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First Lieutenant Randy Graddic, Executive Officer, D Battery, 12th Marines, uses the transit compass to survey the impact area prior to the live firing exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Northern Training Area (NTA) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT M. A. Rosas Release Status: Released to Public Combi More

SGT. Theodore Meadows of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion 1/7 Field Artillery, observes an impact area for targets using an M-65 battery commander's scope

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William J. Griffin Release Status: Released to Publ More

A 500-lb. bomb explodes in the impact area at Nightmare Range as A-4 Skyhawk aircraft from Marine Air Group 12 (MAG-12) provide air support for a live-fire exercise during Operation BEAR HUNT '84

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL S. T. Quade Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

500-lb. bombs explode in the impact area at Nightmare Range during Operation BEAR HUNT '84

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL S. T. Quade Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

Artillery rounds explode in the impact area at Nightmare Range during a live-fire exercise for Operation BEAR HUNT '84

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL S. T. Quade Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

A bomb explodes in the impact area during bombing practice

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An A-4 Skyhawk aircraft passes over as a bomb explodes in the impact area during bombing practice

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A squad leader observes the impact area while a gunner of Weapons Company, 1ST Battlion, 3rd Marines fires an M-2.50-caliber machine gun during a Marine Corps combat readiness evaluation

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL T.L. Russell Release Status: Relea More

Smoke and dust rise over the impact area during a live-fire exercise held as part of the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Cobra Gold '89

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '89 Base: Sukhothai Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Cedric Rudisill Release Status: Released t More

Two Marines from the 1ST Tank Battalion sit atop the turret of their M-60A1 main battle tank to watch the impact area at a live-fire range during Operation Desert Shield.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. D.E. Renner Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Two soldiers from the 6th Infantry Division (Light) look out over the impact area at a live-fire range during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ed More

SRA Lorene Cash of the 3612th Combat Crew Training Squadron watches the impact area at a live-fire range during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Gre More

An artillery round explodes in the impact area at a live-fire range during the joint readiness Exercise Arctic Warrior '91

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ARTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER S More

A detonated bomb forms a mushroom cloud. Various armored vehibcles from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, are on line and facing the impact area

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL D.N. Crosser Release Status: Release More

Smoke and dust rise into the air as several bombs dropped by a Navy aircraft explode in the impact area during a Marine tactical air control party (TACP) exercise. The area is still covered by volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Aw) Catherine T. Hogan Release Status: Released More

Smoke and dust rise into the air as several bombs dropped by a Navy aircraft explode in the impact area during a Marine tactical air control party (TACP) exercise. The area is still covered by volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Aw) Catherine T. Hogan Release Status: Released More

A West African officer uses the ship's binoculars to watch the impact area as weapons training is conducted aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog More

A Marine watches the impact area as a congressional staff member fires a Mark 19, Mod 3 40mm automatic grenade launcher during a visit to the Marine Corps Combat Development Command

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL S.D. Dommer Release Status: More

Long shot, rear view of an Italian Forces Helicopter, Agusta-Sikorsky AS-61, at Mogadishu Airport after an emergency landing. In the foreground are black marks on the runway showing the impact area compared to where the helicopter ended up. US Air Force fire department teams from McChord, Travis, and Charleston Air Force Bases responded to the scene and foamed the area around the helicopter where fuel has leaked from it. The runway was closed for approximately three hours. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Release More

An AH-1W Super Cobra gunship makes an approach into the impact area of Marine Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twenty-Nine Palms to unleash ordnance during the Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise (SACEX) portion of Exercsie KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is a biannual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Todd J. Cofield, a chart operator with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, manually checks the safety box of the impact area from the Fire Direction Center behind Howitzer Gun Position 4 during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFEX 1-98 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C More

Left side profile medium close-up from the waist up of US Marine Brigadier General Gordon Nash, Commanding General, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as he looks through a pair of binoculars. GEN Nash and Marine Colonel Daniel O'Brien observe the impact area from the observation post during the Artillery Relocation Shoot at Ojojihara, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Bryant Cox, U More