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A guard armed with an AK-47 assault rifle watches as armed personnel carriers (APC) move toward the "front lines" during the joint services Operation Gallant Crew '77

A guard armed with an AK-47 assault rifle watches as armed personnel c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT CREW '77 Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Barry... More

AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition clips seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY

AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition clips seized during the multiservi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Among the weapons seized during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY, are an UZI 9 mm submarine gun, a light machine gun, and assorted AK-47 assault rifles

Among the weapons seized during the multi-service, multinational Opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Creen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Navy corpsmen use rifles to help them crawl under barbed wire on the obstacle course during a simulated firefight. The corpsman in the foreground is using an AK-47 assault rifle. They are undergoing combat training at the Field Medical Service School

Navy corpsmen use rifles to help them crawl under barbed wire on the o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jesus Diaz Release St... More

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires an AK-47 assault rifle at a target during a field training exercise

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires an AK-47 assault rifle at a ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A new recruit in the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) fires his 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle under the supervision of a US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), during training conducted at the Military Academy located near Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A new recruit in the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) fires his 7.62mm ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), lay down rows of Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles about the same width as their Assault Amphibian Vehicles (AAV7A1) tracks as they clear out an Iraqi Armory in Al Kut. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

The interior of an Iraqi armory in Al Kut filled with Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles and at least one case of PG-7 Anti-Tank grenades used with the rocket propelled grenade-7 (RPG-7) launcher. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

The interior of an Iraqi armory in Al Kut filled with Tabuk 7.62 mm as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), begin to take arm fulls of Tabuk 7.72 mm assault rifles from an armory in Al Kut during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Tabuks will be destroyed. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis Jr, USMC Release S... More

Three Iraqi portable rocket launcher (left), a Mk III Lee-Enfield .303 rifle (center) and several AK-47 rifles are among the weapons seized by US Marine Corps (USMC) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) personnel during a raid on an El Fedayeen Headquarters location in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Three Iraqi portable rocket launcher (left), a Mk III Lee-Enfield .303...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

U.S. Army COL. Richard Gonzalez, 325th Field Surgical Team, cuts tissue away from a broken thighbone during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army COL. Richard Gonzalez, 325th Field Surgical Team, cuts tissu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins, Jr., USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (left) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (left) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins, Jr., USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

U.S Marine Corps GUNNERY SGT. Jimmy Craig from the 4th Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, holding an AK-47 rifle, and Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Kevin Zuroski (back to the camera) from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, demonstrate search and seizure techniques to members of the Iraqi National Guard at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 4, 2004. The 1ST Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

U.S Marine Corps GUNNERY SGT. Jimmy Craig from the 4th Civil Affairs G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew D. Young, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, find 5.45 mm AK-47 assault rifle during a raid on a house suspect of harboring anti-coalition forces in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 9, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew D. Young, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Three 5.45 mm AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition and a suspicious electronic item, found by U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, during a raid on houses suspected of harboring anti-coalition forces in Ar Ramadi, Iraq during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 9, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

Three 5.45 mm AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition and a suspicious electr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew D. Young, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

An Iraqi Police Officer armed with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle provides security as Iraqi civilian in Fallujah, Iraq, return to the city in working parties December 11, 2004, so that they can help clean up the city before they are allowed to move back into their homes. Multi-National Forces are currently conducting humanitarian aid missions to help the citizen of Fallujah after a battle with the insurgents destroyed much of the city. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)

An Iraqi Police Officer armed with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle provi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Theresa M. Medina, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Kurdish Peshmerga contract guards cleaning their weapons, a variation of the AK-47 with folding buttstock. These Peshmergas are employed as bodyguards and drivers for US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) personnel at the USACE compound in Dohuk, northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Peshmerga contract guards cleaning their weapons, a variation ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV, Usace Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Iraqi Policemen recruits shoot AK-47 during a firing training at the range in Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 27, 2006. Soldiers from 3-187th Infantry Regiment and police officers from IPLO (International Police Liaison Organization) train the local Iraqi police in Forward Operating Base Remagen. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Iraqi Policemen recruits shoot AK-47 during a firing training at the r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST Scen... More

