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Active Fires - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Indiana, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Indiana, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Florida, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Florida, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Illinois, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Illinois, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Florida, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Florida, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Florida, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Florida, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Indiana, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Indiana, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

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Transportation to Fires - New Mexico, National Forest Service photograph.

Transportation to Fires - New Mexico, National Forest Service photogra...

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Active Fires - Minnesota, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Minnesota, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Minnesota, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Minnesota, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - New Hampshire, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Virginia, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Virginia, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires - Active Fires, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires - Active Fires, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Idaho, National Forest Service photograph.

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Transportation to Fires - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

Transportation to Fires - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

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Refugee camp overlooks the damaged city of San Francisco. This camp might be on Mission Dolores Park. Note the Ladies and Mens facilities. In the distance are domes of the City Hall (left) and the Call Building (right). On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Refugee camp overlooks the damaged city of San Francisco. This camp mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

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Forest Fires: Causes - Colorado, National Forest Service photograph.

Forest Fires: Causes - Colorado, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - California, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

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Transportation to Fires - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

Transportation to Fires - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

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Active Fires - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

Active Fires - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

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Photograph of Stump Burning - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Photograph of Stump Burning - U.S. National Archives Public Domain pho...

Original caption: Stump Burning. Historic Photographs Public domain photograph of forest, trees, US government forestry agency, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Hose Splicing and Patching Machine

Photograph of Hose Splicing and Patching Machine

Original caption: Hose splicing & patching machine made in the Ely warehouse shop by Ben Wiley from plans borrowed from the Canadian-Ontario Forestry Branch. This machine is used to repair fire hose damaged by ... More

A U. S. Navy ZIPPO flame thrower is test from a patrol boat

A U. S. Navy ZIPPO flame thrower is test from a patrol boat

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

Members of the 220th Military Police (MP) Company, Colorado Army National Guard (COARNG), discuss their procedures for security access control during the Coal Seam Fires. Smoke from the fires can be seen long the mountain ridge in the background. The Coal Seam Fire started sometime in the mid-1970s as an underground fire burned along a rich vein of coal. Occassionally the fire breaks through to the surface. At this time it had burned 7,300 acres, damaged an estimated 40 structures, and caused the evacuation of 2,000 residents

Members of the 220th Military Police (MP) Company, Colorado Army Natio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Glennwood Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ARNG Scene Camera Operator: SPC Scott ... More

View of a Jeep and residential destruction caused by the Coal Seam Fires. The Coal Seam Fire started sometime in the mid-1970s as an underground fire burned along a rich vein of coal. Occassionally the fire breaks through to the surface. At this time it had burned 7,300 acres, damaged an estimated 40 structures, and caused the evacuation of 2,000 residents

View of a Jeep and residential destruction caused by the Coal Seam Fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Glennwood Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Scott Griffin, USA Release Status: Rel... More

Lieutenant General Robert C. Kingston, commanding general, US Central Command, fires a German built 7.62 mm G3 Heckler and Koch rifle during BRIGHT STAR '82, an exercise involving troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman

Lieutenant General Robert C. Kingston, commanding general, US Central ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wadi Seidna Air Base Country: Sudan (SDN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....A CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to lift a 1000-gallon bucket from Clover Mist Airfield. The device is being used to pour water over the fires sweeping through Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEASED)

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....A CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to l...

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

A member of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing fires a gas operated gatling gun from an aircraft during Operation Alloy Express '82

A member of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing fires a gas operated gatling ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLOY EXPRESS '82 Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL M.H. Coffey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A machine gun crew from the Combat Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, fires on "enemy" Orange Forces as they advance through rice paddies during the joint South Korean/US training TEAM SPIRIT '82

A machine gun crew from the Combat Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 21s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Suwon Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

An M-60 machine gun crew from the 3rd Bn., 327th Inf., 101st Abn. Div., fires blank rounds from a foxhole while participating in a mock battle during the combined U.S./Canadian NATO Exercise Rendezvous '83

An M-60 machine gun crew from the 3rd Bn., 327th Inf., 101st Abn. Div....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: SPEC. 5 Vince E. Warne... More

