Airfield Seizure

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Peleliu Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 7th Marines More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Peleliu Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 7th Marines More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2 Scene Camera Operato More

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hold a security perimeter during a simulated airfield seizure at Farmville Municipal Airpor More

Paratroopers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 1-503rd Battalion, conducted airfield seizure training at the Rivolto airport, located in Codroipo, province of Udine. The specific trainin More

U.S. Marines observe as Maj. Brian Greene, the Regimental Operations Officer for 5th Marine Regiment, describes the different points of a terrain model during an operations brief as a part of Exercise STEEL KNI More

From right: Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., 82nd Airborne Division commanding general, Lt. Col. Aaron Sampson, the division's signal officer and Col. Steven Smith, commander of 18th Fires Brigade, operate the More

U.S. Army Sgt. David H. Pa’aluhi, a paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, instructs Bulgarian soldiers on proper procedures when exiting an aircraft during Steadfa More

A U.S. Army troop assigned to Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment climbs onto a Strykers during Steadfast Javilen II, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 2, 2014. Steadfast Javelin II sustains interop More

C-130s from Ramstein and the Air National Guard wait on the Ramstein Air Base flightline, Germany, Sept. 3, 2014, to support the Steadfast Javelin II exercise. This NATO-led exercise involves more than 2,000 se More

Airmen from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tow a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules into position for Steadfast Javelin II on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 3, 2014. This exercise prepares U More

U.S. Army Strykers assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment prepare to load into C-17 Globemaster IIIs in support of Steadfast Javelin II on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 4, 2014. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and paratroopers from the 3rd Royal Canadian Regiment prepare for a static line jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from the 142nd Airlift More

Leaders assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment discuss preparations to their troops and equipment before deploying in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Ramstein Air More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chelsea Nibert, 86th Logistic Readiness Squadron aerial delivery specialist, drives a load of cargo onto a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules before paratroopers with th More

German Gen. Hans-Lothar Domroese (center), commander of NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum, walks with U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patrick Wilkins (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Henry (right), commander and Command More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team load into a C-130J Super Hercules from the 146th Airlift Wing Sept. 7, 2014, on Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, during exercise Steadfast Javelin. Stea More

The 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and other allied forces conduct airfield seizure training at Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II More

Soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade assist in air medical evacuation training with aeromedical evacuation team members during Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, Sept. 8, 2014. More

Paratroopers of 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment wait for an U.S. Air Force C-130 to land to depart Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, during NAT More

U.S. Army Sgt. Antonio Arroyo, left, of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division instructs Soldiers while conducting vehicle recovery training during exercise More

A U.S. Marine CH-53 Super Stallion on approach at Bradshaw Airfield to insert Marines attached to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, to conduct and Airfield Seizure aboard training area Pohakuloa, Hi. More

Engineers and combat engineers with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, parachute into Allen Army Airfield at Fort Greely, Alaska, as part of Exercise More

Col. Joseph Ryan, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, participates in aircraft mock door rehearsals at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., in preparation for Joint Forcible Entry-Vulnerabili More

Lt. Gen Josef Becvar, right, Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, speaks to some Czech soldiers during a visit to the Hohenfels Training Area during Exercise Allied Spirit II at the More

U.S. Marines and the Portuguese Fuzileros disembark from MV-22B Ospreys during an airfield seizure exercise as part of Operation Real Thaw in Seia, Portugal, Feb. 22, 2016. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine A More

Marines and sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in Underwater Egress Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2016. The Marines and sailors participated in the training which is designed More

Marines with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, go over procedures for securing handles, levers, and sights on the M777A2 Howitzer during a helicopter support team training event at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 3 More

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, fly in formation with a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 17th Special More

1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts an airfield seizure in Turzii, Romania during Exercise Saber Guardian 17. Saber Guardian 17 is an annual, multi-national exercise that aim More

190324-M-EC058-0206 YUMA, ARIZONA (March 24, 2019) A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), patrols during an airfield seizure mission in Yuma, Arizona. More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chandler Watts, an infantry rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, as part of the Unit Deployment Program, s More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Hunter Roessler a fire support officer with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a PAS-28 to range targets during a simulated airfield seizur More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Daniel Yates, a rifleman with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security while conducting a patrol after a simulated airfield seizure mis More

Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppress an enemy target with an M240G medium machine gun during a simulated airfield seizu More

Paratroopers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 1-503rd Battalion, conducted airfield seizure training at the Rivolto airport, located in Codroipo, province of Udine. The specific trainin More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division hook up their static lines for an airborne operation from a C17 Globemaster III during Joint Fires Exercise-Vulnerability, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 21. The More

U.S. Army Spc. Levi Maggard, a paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assists a Bulgarian soldier with rigging his equipment during Steadfast Javelin II, Ramstein A More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Quan Vu, 7th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, instructs U.S. Army Pfc. Austin Hurrelbrink, 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldier, on proper procedures of loading a Stryker into a C-17 Globemaster I More

U.S. Army Troops assigned to Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment adjust equipment on their Strykers during Steadfast Javilen II, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 2, 2014. The exercise, Steadfast Ja More

C-130s from Ramstein and the Air National Guard wait on the Ramstein Air Base flightline, Germany, Sept. 3, 2014, to support the Steadfast Javelin II exercise. This NATO-led exercise involves more than 2,000 se More

Airmen from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tow a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules into position for Steadfast Javelin II on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 3, 2014. This exercise prepares U More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and paratroopers from the 3rd Royal Canadian Regiment prepare for a static line jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from the 142nd Airlift More

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, sleep during a flight on a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules before being air dropped into Lithuania, Se More

Sgt. Curtis M. Shovan, an infantryman assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, prepares his personal bags before boarding a plane with his unit to deploy in support of Exercise More

Maj. Jimmy Howell (left), operations officer for 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade explains to German Gen. Hans-Lothar Domroese, commander of NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum, what More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team load into a C-130J Super Hercules from the 146th Airlift Wing Sept. 7, 2014, on Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, during exercise Steadfast Javelin. Stea More

The 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and other allied forces conduct airfield seizure training at Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II More

Paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment and the Italian Folgore Brigade prepare to depart Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, via a U.S. Air Force C-130 at the conclusion of NATO exercise Steadfast Ja More

Soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade assist in air medical evacuation training with aeromedical evacuation team members during Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia on Sept. 8, 2014 More

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division prepare to hook up a Czech KBVP Pandur II Infantry Fighting Vehicle while conducting vehicle recover More

U.S. Marines attached to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, exit a CH-53 Super Stallion to conduct an airfield seizure on Bradshaw Airfield aboard training area Pohakuloa, Hi., May 19, 2015. T More

Engineers and combat engineers with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, parachute into Allen Army Airfield at Fort Greely, Alaska, as part of Exercise More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps conduct aircraft mock door rehearsals at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., in preparation for Joint Forcible Entry-Vulnerability, June 19, 2015. The 8 More

Lt. Gen Josef Becvar, right, Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic greets a Czech soldier during a visit to the Hohenfels Training Area during Exercise Allied Spirit II at the Joint M More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response- Africa move from cover to cover while conducting an airfield seizure operation alongside the Portuguese Marines as part of Operati More

Marines and sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in Underwater Egress Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2016. The Marines and sailors participated in the training which is designed More

Staff Sergeant Robert Jordan, a field artillery cannoneer with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, uses 550 cord to secure the handles, levers, and sights of the M777A2 Howitzer, during a helicopter support tea More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Larue, 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II loadmaster, surveys a flight line as an MC-130H taxis down a runway July 19, 2016, at Marine Corps Station Camp Muj More

1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts an airfield seizure in Turzii, Romania during Exercise Saber Guardian 17. Saber Guardian 17 is an annual, multi-national exercise that aim More

190324-M-EC058-0269 YUMA, ARIZONA (March 24, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Daniel Sandlin, the company first sergeant with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), scou 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, participate in an airfield seizure event during exerci More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators set up airfield markers at the edge of the runway for incoming aircraft at Eglin Range, Florida, during Emerald Warrior 21.1, Feb. 19, 2021. Special Tactics teams conduc More

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security while during a simulated airfield seizure as part of Realistic Urban Training exercise at Gila Bend, More

A U.S. Marine with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols an airfield after participating in a simulated airfield seizure mission during a Realistic Urban Training ex More

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hold a security perimeter during a simulated airfield seizure at Farmville Municipal Airpor More

