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A Marine armed with an M16A2 rifle rests when his squad stops to regroup while on patrol during rapid response loading Exercise AGILE SWORD'86

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Subject Operation/Series: AGILE SWORD

Base: Pensacola

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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marine rifle squad patrol response exercise sword usmc m 16 a 2 m 16 a 2 florida high resolution agile sword m 16 a 2 rifle us marine corps us national archives paintings
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22/05/1986
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label_outline Explore Agile Sword, Usmc M 16 A 2, M 16 A 2 Rifle

U.S. Marine Corp Cpl. Samuel Marcellus, 22nd Marine

During a ceremony at defense forces headquarters MAJ. GEN. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, minister of defense, presents GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, with a sword in recognition of his role in the Allied success during Operation Desert Storm.

US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Stephen Blevins, Security Forces Journeyman, 86th Contingency Response Group (CRG), mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from a bunkered position near the perimeter at Bashur Airfield in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ben Edwards, Lima Company, 3rd

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Carlos Askew, Bravo’s Company

Republic of Philippine Marines Corporal (CPL) Percival V. Suco, mans a security position armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, while participating in tactical personnel and aircraft recovery training at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), armed with a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), participates in a dismounted patrol during a raid on a suspected weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A U.S. Observer, left, assigned to 7th Army Training

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Antonia "Rochelle" Smith (background), Combat Visual Information SPECIALIST, uses a digital video camera to document USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Roger Steele, 134th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), as he provides security armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, for the Wing Operations Center at an undisclosed location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle during small arms qualifications at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot

Lance Cpl. William A. Morris, a rifleman with Alpha

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