Iraqi soldiers find an Ak-47 rifle hidden in the bushes with the help of an Iraqi lady during Operation Savage Strike in the western desert of Tikrit on April 30, 2006. Operation Savage Strike was a search for possible weapons caches conducted by Soldiers from 3-320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and 4th Iraqi Army Division.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Iraqi soldiers find an Ak-47 rifle hidden in the bushes with the help ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST Scen... More

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits aim their

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits aim their

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits aim their assigned AK-47 assault rifles down range as they practice the fundamentals of shooting during firearms training at Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar provinc... More

A U.S. Marine deployed in support of Operation Inherent

A U.S. Marine deployed in support of Operation Inherent

A U.S. Marine deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve explains to Iraqi members with the Desert Battalion where to position themselves on a berm during training at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, March 25, 2018. ... More

Three Afghan Uniformed Police officers fire their AK-47

Three Afghan Uniformed Police officers fire their AK-47

Three Afghan Uniformed Police officers fire their AK-47 assault rifles at their assigned targets while Czech military police instructors watch and assist them when needed at Swanson Small-Arms Range, Forward Op... More

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits reaches down

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits reaches down

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits reaches down to pick up their assigned AK-47 assault rifle to begin their firearms training at Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2012.

A group of Afghan National Army soldiers, assigned

A group of Afghan National Army soldiers, assigned

A group of Afghan National Army soldiers, assigned to the 5th Kandak, are manning a guard tower overlooking an Entry Control Point at Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

A cache of Soviet AK-47 rifles seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY

A cache of Soviet AK-47 rifles seized by US military personnel during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gary Miller Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A Soviet made AK-47 assault rifle seized during Operation URGENT FURY

A Soviet made AK-47 assault rifle seized during Operation URGENT FURY

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 D. Wujcik Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Members of the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron fire Soviet made AK-47 rifle during Operation ADEPT WARRIOR at the National Training Center

Members of the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron fire Soviet made AK-47 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ADEPT WARRIOR Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Gus... More

With bayonets fixed on their AK-47 assault rifles, Soviet naval infantry (Marine) commandos perform hand-to-hand combat drills for their American visitors. The guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) and the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by US naval vessels since World War II

With bayonets fixed on their AK-47 assault rifles, Soviet naval infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kherson Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Scott Allen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

US Army soldiers out of Camp Dobol discovered AK-47 rifles and rounds of ammunition after a thorough search of a few houses located in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

US Army soldiers out of Camp Dobol discovered AK-47 rifles and rounds ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Edward Cranick, USA Release... More

New recruits in the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) fire their 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles under the supervision of a US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), during training conducted at the Military Academy located near Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

New recruits in the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) fire their 7.62mm ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, as the prepare for a live fire training exercise on the range in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles, practice security tactics during urban training conducted at Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The training program conducted by US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed to establish the core of the new ANA, that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), pass Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles hand to hand past their Assault Amphibian Vehicles (AAV7A1) as they clear out an Iraqi Armory in Al Kut. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

An Iraqi police officer armed with a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle stands guard with US Army (USA) Military Police (MP) from the 411th MP Company during a raid on the home of a Baath Party loyalist, in Tikrit, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi police officer armed with a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle stands...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREED0M Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jason Phillips, USA Release S... More

A member of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) backs his team members with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle during a raid in Baghdad. The ICDC is checking rooms for a suspected Ba'ath Party member of Saddam Hussein's regime during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A member of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) backs his team members...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

Weapons acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents that attacked the police station in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Shown are an Iraqi 7.62 mm Al-Quds machine rifle (top), Russian 7.62 mm PKM light machine gun, Iraqi Tabuk 7.62 mm short assault rifles and Tabuk 7.62 mm assault riles, various Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG): PG-7VM HEAT grenade, two Russian PG-7G HEAT-T grenades, Chinese 75 mm HE-T Type 69, Russian RKG-3 hand grenade, and AK-47 clips

Weapons acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents tha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co. Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jordan F. Sherwood, USMC Relea... More

An Iraqi National Guardsman (ING), left, with the 304th ING Battalion, grips his AK-47 Assault Rifle near a US Army (USA) soldier from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) while on a joint cordon and sweep of farmlands south of Baghdad, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi National Guardsman (ING), left, with the 304th ING Battalion,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Steve Faulisi, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (rear) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (rear) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins, Jr., USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

