Soldiers of Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment launch mortars at fixed targets on a range at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana Aug. 31. These Massachusetts Nat More
Company K Marines fire a 60 mm mortar, setting the baseplate in the dirt during live-fire training Sept. 7. The rifle company, with its section of mortars, is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the gro More
Enhanced combat skills instructors from Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, call-for-fire at a forward observation point during a mortar shoot at Camp Pendleton, Cali More
Pfc. Matthew C. Kenna, a Baytown, Texas, native and a mortar man assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), carries a M225 cannon at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 16, 2012. B More
A coalition force member fires a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle system during weapons practice on a range in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2013. Coalition force members test fire various weapons systems More
Afghan commandos from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak fire a 60mm indirect fire system during weapons practice on a range in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2013. Commandos are mentored by th More
U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Nix, an indirect fire infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, gives last minute guidance to an Afghan National Army soldier leveling a 60 mm mortar du More
U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Nix, an indirect fire infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, gives last minute guidance to an Afghan National Army soldier leveling a 60mm mortar, du More
An Afghan National Army soldier narrates during the ANA's Regional Military Training Center's M224 60mm mortar instructor's course graduation at Camp Shurabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 9. The soldiers More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ferdinand Fernandez, an indirect fire infantryman with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, points toward a targe More
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua S. Ninis, a cannon crew member with the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, observes as a soldier with the Afghan National Army More
Afghan soldiers from 4th Brigade, 205th Corps, prepare to fire a M224 60mm Lightweight Company Mortar System during a live-fire practice on the first M224 course in Uruzgan.
U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team observe as members, center, of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army prepare their 60 More
Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Zentz fires platoon sergeant for Blackfoot Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, supervising a German sergeant major of the German Forward Planning Liaison T More
U.S. Army Pvt. Nicholas Coryell, a gunner in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, prepares a 60mm mortar system to be fired under the direction of Spc. Domonic Sikorski More
Lance Cpl. Isaac Moia, a scout observer serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and a native of Tuscon, Ariz., provides security as his fellow Marines exit vehicles on Range 800 here, Aug More
Marines serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, fill sandbags to prepare targets and objectives for live-fire training on Range 800 here, Aug. 12, 2013. The company conducted day and nigh More
U.S. Army Spc. Adam L. Cayton, an indirect fire infantryman with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, makes adjustments to a 60 mm mortar system at Afghan Co More
Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Zentz (left) prepares to load a mortar round for Sgt. Angel Garcia to fire in hand held mode. This initial live fire demonstrated the proper procedures to fire the M224 60mm mortar system More
Pfc. Jamie Chadurjian, Vermont Army National Guard, sights in a 60mm mortar for a training exercise at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site at Jericho, Vt., Jan. 11, 2014. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt More
Lance Cpl. Gerardo Rodriguez, rifleman, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Palatine, Ill., carries wooden crates before using them to maneuver over barbed wire during a live-fi More
Corporal Bryce Bowman, team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., coordinates mortar fire during a live-fire exercise at Range 400 at Marine Corps A More
First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Vesper, Wisc., accounts for Marines as they are transported by helicopters to Range 210 during a live More
Sergeant Ahmaduuah, bottom left, a mortar instructor with Regional Corps Battle School, 7th Kandak, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, instructs students before a live-fire training exercise that marked the con More
Lance Cpl. Andrew Stair, left, mortarman, Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, and Sgt. Elizabeth Dollinger, right, mortarman, Mortar Platoon, Weapons Co., GCEITF, load More
Pfc. Brandon Swanger, a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, checks and adjusts an 81 mm mortar’s aim during a live-fire range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 21-22, 2015. To ensure their readine More
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John R. Fischer, right, mortarman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, loads a M224 mortar while conducting final protective fires during the mechanized assault course More
Soldiers with the 77th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, load onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after completing their iteration of the squad live-fire exercise Nov. 2, 2016 at Udari Range n More
A Danish trainer teaches an Iraqi security forces soldier the basic components of a 60 mm mortar during training at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2017. Training at building partner capacity sites is an integ More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Reyes of Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 (MRF-E), uses binoculars to spot mortar targets in Porsangmoen, Norway, Feb. 28, 2017. The Marines of MRF-E conducted live fire More
