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A left front view of an M-551 Sheridan tank modified to look like a Soviet tank. The tank is being used by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force during field exercises at the National Training Center

The crew of an M551 Sheridan tank modified to look like Soviet BMP1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle waits for the battle to begin. The tank is being used by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as opposing forces during field exercises at the National Training Center

M551 Sheridan tanks modified to look like Soviet tanks lay a smoke screen during an exercise at the National Training Center. The tanks are used by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force

Members of the 177th Armored Brigade roll through the desert in an M551 Sheridan light tank modified to resemble a Soviet T72 tank during an exercise at the National Training Center. The brigade uses the tank in their role as an opposing force

An M551 Sheridan light tank modified to resemble a Soviet BMP1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle moves along a dirt road during a training exercise at the National Training Center. The tank is used by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force

An M551 Sheridan light tank modified to resemble a Soviet T72 tank participates in an exercise at the National Training Center. The tank is operated by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force

An M551 Sheridan light tank modified to resemble a Soviet T-72 tank participates in an exercise at the National Training Center. The tank is operated by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force

A M551 Sheridan light tank modified to resemble a Soviet T55 main battle tank. The tank is used by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force during exercises at the National Training Center

M551 Sheridan light tanks modified to resemble a Soviet T72 tanks participate in an exercise at the National Training Center. The tanks are operated by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as an opposing force

Crew members of an M551 Sheridan tank modified to look like a Soviet tank watch the sky and road for signs of the enemy. The tanks are being used by the 177th Armored Brigade in their role as opposing forces during field exercises at the National Training Center

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Base: Fort Irwin

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Mary Jacobs

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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08/10/1985
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label_outline Explore Field Exercises, Sheridan Light Tank, M 551 Sheridan Armored Reconnasaince Airborne Assault Vehicle

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.

A left side view of a Marine M1A1 main battle tank as it leaves the surf and moves up the beach. The tank is equipped with two air intake towers on the left side of the hull near the back of the turret and an exhaust tower on the rear of the hull, parts

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 Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (standing left) and Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (standing right) play the role of perpetrators who have taken a hostage during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC Special Reaction Team (SRT) could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

Sergeant (SGT) Sean Sheridan, USMC, (right), waiting with MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Richard Benner, USAF, 162nd Fighter Wing (FW), in an assault boat to take pilots to the helicopter extraction point during Water Survival Training. The training conducted for 162nd FW pilots during the July "Unit Training Assembly" at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego, California

SPC William Watts Jr., assigned to the 142nd MP Company signs off his vehicle before taking it on patrol. Vehicles need to be checked and signed off before they can be used for the shift

US Air Forces in Europe, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Humanitarian Relief artwork depicting the C-17 Globemaster III's role in air dropping food to the people of Afghanistan

United States Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Company Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, aim the barrel of their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a gully towards enemy targets (Not shown) in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia during exercise Crocodile '99

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant Major (SGMAJ) Kenneth Lucas, signs re-enlistment papers for an additional four years in the USMC, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Army M1-A1 Abrams tank, from C Troop of the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment returns from the live fire training range at the Korea Training Center, Republic of Korea on Oct. 25, 1998. The center is manned throughout the year and various armored units rotate through training scenarios to meet yearly live gunnery training requirements

A member of the 2nd Battalion, 1ST Marines, plays a the role of patient as medical personnel inspect the ward at Fleet Hospital One, a 250-bed combat zone hospital. The marines are participating in Operation SAFE HAVEN, a combined Navy, Marine Corps, and Army exercise designed to evaluate the efficiency of field hospitals

Friends and relatives march down the pier with their signs to welcome back crew members of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993) upon the ship's return to home port after a deployment to the Persian Gulf

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