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US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division fire their FNMI 7.62mm M240 Machine Gun and M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) at range 407 on Camp Pendleton, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th ... More

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo leads the route clearance patrol

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo leads the route clearance patrol

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo leads the route clearance patrol back to their assembly area after conducting a dismounted patrol near areas of interest in Kandahar Province Afghanistan.  Conducting visits to local areas o... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division fire their FNMI 7.62mm M240 Machine Gun and M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) at range 407 on Camp Pendleton, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th ... More

A US Army (USA) M3A2 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV), assigned to Charlie Troop, 1-4 Cavalry, 1ST Infantry Division test fires it's 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannon while on a combat security patrol outside of Ancient Samarra near Ad Dwr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) M3A2 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV), assigned ...

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

Afghan children play on a swingset at an orphanage

Afghan children play on a swingset at an orphanage

Afghan children play on a swingset at an orphanage in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. The orphanage doubles as a daycare center and a school as well. Previous Kiwi PRTs helped to build the orphanag... More

Left side medium shot of a US Marines Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) from Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR), Weapons Company, fires its M-242 Bushmaster 25mm Automatic chain gun and a mounted M-240 7.62mm Machine Gun down a live fire range in Susong Ri, Korea. During FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

Left side medium shot of a US Marines Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Susong Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: ... More

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions ready their weapons and vehicles for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The Bushmaster table ... More

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle warfare battle drills in Panama in 1942. Frequent dealings with the deadly snakes of the jungle, lead to the unit adopting the name “Bushmasters” after the ... More

A watch tower stands overlooking Bamyan province,

A watch tower stands overlooking Bamyan province,

A watch tower stands overlooking Bamyan province, Afghanistan, on top of a fortified urban site dating back to the time of Genghis Khan. The tower pictured here was considered to be the heart of the city of Bam... More

Sailors site in the MK 38 25mm Bushmaster Machine Gun System (MGS) and test dry fires prior to the real thing during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual 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

Sailors site in the MK 38 25mm Bushmaster Machine Gun System (MGS) and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Cam... More

New Zealand Army Lt. Col. Sholto Stephens, the commanding

New Zealand Army Lt. Col. Sholto Stephens, the commanding

New Zealand Army Lt. Col. Sholto Stephens, the commanding officer for the military component of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, hands a newly graduated Afghan National Army soldier his diploma, ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division fire their FNMI 7.62mm M240 Machine Gun and M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) at range 407 on Camp Pendleton, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Platoon Sergeant, Sergeant (SGT) Jeffs from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division guides his gunner on target as they fire their M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) down range 407 on Camp Pendleton, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) Platoon Sergeant, Sergeant (SGT) Jeffs from 2nd...

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: CPL Kibel M.D., USMC Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division fire their FNMI 7.62mm M240 Machine Gun and M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) at range 407 on Camp Pendleton, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th ... More

A view looking down the barrel of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon on a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25), showing US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Haley, Platoon Sergeant, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), observing from the vehicles commanders hatch, during a dry-run for a mechanized raid at Su Song Ri, Republic of Korea (ROK), while participating in the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). The Exercise is jointly conducted between the USMC and the US Navy (USN) to familiarize each other with the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with a Special Operations Capable Unit

A view looking down the barrel of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gregory A. Russell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle warfare battle drills in Panama in 1942. Frequent dealings with the deadly snakes of the jungle, lead to the unit adopting the name “Bushmasters” after the ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division fire their M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) down range 407 on Camp Pendleton, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th ... More

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo takes point for a dismounted patrol

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo takes point for a dismounted patrol

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo takes point for a dismounted patrol through the farmland of Kandahar Province Afghanistan during route clearance operations.  Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforces security... More

A petty officer points out a feature in the receiver of an M-242 Bushmaster 25mm chain gun to two visiting midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy

A petty officer points out a feature in the receiver of an M-242 Bushm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Weapons Sup Cen, Crane State: Indiana(IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status:... More

US Marines use the Light Assault Vehicle (LAV-25) and a sniper position on the hoof to guard a building designated as the American Embassy. Marine from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, Ca trained in simulated Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Station, HI during Operation RIMPAC 96. One Marine is armed with the 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifle with the M203 grenade launcher attached while the LAV-25 is armed with the 25mm M242 "Bushmaster" chain gun and a 7.62mm M240G machine gun atop the turret

US Marines use the Light Assault Vehicle (LAV-25) and a sniper positio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