Arsenal Apprentice Program Supervisor Robert Day, right, highlighting to students from Hudson Valley Community College some of the product lines manufactured at the Watervliet Arsenal. In this case, the 60mm a More
Spc. Tyler McKinney “hangs a round” in preparation to fire the 60mm mortar round after Spc. Oscar Valle correctly aims the mortar tube August 3, 2017. Both Soldiers are from the headquarters and Headquarters Co More
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a mortar firing range as part of Realistic Urban Training (RUT) at Camp Lejeune, N.C., More
U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest fire a 120mm mortar in support of Operation Maiwand 11 at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2018. The Marines fired multiple illumination rounds in order to light a nearb More
An F/A-18 Hornet pulls up after engaging targets during a range as part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Deployment for Training at Fort A.P. Hill, VA., Aug. 1, 2018. The range allowed multiple batteries s More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force- Crisis Response- Africa 19.1 holds security during a platoon attack on a live-fire range in Baumholder, Germany, Jan. 15, 2019. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force- Crisis Response- Africa 19.1 fire a M224 60mm mortar system during a platoon attack on a live-fire range in Baumholder, Germany, Jan. 16, 2019. SP More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, explain the capabilities of an M240B machine gun to soldiers of the Romanian 341st In More
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Co., 1-118th Infantry, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard cunduct live fire mortar training with 81mm and More
U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division fire a 60mm Mortar during live-fire and maneuver training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Aug. 5, 2019. The annual training for 3/23 is More
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire M244 60mm and M252 81mm Mortar Systems during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 5-20 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MC More
Pvt. Alexis Dejesus, a Soldier in the 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, radios forward observers during mortar live-fire training on Aug. 20, 2020, at Camp Roberts, California. The 1-65th attended annual t More
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, conduct mortar live-fire training on Aug. 20, 2020, at Camp Roberts, California. The 1-65th attended annual training with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team More
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, as part of the Unit Deployment Program, fire an M224A1 60mm mortar system for a live-fire rang More
A 60mm mortar is held over a tube ready to drop and launch at fixed targets on a range at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana Aug. 31. The soldiers, part of the Massachusetts Nation More
U.S. Army Sgt. Luiz D. Alamo, a mortarman assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior, unleashes six high-explosive, More
Company K mortarman Lance Cpl. Jorge J. Castro holds a 60 mm mortar round during a live-fire exercise Sept. 7. The rifle company, with its section of mortars, is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the More
Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), observe a possible hostile area at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 16, 2012. BLT 3/2 conducted an infantry platoon battle cou More
Afghan National Army Sgt. Hayatullah Hamdard, a military tactics trainer with the 203rd Corps, fires a 60mm mortar during a train the trainer range evaluation at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Kandahar provi More
Afghan National Army Sgt. Hayatullah Hamdard, a military tactics trainer with the 203rd Corps, fires a 60mm mortar during a train the trainer range evaluation, at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Paktia provin More
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier Mohammad Sawar, with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 203rd Corps, adjusts the base to level the 60 mm mortar system during hands on instruction for the mortar system training More
Spc. Joshua S. Ninis, a cannon crew member with the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st with the Afghan National Army’s 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, looks t More
Soldiers with the Afghan National Army’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, fire a 60 mm mortar during a live fire exercise in Khowst province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin More
U.S. Army Spc. Robert Davis, left, an assistant gunner with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, Indiana National Guard, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., fires an 81m More
Marines serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, cool off after filling hundreds of sandbags to prepare targets and objectives for live-fire training on Range 800 here, Aug. 12, 2013. The More
Lance Cpl. Austin Fasula, a rifleman serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and a native of Phoenix, provides security as his fellow Marines exit vehicles on Range 800 here, Aug. 12, 201 More
A commander with the Afghan National Army's 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, looks through the sight of a 60 mm mortar system as U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Co More
Afghan National Army soldiers adjust the M224 60mm mortar system onto target. Blackfoot Troop continues to instruct noncommissioned officers of the Afghan National Army in order to enable them to use such knowl More
Lance Cpl. Gilbert McCune, right, team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and Pfc. Dakota Newcomer, rifleman, prepare to move to their next objective during a live-fire exercise at Range More
Private First Class Liam O’Donnell, rifleman, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Harris County, Texas, moves with his fire team to their next objective during a live-fire exerc More