While providing security an Afghanistan National Army Soldier (right), armed with a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle, and an Interpreter traveling with him, look at an election ballot that hangs from a tree at an election site in the Gayan District of Afghanistan during the first national democratic elections ever to be held in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

While providing security an Afghanistan National Army Soldier (right),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gayan District Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jerry T. Combes, USA Release Sta... More

A load of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers and AK-47 Assault Rifles is piled into the back of a U.S. Marine Corps High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The weapons were confiscated by 2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marines, during a patrol in Al Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr. Operation Al Fajr is an offensive operation designed to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, by units of the 1ST Marine Division, on Nov. 17, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Ryan L. Jones) (Released)

A load of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers and AK-47 Assault R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSB-1 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan L. Jones, USMC Release Status: ... More

U.S. Army Sergeant Brandon Sharp fires an AK-47 rifle at a simulated 300 meter target, on Jan. 1, 2006. Soldiers from Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1-327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY, are training Iraq Army soldiers on Basic Rifle Marksmanship, on Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Timothy Kingston) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant Brandon Sharp fires an AK-47 rifle at a simulated 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ... More

Army Pv2 Byren Latza and Army Sgt. Vincent Nutter,

Army Pv2 Byren Latza and Army Sgt. Vincent Nutter,

Army Pv2 Byren Latza and Army Sgt. Vincent Nutter, military policemen with the 805 MP Company in Cary, North Carolina, demonstrate how to equip a gunner’s harness to the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces at Tifnit, M... More

Members of the Iraqi army celebrate their graduation

Members of the Iraqi army celebrate their graduation

Members of the Iraqi army celebrate their graduation from a two-week training exercise during at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, June 19, 2015. More than 9,000 Iraqi soldiers have received training from coalition ... More

An Iraqi army soldier moves away from a 120 mm mortar

An Iraqi army soldier moves away from a 120 mm mortar

An Iraqi army soldier moves away from a 120 mm mortar he fires during training at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, June 16, 2015. More than 9,000 Iraqi soldiers have received training from coalition advisers at one... More

A U.S. Marine deployed in support of Operation Inherent

A U.S. Marine deployed in support of Operation Inherent

A U.S. Marine deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve demonstrates the hand/arm signal for a ranger file during Desert Battalion training at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 08, 2018. This training is part of... More

A U.S. Marine Corps leader is presented a gift from

A U.S. Marine Corps leader is presented a gift from

A U.S. Marine Corps leader is presented a gift from the leaders of the Desert Battalion, Iraqi army during a graduation ceremony at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2018. This training is part of the overall Combin... More

Iraqi soldiers take a knee to pull security during

Iraqi soldiers take a knee to pull security during

Iraqi soldiers take a knee to pull security during a training exercise at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, May 28, 2015. U.S. Army and coalition forces with Operation Inherent Resolve are training units in the Iraq... More

A female Afghan Uniformed Police member fires an AK-47

A female Afghan Uniformed Police member fires an AK-47

A female Afghan Uniformed Police member fires an AK-47 rifle at a target during training in Zharay district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2013. A U.S. Cultural Support Team along with special opera... More

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.2

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.2

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.2 shows a Romanian soldier how to fire the M72 LAW during Platinum Eagle 17.2 at Babadag Training Area, Romania, Feb. 12. Black Sea Rotational Force’s participat... More

A member of the Afghan Border Police provides security

A member of the Afghan Border Police provides security

A member of the Afghan Border Police provides security for fellow ABP members during Operation Southern Strike II near the P'sha Pass in Afghanistan, June 13, 2012. The ABP-led operation focused on disrupting e... More

An Afghan National Army soldier, assigned to the 5th

An Afghan National Army soldier, assigned to the 5th

An Afghan National Army soldier, assigned to the 5th Kandak, is standing guard at an Entry Control Point Point at Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

Viet Cong soldier stands beneath a Viet Cong flag carrying his AK-47 rifle. He was participating in the exchange of POWs by the Four Power Joint Military Commission

Viet Cong soldier stands beneath a Viet Cong flag carrying his AK-47 r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A member of the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron fires a Soviet made 7.62 mm AK-47 rifle during Operation ADEPT WARRIOR at the National Training Center

A member of the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron fires a Soviet made 7....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ADEPT WARRIOR Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mi... More

A member of the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron fires a Soviet made AK-47 rifle during Operation ADEPT WARRIOR at the National Training Center

A member of the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron fires a Soviet made AK...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ADEPT WARRIOR Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Gus... More

A Soviet 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle, top, and a Soviet 7.62 mm Simonov self-loading rifle (SKS) with bayonet folded back

A Soviet 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle, top, and a Soviet 7.62 mm Simono...