Light-armored vehicles, or LAV-25’s, stand in front

Light-armored vehicles, or LAV-25’s, stand in front

Light-armored vehicles, or LAV-25’s, stand in front of the firing line before Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions battle sight zero their weapons for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge... More

A Marine Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) from the 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance (LAR) fires its M242 Bushmaster 25mm Automatic chain gun and a mounted M240 7.62 machine gun down a live fire range during DEEP STRIKE 97

A Marine Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) from the 3rd Light Armor Recon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca... More

Marine Corporal Gazaille, a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) mechanic from Delta Company, 1ST Platoon, performs preventative maintenance on the feeder mechanism of an M242 20 mm Bushmaster Chain-gun, during Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualifiaction (LAR-REQUALEX) '98

Marine Corporal Gazaille, a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) mechanic from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Pickett State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Timothy A. Pope Release Status: Released t... More

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle warfare battle drills in Panama in 1942. Frequent dealings with the deadly snakes of the jungle, lead to the unit adopting the name “Bushmasters” after the ... More

Sgt. First Class Jesse Cody and Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson

Sgt. First Class Jesse Cody and Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson

Sgt. First Class Jesse Cody and Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson investigate a potential IED site encountered while conducting a dismounted route clearance patrol. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinfor... More

Straight on medium close-up of Fourth-Year medical student, Second Lieutenant Greg Sweitzer as he examines a patient in the Bushmaster exercise at Camp Bullis, San Antonio, Texas. Bushmaster meshes medicine with military operations. It gives the fourth-year students a taste of what they may face in a frontline first-aid station or in a battlefield hospital, treating traumatic wounds and exotic ailments on a grand scale

Straight on medium close-up of Fourth-Year medical student, Second Lie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Thurow Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, wait for smoke grenades launched from their Light Armored Vehicles to burn out during a live-fire exercise in Bamyan... More

Joe Mendez (left) and Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez, both

Joe Mendez (left) and Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez, both

Joe Mendez (left) and Guadalupe "Lupe" Lopez, both of Tucson, Ariz., reconnected 70 years after serving together as 158th Bushmasters in WWII (Pacific Theater). Both were fortunate to make the Washington D.C. t... More

Staff Sgt. Thomas McDaniel, the Battalion Master Gunner

Staff Sgt. Thomas McDaniel, the Battalion Master Gunner

Staff Sgt. Thomas McDaniel, the Battalion Master Gunner with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, provides a range safety brief before conducting the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge ... More

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, fire an anti-tank guided missile during a training exercise here, Aug. 20, 2013. The purpose of the exercise was to cross train th... More

U.S. Army Infantrymen, assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Infantrymen, assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Infantrymen, assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, assault an objective during the Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA) 17-1 at Fort ... More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, far right, observes the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Operation Bushmaster, a capstone ... More

Sgt. Eric Hedges and Spc. William Ritchley conduct

Sgt. Eric Hedges and Spc. William Ritchley conduct

Sgt. Eric Hedges and Spc. William Ritchley conduct a route clearance patrol on the roads of Kandahar Province Afghanistan. As the route clearance patrol continues to wind their way along the oft-traveled routes... More

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) fired across Camp Atterbury for live fire training exercises during January 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Joshua A. Syberg)

Sunrise as seen from the windows of the route clearance

Sunrise as seen from the windows of the route clearance

Sunrise as seen from the windows of the route clearance patrol as they depart Kandahar Airfeld and travel past Camp Hero, home of the 205th 'Hero' Corps, Afghan National Army.

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) fired across Camp Atterbury for live fire training exercises during January 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Joshua A. Syberg)

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions ready their weapons and vehicles for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. LAR battalions perfor... More

Spc. Cody Tompkins, the platoon medic, halts while

Spc. Cody Tompkins, the platoon medic, halts while

Spc. Cody Tompkins, the platoon medic, halts while on a dismounted route clearance patrol near a local farm in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforces security g... More

A student at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, talks to an

A student at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, talks to an

A student at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, talks to an Iraqi policeman as he hands out Iraqi flags to children at the school. The Iraqi policemen along with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment... More

A Soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th

A Soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th

A Soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, pulls security as Iraqi Police hand out school supplies to children at a school in Siniyah, Iraq Mar. 25.

