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Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., walk through a training range as they conduct reaction drills during Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., take a water break while conducting machine gun drills during Operation Desert Shield

A squad leader from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., directs his soldiers through a reaction drill during Operation Desert Shield. The sergeant is armed with an M-16A2 rifle with fixed bayonet

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., take a break before conducting M-60A1 machine gun drills during Operation Desert Shield

PVT. 2 Tony Burch, Co. A, 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., defends a perimeter with an M-249 machine gun during a joint Air Force and Army air-drop/air-assault exercise

Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division occupy a trench as they take part in a warfare training exercise during Operation Desert Shield

A soldier from Co. A, 3rd Bn., 73rd Airborne Armor Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., lays out equipment for an M-551 Sheridan light tank prior to the 82nd Airborne Division live-fire exercise during Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division hold the gate for an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as it departs a secure area during Operation Desert Shield. The soldier at right is manning an M-249 squad automatic weapon (SAW)

An 82nd Airborne Division soldier armed with an M-249 squad automatic weapon leads members of his Stinger anti-aircraft missile unit on a patrol during an exercise at the National Training Center

Members of 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., conduct reaction drills on a training range during Operation Desert Shield. The soldier in the foreground is armed with an M-249 squad automatic weapon

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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