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, load onto CH-46 sea knight and CH-53E super sea stallion helicopters before being transported to Range 210 during a live-fire exercise at Marine C More
Soldiers with 7th Kandak, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, acquire M37 82 mm mortar rounds for a live-fire training exercise that marked the conclusion of a four-week mortarman's course aboard Camp Shorabak, More
Lance Cpl. Andrew Stair, left, mortarman, Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, and Sgt. Elizabeth Dollinger, right, mortarman, Mortar Platoon, Weapons Co., GCEITF, fire More
Sgt. David Herron, a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, tracks and repeats radio commands to his Marines during a live-fire mortar range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 21-22, 2015. To ensure t More
Soldiers with the 77th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, ruck toward their convoy to participate in the squad live-fire exercise Nov. 2, 2016 at Udari Range near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Infant More
A Danish trainer shows Iraqi security forces soldiers the basic components of a 120 mm mortar during training at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2017. Training at building partner capacity sites is an integral More
U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Russ G. Boudreau, Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 (MRF-E), makes adjustments to a M224 60mm mortar system, in Porsangmoen, Norway, Feb. 28, 2017. The Marines of MRF-E conducted live f More
Spc. Tyler Mckinney (Right) and Spc. Oscar Valle (Left) of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 158th Infantry Battalion, Arizona National Guard fire a 60mm mortar in support of exercise Northern Strike 1 More
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sprint to the firing line during a mortar firing range as part of Realis More
U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest prepare to fire a 120mm mortar in support of Operation Maiwand 11 at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2018. The Marines fired multiple illumination rounds in order to li More
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) radios in coordinates during a range as part of the 22nd MEU Deployment for Training at Fort A.P. Hill, VA. More
Mortarmen with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, go over setting up a M224 60mm Mortar during Exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 7, 2018. Northern Strike’s mission is to exercise particip More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, explains the capabilities of an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle to soldiers of the Bulg More
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M252 81mm Mortar System during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 5-20 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twent More
Spc. Wesley Perry, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment prepares 60mm mortars for firing at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana Aug. 31. The unit is training to deploy to Afghanis More
Marines from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire a 60 mm mortar during a live-fire training exercise at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 7. Enhanced combat skills instructors f More
Mortarmen Pfc. Aaron C. Huss (left) and Lance Cpl. Jorge J. Castro fire a 60 mm mortar during a live-fire exercise Sept. 7. The rifle company, with its section of mortars, is one of three in Battalion Landing T More
A 60mm mortar lies in the lap of Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Rios, a Cuero, Texas, native and assistant mortar gunner assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), at Fort Pickett More
An Afghan National Army(ANA) mortar team fires a 60 mm mortar during a train the trainer range evaluation at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2013. The ANA soldiers ar More
An Afghan National Army mortar team fires a 60 mm mortar during a "train-the-trainer" range evaluation on Forward Operating Base Thunder April 13, 2013. The ANA soldiers are military tactics trainers here for t More
Afghan National Army and U.K. soldiers stand united as the Afghan national anthem plays during the ANA's Regional Military Training Center's M224 60mm mortar instructor's course graduation at Camp Shurabak, Hel More
U.S. Army Sgt. Harold Wideman, right, an indirect fire infantryman with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Divison, receives a certificate of More
U.S. Army Sgt. Allen L. Davids, a Indirect Fire Infantryman with 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, explains to soldiers with the Afghan National Army’s 4th B More
An Afghan soldier from 4th Brigade, 205th Corps, prepares to fire a M224 60mm Lightweight Company Mortar System during a live-fire practice on the first M224 course in Uruzgan.
Soldiers with the Afghan National Army’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, prepare to fire 60 mm mortars during a live fire exercise as U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regi More
U.S. Army Pfc. Dalton Ellenberger, and Spc. Ian Justiniano, both with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard, prepare a 120mm mortar syst More
Lance Cpl. Justin Soto (left), a team leader serving with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, directs Lance Cpl. Josh Nichols, a machine gunner, where to aim his M240B machine gun on Range 800 here, Aug. 12, 20 More
Lance Cpl. Tyler North, a team leader serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and native of San Diego, patrols across the hills of Range 800 here before his platoon begins a live-fire ass More
U.S. Army Spc. Adam L. Cayton, front, and Spc. Sheign K. Hopson, both indirect fire infantryman with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, cover their ears as More
An Afghan National Army noncommissioned officer instructs other Afghan soldiers on the safety standards of the 60mm mortar system. Blackfoot Troop continues to instruct noncommissioned officers of the Afghan Na More