New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team member drives

New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team member drives

New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team member drives a Light Armored Vehicle(LAV) out of the firing line, in order to drive farther down the range and discharge smoke grenades, as part of a live-fire exerci... More

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, fire 76mm smoke grenades from Light Armored Vehicles to create a smoke screen during a live-fire exercise in Bamyan ... More

EOD Team Leader, Staff Sgt. John Velasquex, stops midstride

EOD Team Leader, Staff Sgt. John Velasquex, stops midstride

EOD Team Leader, Staff Sgt. John Velasquex, stops midstride to investigate an article of interest during a route clearance patrol in Kandahar Afghanistan. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforce... More

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions ready their weapons and vehicles for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The Bushmaster table ... More

Habiba Sarabi, the provincial governor of Bamyan province,

Habiba Sarabi, the provincial governor of Bamyan province,

Habiba Sarabi, the provincial governor of Bamyan province, enjoys tea in her office with a team of reporters from the New Zealand Defense Force, Feb. 25, 2013. Sarabi has been governor since 2005 and is the onl... More

Members of Kiwi Teams 1 and 2 attached to the New Zealand

Members of Kiwi Teams 1 and 2 attached to the New Zealand

Members of Kiwi Teams 1 and 2 attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, fire M242 25mm Bushmaster Automatic Cannons during a training event in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. The ... More

A New Zealand Army designated marksman, attached to

A New Zealand Army designated marksman, attached to

A New Zealand Army designated marksman, attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, stands watch in a guard tower at an Afghan National Army compound in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 20... More

Spc. Cody Tompkins, the platoon medic, moves with the

Spc. Cody Tompkins, the platoon medic, moves with the

Spc. Cody Tompkins, the platoon medic, moves with the dismounted route clearance patrol near a farm house in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforces security gai... More

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo and Pfc. Jacob Coffman pull security

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo and Pfc. Jacob Coffman pull security

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo and Pfc. Jacob Coffman pull security during a tactical halt during dismounted route clearance patrol in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforc... More

EOD team member, Sgt Jonathan Landon, receives final

EOD team member, Sgt Jonathan Landon, receives final

EOD team member, Sgt Jonathan Landon, receives final instructions and intelligence updates about the day's route before departing on the route clearance patrol with 4th Platoon, Bushmaster Co, Task Force Straig... More

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment pulls security as Iraqi Policemen hand out school supplies at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, March 25.

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle warfare battle drills in Panama in 1942. Frequent dealings with the deadly snakes of the jungle, lead to the unit adopting the name “Bushmasters” after the ... More

Merchants in the local bazaar peddle their wares to

Merchants in the local bazaar peddle their wares to

Merchants in the local bazaar peddle their wares to fellow Afghans in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. The Bamyan bazaar is an open-air market where vendors can sell their goods to locals and coalit... More

Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson leads a dismounted patrol

Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson leads a dismounted patrol

Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson leads a dismounted patrol through the farmland of Kandahar Province Afghanistan during a route clearance patrol.  Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforces security gains... More

Afghan children run to a firing range to collect the

Afghan children run to a firing range to collect the

Afghan children run to a firing range to collect the expended brass after members of Kiwi Teams 1 and 2 conducted a live-fire exercise in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. KT 1 and 2 are attached to ... More

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions conduct the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The competition consists of four light-armored veh... More

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2, attached to the

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2, attached to the

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2, attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, wait for the range to go active during a live-fire exercise in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. KT 1 an... More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks with Arthur Kellermann, dean of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, about Operati... More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to members from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences year one and year four medical... More

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Moving along the cleared

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Moving along the cleared

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Moving along the cleared route to get to their dismount patrol areas, team leaders SPC Ivan Melgarejo and Cpl Jameson McManus of the Route Clearance Platoon conduct dismounted sw... More

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) fired across Camp Atterbury for live fire training exercises during January 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Joshua A. Syberg)

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) fired across Camp Atterbury for live fire training exercises during January 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Joshua A. Syberg)

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment pulls security as Iraqi policemen hand out school supplies at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, Mar. 25.

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, walk through a smoke screen to their Light Armored Vehicles after a live-fire training exercise in Bamyan Province, ... More

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo and Pfc. Jacob Coffman pull security

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo and Pfc. Jacob Coffman pull security

Spc. Ivan Melgarejo and Pfc. Jacob Coffman pull security during a tactical halt during dismounted route clearance patrol in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinforc... More

Sgt. First Class Jesse Cody and Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson

Sgt. First Class Jesse Cody and Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson

Sgt. First Class Jesse Cody and Staff Sgt. Sean Robertson investigate a potential IED site encountered while conducting a dismounted route clearance patrol. Conducting visits to local areas of interest reinfor... More

Major Gen. John K. Love, commanding general of 2nd

Major Gen. John K. Love, commanding general of 2nd

Major Gen. John K. Love, commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions before the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Le... More