SPEC. 4 Michael Brill of Co. C, 3rd Bn., 187th Inf. Bde., fires a Dragon anti-tank assault weapon during the 187th readiness summer training "Ready Check"

SPEC. 4 Michael Brill of Co. C, 3rd Bn., 187th Inf. Bde., fires a Drag...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Devens State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. William S. Horner Release Status: Rele... More

A Marine Corps artillery crew fires an M114 155 mm Howitzer during Exercise OCEAN VENTURE '84

A Marine Corps artillery crew fires an M114 155 mm Howitzer during Exe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... 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

The USS IOWA (BB 61) 16-inch 50-cal. guns are fired off the battleship's port side during Operation UNITAS XXV

The USS IOWA (BB 61) 16-inch 50-cal. guns are fired off the battleship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Western Caribbean Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A soldier from the 1ST Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, fires his M-16A1 rifle at opposing forces during the joint U.S./South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'85

A soldier from the 1ST Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Geumsa Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle from a kneeling position during small arms qualifications at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot

A Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle from a kneeling position during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. R. Klika Release... More

A Marine fires an M60 machine gun from a prone position during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85

A Marine fires an M60 machine gun from a prone position during Exercis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

A view of a forest fire just treated with the fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek. The chemical, which also serves as a fertilizer once it is on the ground, is pumped from two nozzles mounted inside a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and is fighting fires throughout California in conjunction with the US Forest Service

A view of a forest fire just treated with the fire retardant chemical ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mike Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A woman Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle from a standing position during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot

A woman Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle from a standing position ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. R. Klika Release... More

A U.S. Marine fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during a live fire demonstration for the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A U.S. Marine fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during a live...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: El Haman Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SGT L.C. Clipper Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Tank crewmen watch from the turret of their M-60 main battle tank as a 101st Airborne Division AH-1S Cobra helicopter fires rockets at targets on the firing range during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

Tank crewmen watch from the turret of their M-60 main battle tank as a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stan Tarver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A Marine fires a light vehicle mounted M-2/.50 caliber machine gun during a live firing exercise

A Marine fires a light vehicle mounted M-2/.50 caliber machine gun dur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status... More

A battery of guns on shore fires a salute to the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) upon its arrival for a port visit. The ship is on an around-the-world shakedown cruise

A battery of guns on shore fires a salute to the battleship USS MISSOU...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lisbon Country: Portugal (PRT) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Andrew J. Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

A member of the 45th Support Group fires his M16 rifle from a prone position during the 21st Infantry Division's annual Army training and evaluation program and field training exercise

A member of the 45th Support Group fires his M16 rifle from a prone po...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC John E. May Release Status: Releas... More

A trainee fires at a target on the pistol range during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training

A trainee fires at a target on the pistol range during Basic Underwate...

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

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) McTique from the 435th Security Police Squadron fires an M203 grenade launcher attached to an M16 rifle during the weapons competition phase of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 87.  The competition offers security police squadrons from Military A

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) McTique from the 435th Security Police Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 87 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca... More

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires his M60 lightweight machine gun from a prone position during a field training exercise

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires his M60 lightweight machine gu...

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

An M1A1 Abrams main battle tank fires its 120 mm main gun during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87.  The exercise will evaluate procedures used to deploy US tactical and logistical forces

An M1A1 Abrams main battle tank fires its 120 mm main gun during Exerc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Prince Hearns Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires an M60 lightweight machine gun from the shoulder during a field training exercise

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires an M60 lightweight machine gun...

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

A GUNNERY Division 4 gunner's mate fires a 25mm Mark 38, Mod 0 gun system during gunnery practice on the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63)

A GUNNERY Division 4 gunner's mate fires a 25mm Mark 38, Mod 0 gun sys...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Cosgrove/PH2 Milne Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An F-15 Eagle aircraft fires an AIM-7 Sparrow missile at a target on the Gulf Range as part of Combat Archer, the Weapon System Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base

An F-15 Eagle aircraft fires an AIM-7 Sparrow missile at a target on t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT ARCHER State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson R... More

An M60 main battle tank fires at a target during an exercise at the National Training Center

An M60 main battle tank fires at a target during an exercise at the Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

The battleship WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns to port during sea trials

The battleship WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber g...