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 member of the 12th Marines tries the bolt action on an AK-47-type assault rifle, during the joint Korea-U.S. exercise Bear Hunt '88

A member of the 12th Marines tries the bolt action on an AK-47-type as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '88 Base: Uncheon Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: CPL Bateman Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

French and Somali military policemen man a roadside checkpoint near Buurhakaba. The men are armed with a variation of the AK-47 and the FAMAS rifles. The French are providing training for the Somalian police in Baidoa and Buurhakaba

French and Somali military policemen man a roadside checkpoint near Bu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Buurhakaba Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Jeffrey T. Brady Release Status: Release... More

An Egyptian soldier armed with a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle listens intently during a small arms training course held at the small arms firing range just outside of Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners

An Egyptian soldier armed with a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle listens in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Relea... More

US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) (left), and a Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldier, check to make sure a new recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the ANA, has cleared his 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle, after participating in a live fire training exercise on the range in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army, 1ST Battalian, 3rd SFG, is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces

US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

A New Recruit assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, takes up a defensive position near a building during urban training conducted at a facility near Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces

A New Recruit assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan Nationa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

A variety of weapon seized when US Army (USA) Soldiers gave local villagers an hour to give up any weapon that could be used against them during search and attack missions in the area of Narizah, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Weapons include two .303 Lee-Enfield rifles, a 7.62mm MPiKMS-72 rifle, several 7.62mm AK-47 and AKM assault rifles, and a single shot .22 caliber hunting rifle

A variety of weapon seized when US Army (USA) Soldiers gave local vill...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric Hughes, USA Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle found by US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Charlie/Company, 3-505th Infantry Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, during a Sensitive Site Exploration mission conducted in a local village located outside Khowst, Afghanistan, during Exercise Alamo Sweep

A 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle found by US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric E. Hughes, USA Release Status: Rele... More

Two US Army (USA) Soldiers armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles assigned to Psychological Operations show local Afghani militiamen, armed with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, a radio during a Medical Contingency Assistance Program (MEDCAP) held near the village of Sayad, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Programs provide free medical and dental care to residents of local villages as well as literature on the dangers of unexploded ordnance and information on why the US Military is here in their country

Two US Army (USA) Soldiers armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles assigned to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sayad Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Steve Faulisi, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

Weapons acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents that attacked the police station in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Shown are an Iraqi 7.62 mm Al-Quds machine rifle (left), Russian 7.62 mm PKM light machine gun, Iraqi Tabuk 7.62 mm short assault rifles and Tabuk 7.62 mm assault riles, various Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG): PG-7VM HEAT grenade, two Russian PG-7G HEAT-T grenades, Chinese 75 mm HE-T Type 69, RPG-7 launcher, Russian RKG-3 hand grenade, and AK-47 clips

Weapons acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents tha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co. Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jordan F. Sherwood, USMC Relea... More

An Iraqi Army Soldier with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOP BDE), poses with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle while preparing to conduct a joint Iraqi and Coalition Forces combat operation at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq. Originally named the 36th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) and under the control of the 1ST Armored Division (1 AD), the battalion is composed of experienced soldiers who have conducted numerous raids, have found dozens of weapons caches and have been working together since Dec. 2003. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Chago Zapata) (RELEASED)

An Iraqi Army Soldier with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Chago Zapata, USMC Release Status: Rele... More

An Iraqi Army Soldier with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOP BDE), poses with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle prior to conducting a joint Iraqi and Coalition Forces combat operation at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq. Originally named the 36th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) and under the control of the 1ST Armored Division (1 AD), the battalion is composed of experienced soldiers who have conducted numerous raids, have found dozens of weapons caches and have been working together since Dec. 2003. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Chago Zapata) (RELEASED)