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25

25mm Bushmasters mounted on the Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) fired across Camp Atterbury for live fire training exercises during January 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Joshua A. Syberg)

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to members from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences year one and year four medical... More

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Moving along the cleared

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Moving along the cleared

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Moving along the cleared route to get to their dismount patrol areas, team leaders SPC Ivan Melgarejo and Cpl Jameson McManus of the Route Clearance Platoon conduct dismounted sw... More

Light-armored vehicles, or LAV-25’s, stand in front

Light-armored vehicles, or LAV-25’s, stand in front

Light-armored vehicles, or LAV-25’s, stand in front of the firing line before Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions battle sight zero their weapons for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge... More

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment pulls security as Iraqi police hand out school supplies at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, Mar. 25.

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions ready their weapons and vehicles for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The Bushmaster table ... More

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 take Light Armored

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 take Light Armored

Members of Kiwi Teams(KT) 1 and 2 take Light Armored Vehicles through a mountain pass after conducting a live-fire training exercise in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013. Attached to the New Zealand P... More

Group photo of Charlie Company 158th Infantry Regiment

Group photo of Charlie Company 158th Infantry Regiment

Group photo of Charlie Company 158th Infantry Regiment “Bushmasters” named after the venomous pit vipers found in Central America. Guadalupe “Lupe” Lopez (Second row from the top, Sixth person from the right) w... More

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, fire the M242 Bushmaster chain gun during a training exercise here, Aug. 20, 2013. The purpose of the exercise was to cross train ... More

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored

Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, fire the anti-tank guided missile during a training exercise here, Aug. 20, 2013. The purpose of the exercise was to cross train t... More

Russian tanks left over from the Soviet invasion sit

Russian tanks left over from the Soviet invasion sit

Russian tanks left over from the Soviet invasion sit in an open field next to an Afghan National Army compound in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2013. Blown-out tanks, artillery pieces and buildings poc... More

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment pulls security as Iraqi Police hand out school supplies at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, March 25.

Sgt. McClean, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry

Sgt. McClean, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry

Sgt. McClean, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, pulls security as Iraqi police hand out school supplies to children at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, Mar. 25.

Residents of Chorah watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony

Residents of Chorah watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony

Residents of Chorah watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony held to officially open the Tarin Kot to Chorah Road Oct. 4, 2011. The Dutch State Secretary, Ben Knapen, along with the Uruzgan provincial governor, Mohamm... More

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions conduct the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The competition consists of four light-armored veh... More

A group of Australian Bushmaster Protected Motor Vehicles

A group of Australian Bushmaster Protected Motor Vehicles

A group of Australian Bushmaster Protected Motor Vehicles sit outside of the Chorah district center prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony held to officially open the Tarin Kot to Chorah Road Oct. 4, 2011. The Dutc... More

Abdull Razaq, the provincial police chief for Bamyan

Abdull Razaq, the provincial police chief for Bamyan

Abdull Razaq, the provincial police chief for Bamyan Province, prepares to answer the questions of a New Zealand Defense Force media team during an interview in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2013. Raza... More

Staff Sgt Sean Robertson and Cpl. Jameson McManus ground

Staff Sgt Sean Robertson and Cpl. Jameson McManus ground

Staff Sgt Sean Robertson and Cpl. Jameson McManus ground guide the route clearance vehicles over a difficult stretch of 'highway' to ensure they do not damage either the roadway or their vehicle. As the route ... More

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle

Members of the 158th Infantry Regiment conduct jungle warfare battle drills in Panama in 1942. Frequent dealings with the deadly snakes of the jungle, lead to the unit adopting the name “Bushmasters” after the ... More

Smoke billows to the sky after two Light Armored

Smoke billows to the sky after two Light Armored

Smoke billows to the sky after two Light Armored Vehicles(LAV) attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, prepare to move back to the firing line after launching multiple 76mm smoke grenades to... More

Afghan girls practice the martial art of Tae Kwon Do

Afghan girls practice the martial art of Tae Kwon Do

Afghan girls practice the martial art of Tae Kwon Do at a training facility in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2013. There are currently 26 girls enrolled in the class, six of whom are members of the Afg... More

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to members from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences year one and year four medical... More

The remains of historic ruins are found in the area.

The remains of historic ruins are found in the area.

The remains of historic ruins are found in the area.

A Light Armored Vehicle attached to the New Zealand

A Light Armored Vehicle attached to the New Zealand

A Light Armored Vehicle attached to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, drives through a village in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2013, after conducting a live-fire exercise. (U.S. Army ph... More

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