Recent Military Images Archive
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A blanket of green smoke sweeps by as an instructor watches infantrymen with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provide fire suppression during a platoon attack at Range 410A on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011. The platoon-level attacks were part of the battalion's 35-day Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise. During EMV, the Marines of 'America's Battalion' are training to kill enemy fighters by polishing infantry skills and practicing counterinsurgency operations. They are preparing for a fall deployment to Afghanistan's Helmand province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. |
3/3 Kilo Marines perform platoon attacks during Enhanced Mojave Viper exercise |
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Enhanced Mojave Viper, Reece Lodder, US Marines | ||
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Members of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, work at dislodging their M-777 155 mm howitzer from the three-foot deep hole it dug its spades into after firing several rocket assisted projectiles Sept. 3. The huge weapon weighs 9,000 pounds and can launch projectiles more 30 kilometers. |
M-777 155 mm howitzer: Freeing the beast |
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172nd Infantry Brigade, Afghanistan, Afghanistan - Paktika province, Ken Scar, US Army | ||
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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks during at a press conference at Naval Air Station Patuxent River about the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, conducting demonstration flights with a 50-50 mix of biofuel and JP-5 aviation fuel. The Blue Angels will perform at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Air Expo Sept. 3 and 4. |
The Blue Angels |
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Scott Tolzien, Chargers’ back-up quarterback, falls back for a pass today at the Miramar Youth Sports Complex. The event brought performances from the Charger Girls followed by the Chargers’ football players practicing, taking photos and signing autographs with Marines and their family members. |
Chargers rush to Miramar |
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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) departs Naval Station Norfolk ahead of Hurricane Irene. Vice Adm. Daniel Holloway, commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet, ordered all ships in the Hampton Roads area to set Sortie Condition Alpha. Ships in the area are departing early Thursday morning, Aug. 25. Irene's current track indicates it will pass off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts late Saturday as a Category 3 hurricane. |
US Navy ships depart Naval Station Norfolk ahead of Hurricane Irene |
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The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan enters Apra Harbor for a scheduled port visit. |
USS Ronald Reagan in Guam |
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Seaman Haley Kurkowski prepares to fire a messenger line to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment ship USNS Yukon from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans during a replenishment at sea. New Orleans and embarked Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting pre-deployment work-ups as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group. |
USS New Orleans takes on supplies |
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At Sea, At Sea - USS New Orleans, Dominique Pineiro, US Navy, USNS Yukon, USS New Orleans | ||
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andre Pegues of Fayetteville, N.C., a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief with Company C, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, waves during training Aug. 20. The unit out of Fort Bragg, N.C., recently replaced Company C, 3rd GSAB, 10th CAB, 10th Mountain Div. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Janell Emerson) |
10th CAB medevac hands over mission in eastern Afghanistan |
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82nd Airborne Division, Afghanistan, Afghanistan - Logar Province, Black hawk helicopter, Helicopter, Janell Emerson, UH-60, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, US Army | ||
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USS John C. Stennis action Seaman Lynn Adrian, from Harris, Minn., wipes down an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean and Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley) |
USS John C. Stennis action |
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Airman 1st Class Jason Vanover, 5th Munitions Squadron maintenance crew member, helps to assemble unguided conventional bombs during a practice run for the second annual Air Force Global Strike Command Global Strike Challenge here, Aug. 16. Minot airmen from both the 5th Bomb Wing and the 91st Missile Wing participate in this year's AFGSC Global Strike Challenge during the months of June through November to showcase the world's premier bomber and ICBM force and to recognize outstanding AFGSC personnel and teams. |
Global Strike Challenge |
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