Paratroopers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 1-503rd Battalion, conducted airfield seizure training at the Rivolto airport, located in Codroipo, province of Udine. The specific training More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate in an airborne operation from a C17 Globemaster III aircraft during Joint Fires Exercise-Vulnerability, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 21. The 82nd A More

U.S. Army Sgt. David H. Pa’aluhi, a paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, instructs Bulgarian soldiers on proper procedures when exiting an aircraft during Steadfa More

Aircraft with the Air National Guard and the 37th Airlift Squadron sit on the flightline in support of Steadfast Javilen II, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 2, 2014. The U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard More

Loadmasters assigned to the 7th Airlift Squadron load a U.S. Army Strykers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment into a C-17 Globemaster III during Steadfast Javilen II, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 2, 2014. The e More

An Air National Guard C-130 waits on the Ramstein Air Base flightline, Germany, Sept. 3, 2014, to support the Steadfast Javelin II exercise. This NATO-led exercise involves more than 2,000 service members from More

Airmen from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tow a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules into position for Steadfast Javelin II on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 3, 2014. This exercise prepares U More

U.S. Army Pvt. Donald Dunigan, a paratrooper with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, has a snack during a flight on a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules before being ai More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and paratroopers from the 3rd Royal Canadian Regiment prepare for a static line jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from the 142nd Airlift More

Troops assigned to 3rd Platoon, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment board a C-17 Globemaster III as they deploy in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 5, 2 More

German Gen. Hans-Lothar Domroese (left), commander of NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum, gives one of his personal coins to U.S. Army Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Michael Henry of 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173r More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepare to load a C-130H Hercules from the 142d Airlift Squadron Sept. 7, 2014, on Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, during exercise Steadfast Javelin. St More

The 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and other allied forces conduct airfield seizure training at Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, in support of Exercise Steadfast Javelin II More

Soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade assist in air medical evacuation training with aeromedical evacuation team members during Exercise Steadfast Javelin II at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, Sept. 8, 2014. More

Paratroopers of 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade board a U.S. Air Force C-130 for departure from Lielvarde Airbase, Latvia, Sept. 8, 2014 at the conclusion of NATO exercise Steadfa More

A parachute rigger from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Support Battalion assists a paratrooper from the brigade’s 2nd Bn., 503rd Infantry Regiment to adjust his parachute here Dec. 10, 2014, during an airfield seiz More

A U.S. Soldier, right, of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division instructs a Romanian soldier of 1st Company, 151st Infantry Battalion, "Black Wolves", 15th More

U.S. Marines attached to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, exit a CH-53 Super Stallion to conduct an airfield seizure on Bradshaw Airfield aboard training area Pohakuloa, Hi., May 19, 2015. T More

U.S. Army engineers and combat engineers with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft into Alle More

Capt. Virgil Barnard, a jumpmaster assigned to1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, briefs actions inside the aircraft at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., in More

Lt. Gen Josef Becvar, right, Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and Maj. Gen. Jan Gurnik, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, receive a brief More

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response- Africa set up security during an airfield seizure exercise conducted alongside the Portuguese Marines as part of Operation Real Th More

Marines and sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in Underwater Egress Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2016. The Marines and sailors participated in the training which is designed More

Sergeant Brian Molaski, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, instructs Marines with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, on properly securing chains to an M777A2 Howitzer during a hel More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Larue, 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II loadmaster assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, guides a Humvee assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Mari More

1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts an airfield seizure in Turzii, Romania during Exercise Saber Guardian 17. Saber Guardian 17 is an annual, multi-national exercise that aim More

190324-M-EC058-0295 YUMA, ARIZONA (March 24, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Daniel Sandlin, the company first sergeant with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), scou 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, participate in an airfield seizure event during exerci More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators ride motorbikes along the airfield to ensure it is clear and airfield markers are in place prior to conducting operations at Eglin Range, Fla., during Emerald Warrior 21 More

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a patrol during a simulated airfield seizure as part of Realistic Urban Training exercise at Gila Bend, Arizo More

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, signal a vehicle at an entry control point after a simulated airfield seizure mission during Realistic Urban Training More

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a patrol at the end of a simulated airfield seizure at Farmville Municipal Airport, More