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U.S. Marines salute during the playing of the participating

Soldiers assigned to 504th Quartermaster Company, 142nd

Marines stage their vehicles outside a notional city

A Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,

U.S. Marines part of a quick reaction force (QRF);

U.S. Air Force Major General William S. Hinton Jr., Shining Hope commander, tours the site of the next U.S. sponsored refugee camp designated "Camp Eagle" in Fier, Albania, June 1, 1999. MAJ Gen Hinton and his party visited with the management and contractors of U.S. sponsored Kosovo refugee camps in Albania. MAJ. GEN. Hinton Jr. Rides in an older model of the M151 (4x4) 362kg light vehicle with a .50 caliber M2 HB Heavy machine Gun mounted on the back. Two US Navy Mh-53E helicopters are seen in the extreme background. This mission is in direct support of Operation Shining Hope

Soldiers with U.S. Army Alaska’s 3rd Battalion, 21st

Security forces members guard a security control point

U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance

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Members of the 314th Security Police Squadron mobile unit with an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle mount guard duty around the landing zone in Exercise VOLANT SHIELD. The exercise's scenario involves the defense of a dirt landing strip by

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lowers an M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle into a landing zone during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield.

A Marine in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle armed with a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile system, assumes a defensive position after coming ashore during the amphibious assault phase of Exercise RIMP

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops off a pair of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) in a landing zone during the joint services Exercise SOLID SHIELD '89

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is offloaded from an air-cushioned landing craft during Exercise VALIANT USHER 88

Soldiers transport supplies in an M-998 high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle at a tent camp of the 82nd Aviation Brigade in the desert during Operation Desert Shield.

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), with shelter attached and pulling a generator, is driven aboard the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3). The vessel is transporting equipment of the 25th Infantry Division to the island of Kauai as part of Task Force Garden Isle, a joint military disaster relief effort being conducted in the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki

A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lifts an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from the deck of an amphibious ship during exercise Imminent Thunder, a readiness exercise conducted by forces operating in the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield

A soldier in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) communicates with his unit prior to taking part in loading operations in support of Operation Desert Shield. Equipment will be loaded aboard the rapid-response vehicle cargo ship USNS ALGOL (T-AKR-287), docked in the background, for transportation to Saudi Arabia

A convoy of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles delivers troops during VOLANT SHIELD. The exercise's scenario involves the defense of a dirt landing strip by contingency support forces of the Military Airlift Command in an allied Third World

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Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SHIELD

Base: Camp Robinson

State: Arkansas (AR)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kimberly Yearyean, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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First Lieutenant (1LT) Victor Haynes, 20th Military Airlift Squadron, checks a map while piloting a Military Airlift Command transport aircraft to the next location of Pope John Paul II's US visit. During the pope's visit, vehicle transportation and security is being provided under VOLANT SILVER, a joint Military Airlift Command/Secret Service operation

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Younce takes a drink of water after competing in the weapons competition phase of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 87. The competition offers security police squadrons from Military Airlift Command the opportunity to compete in areas that include w

Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Garcia, assigned to U.S. Army

Lieutenant General (LGEN) Robert F. Coverdale, vice commander in chief, Military Airlift Command, reviews troops on the opening day of the multinational tactical airlift competition VOLANT RODEO '85

Approved insignia for: Military Airlift Command

General (GEN) Duane H. Cassidy, commander in chief, Military Airlift Command, arrives at the base during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86

Airmen armed with M16 rifles equipped with multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) transmitters conduct a patrol during Exercise VOLANT SCORPION

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Efrain Espinoza, from team Air Force Space Command, prepares to engage on targets down range with a M60 machine gun. This took place during a simulated gas attack scenario for a Combat Weapons event at DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, October 31st, 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 seven physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over six days

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) leads the convoy as 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, travels a dirt road near the Kuwait-Iraqi border while on patrol during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

One Marine helps another climb into the bed of an M-1008 cargo truck near a landing zone in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter, left, and an AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopter are in the background. An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is in the foreground at left

Republic of Korea (ROK) military service members participate in a scenario to upload and transport war stock equipment that would be needed in real world contingencies with their US Army (USA) counterparts for the RECEPTION STAGING ONWARD MOVEMENT and INTEGRATION (RSO&I) Exercise at Camp Carroll, Korea

AIRMAN (AMN) John Donald fires an M16 rifle equipped with a multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) transmitter during Exercise VOLANT SCORPION

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