An Iraqi Army Soldier with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Chago Zapata, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Two Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOP BDE), pose with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles while preparing to conduct a joint Iraqi and coalition forces combat operation at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq. Originally named the 36th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) and under the control of the 1ST Armored Division (1 AD), the battalion is composed of experienced soldiers who have conducted numerous raids, have found dozens of weapons caches and have been working together since Dec. 2003. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Chago Zapata) (RELEASED)

Two Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Ira...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Chago Zapata, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (left) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during surgery on a local national who was shot in the thigh with an AK-47 assault rifle at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Joseph P. Collins, Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Lance Smith (left) assists COL. Richard Gonzalez during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins, Jr., USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A large weapons cache including a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle, is found in the doorway of a house by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, while conducting searches for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

A large weapons cache including a 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifle, is found...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jeremy W. Ferguson, USMC Relea... More

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Soldiers from Iraq's 2nd Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion, find AK-47 assault rifles and documents during a search in support of Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK on Nov. 28, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Soldier...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frenk, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Army CAPT. Damicossus, 1-17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), inspects an AK-47 that was found during a patrol in a dangerous neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Jeffery Sandstrum) (Released)

U.S. Army CAPT. Damicossus, 1-17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Br...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 172ND SBCT Sce... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Kenneth B. Johnson, Infantryman, 2nd Battalion (BN), 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR), 82nd Airborne Division (AD), places a magazine into a variation of an AK-47 found in a weapons cache during a raid in Tall Afar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Kenneth B. Johnson, Infantrym...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC James Wilt, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Iraqi Army soldiers fire an AK-47 rifle at a simulated 300 meter target, on Jan. 1, 2006. Soldiers from Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1-327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY, are training Iraq Army soldiers on Basic Rifle Marksmanship, on Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Timothy Kingston) (Released)

Iraqi Army soldiers fire an AK-47 rifle at a simulated 300 meter targe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ... More

Soldiers of 1ST Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army and an Alpha Company Soldier check an AK-47 during a routine search of residences near Baji, Iraq on February 21, 2006. The mission, carried out with Soldiers of A Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 187th Infantry Division, 101st Airbourne, was used as real world training to supplement drills they had learned earlier.(US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill)(Released)

Soldiers of 1ST Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army and an Alpha Comp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187 Scene Camera Op... More

Iraqi Policemen recruits shoot AK-47 during a firing training at the range in Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 27, 2006. Soldiers from 3-187th Infantry Regiment and police officers from IPLO (International Police Liaison Organization) train the local Iraqi police in Forward Operating Base Remagen. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Iraqi Policemen recruits shoot AK-47 during a firing training at the r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST Scen... More

Iraqi soldiers find an Ak-47 rifle hidden in the bushes of a small village in the western desert of Tikrit during Operation Savage Strike on April 30, 2006. Operation Savage Strike was a search for possible weapons caches conducted by Soldiers from 3-320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and 4th Iraqi Army Division. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Iraqi soldiers find an Ak-47 rifle hidden in the bushes of a small vil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST Scen... More

Sgt. Malcolm Roe, motor transportation mechanic lead

Sgt. Malcolm Roe, motor transportation mechanic lead

Sgt. Malcolm Roe, motor transportation mechanic lead instructor with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Africa, helps a soldier with the Uganda People’s Defence Force adjust the bu... More

U.S. Marines deployed in Support of Operation Inherent

U.S. Marines deployed in Support of Operation Inherent

U.S. Marines deployed in Support of Operation Inherent Resolve teach a class on immediate action drills to soldiers with the Desert Battalion, Iraqi army, at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 07, 2018. This training is ... More

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment discovered

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment discovered

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment discovered a weapons cache containing 34 rocket propelled grenade rounds, an AK-47 and one box of PKC rounds Apr. 21.

