, Fla., gets acquainted with the Corps' new M-14 DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle). Eight of the nine rifles manufactured by precision weapons repairmen at MCCDC Quantico, Va., were sent here for testing during Operation Enduring Freedom. (Official USMC photo by Sgt. Andrew D. Pomykal)