During an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar

During an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar

During an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, March 29, 2013, Afghan and coalition security force members provide security on a mountain ridge line. The operation led to the arrest of a Tali... More

A U.S. Marine from the 1st Civil Affairs Group, I Marine

A U.S. Marine from the 1st Civil Affairs Group, I Marine

A U.S. Marine from the 1st Civil Affairs Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, posts security while conducting civil military affairs integration training during Dawn Blitz 2013 at the Camp Deluz training area o... More

Iraqi Security Forces instructors coach members firing

Iraqi Security Forces instructors coach members firing

Iraqi Security Forces instructors coach members firing AK-47 assault rifles at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, May 29, 2019. Instructors ensure proper handling, safety, and shooting fundamentals are applied. The Coalition a... More

Col. Gul Muhammed, assigned to the anti-terrorism department

Col. Gul Muhammed, assigned to the anti-terrorism department

Col. Gul Muhammed, assigned to the anti-terrorism department of the National Directorate of Security, examines his target after firing a M9 Beretta pistol on a small-arms range on Camp Parsa, Khowst province, A... More

President Barack Obama gives remarks during a Medal

President Barack Obama gives remarks during a Medal

President Barack Obama gives remarks during a Medal of Honor ceremony in honor of former Capt. William D. Swenson in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 15, 2013. In six hours of continuous fighting against ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division Military Transition Team, provides security during a joint cordon and search operation in west Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 22.

U.S. Marines from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security

U.S. Marines from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security

U.S. Marines from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, observe as members of the Romanian intelligence service shoot Marine M16A4 rifles and M4 carbines at the ... More

Two Czech Military Police instructors are demonstrating

Two Czech Military Police instructors are demonstrating

Two Czech Military Police instructors are demonstrating the fundamentals of shooting to an Afghan Uniform Police recruit at the Swanson Firing Range, Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar province, Afghanistan, J... More

Members of Co. D, 1ST Bn., 502nd Infantry, fire AK-47 assault rifles while undergoing Opposition Force (OPFOR) live-fire training. Their training is being supported by units of the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion and the 101st Airborne Division

Members of Co. D, 1ST Bn., 502nd Infantry, fire AK-47 assault rifles w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

AK-47 assault rifles seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY

AK-47 assault rifles seized during the multiservice, multinational Ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

A Chinese 7.62 mm Type 56 assault rifle with a permanently attached folding bayonet, top, and a Soviet 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle with a folding double-strut stock

A Chinese 7.62 mm Type 56 assault rifle with a permanently attached fo...

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 Syrian soldier aims an AK-47 assault rifle from his position in a foxhole during a firepower demonstration, part of Operation Desert Shield. The soldier is wearing a Soviet-made Model ShMS nuclear-biological-chemical warfare masks.

A Syrian soldier aims an AK-47 assault rifle from his position in a fo...

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

US Army soldiers (not shown) out of Camp Dobol discovered ammunition and AK-47 rifles after a thorough search of a few houses located in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

US Army soldiers (not shown) out of Camp Dobol discovered ammunition a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Edward Cranick, USA Release... More

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles practice squad tactics during a live fire training exercise on the range in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalian, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, practice drill and ceremony during training conducted at a facility near Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces

New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

On the ground assembled, is equipment from the Republic of Georgia (GEO) 16th Mountain Battalion, consisting of US issued web gear, Kevlar helmets and AK-47 rifles, under the supervision of US Marine Corps (USMC) members assigned to Joint Task Force Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP), here at the Kodjori Training Area, in the Republic of GEO

On the ground assembled, is equipment from the Republic of Georgia (GE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kodjori Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: EUCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT S.C. Felde, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), begin to take arm fulls of Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles from an armory in Al Kut during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Tabuks will be destroyed. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), pass Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles hand to hand as they clear out an Iraqi Armory in Al Kut. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

The debris of Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles after US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), ran over them with tracked vehicles. The rifles were removed from an Iraqi Armory in Al Kut and destroyed during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

The debris of Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles after US Marines Corps (USM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 2 (MOPP-2) suit, toss arm fulls of Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles into a bonfire. The rifles were removed from an Iraqi Armory in Al Kut during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The fire will break the metals temper making the weapons useless. Fellow Marines watch from an Assault Amphibian Vehicle (AAV7A1) in the background. The Tabuk is an Iraqi licensed copy of the Russian Kalashnikov 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: L... More

US Army (USA) Captain (CAPT) David Zelkowitz, Commander, Bravo, 1/35 Armor Regiment (AR), hands an AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle to Iraqi Major (MAJ) Raad Khamatt Quassar, Iraqi Facilities Protection Service Commander, during a ceremony transferring authority from the USA to the Iraqi Facility Protection Service at Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Facility, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Captain (CAPT) David Zelkowitz, Commander, Bravo, 1/35 A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James Bowman, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

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