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

Crew members manning the rails applaud as the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG 31) returns to its home port.  The STARK has just completed sea trials that followed a stay at the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, for repairs to the extensive damage caused by two Iraqi-launched Exocet anti-ship missiles that struck the ship while it was on patrol in the Persian Gulf in May 1987.  Thirty-seven crewmen were killed in the explosion and fires

Crew members manning the rails applaud as the guided missile frigate U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to... More

A crewman aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the Army's 214th Aviation Regiment surveys a portion of the more than one million acres burned by widespread forest fires in Yellowstone National Park.  The helicopter and its crew are part of the joint milit

A crewman aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the Army's 214th Aviati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

An airman of the 7th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron uses an MW-20BFL forklift to offload equipment from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The equipment will be used to aid in the joint military/civilian effort to extinguish widespread forest fires in Yellowstone Na

An airman of the 7th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron uses an MW-20BFL fork...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Yellowstone Airport State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons Release Status... More

An honor guard fires a volley during a memorial service for shipmates who died in a flight deck fire on November 30th aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) in the North Arabian Sea

An honor guard fires a volley during a memorial service for shipmates ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Douglas G. Porter, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

PFC S. J. Dickens of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), 1ST Marine Aircraft Wing (1ST MAW), fires an M-9 pistol during the squadron's battle skills testing

PFC S. J. Dickens of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), 1ST ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D. E. Weaver Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) fires a Mark 7 16-inch /50-caliber gun from each of its three main gun turrets seconds after firing a previous salvo during Exercise RimPac '90 near Hawaii

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) fires a Mark 7 16-inch /50-caliber...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '90 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Cosgrove Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) fires a Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun from each of its three main gun turrets during exercise RimPac '90 near Hawaii

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) fires a Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '90 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Terry Cosgrove Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A soldier test fires an M-163 Vulcan self-propelled anti-aircraft gun aboard the rapid-response vehicle cargo ship USNS REGULUS (T-AKR-292). The REGULUS is transporting equipment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

A soldier test fires an M-163 Vulcan self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, wait to board buses as they prepare to depart Ox Bow Ranch, where they stayed while helping to battle forest fires in the area

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grant County State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Rocus Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

An M-60A1 main battle tank from the 1ST Tank Battalion fires a round from its main gun as the battalion conducts live-fire training during Operation Desert Shield.

An M-60A1 main battle tank from the 1ST Tank Battalion fires a round f...

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

An 8th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft fires its M-61A120 mm cannon at a target on the Koon-Ni bombing range during the joint South KorEAN/United States exercise TEAM SPIRIT '89

An 8th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft fires its ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A British soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards fires an M-40A1 sniping rifle while taking part in weapons training with Marines from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A British soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards fires an M-40A1 snip...

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

The battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns at an Iraqi shore target during Operation Desert Storm

The battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch/5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bruce Morris Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Oil well fires set by retreating Iraqi troops burn in the desert southwest of Kuwait International Airport during Operation Desert Storm

Oil well fires set by retreating Iraqi troops burn in the desert south...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Oil well fires rage out of control after being set by occupying Iraqi forces prior to their retreat from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

Oil well fires rage out of control after being set by occupying Iraqi ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. David Mcleod Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

The battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch 50-caliber guns of turret No. 1 while underway. This is the last firing of the vessel's guns prior to its decommissioning

The battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch 5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bruce M. Morris Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HML/A-367) fires a .50-caliber machine gun from a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during training

A member of Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HML/A-367) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Robert Foster Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A Saudi Arabian missile corvette fires an RGM-84A Harpoon anti-ship missile during Operation Red Reef III off the coast of Saudi Arabia

A Saudi Arabian missile corvette fires an RGM-84A Harpoon anti-ship mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RED REEF III Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Rodney A. Green Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

CHIEF Warrant Officer 4 Brown of Combat Service Support Detachment 36 (CSSD-36) fires and M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from the prone position

CHIEF Warrant Officer 4 Brown of Combat Service Support Detachment 36 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. W. D. Deroos Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Army PFC Greg Vandelune, a Soldier with Alpha Company, 315th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia, fires an M16 rifle during Quick Reaction Training on RANGE-6, a secluded beach area on the coast of Somalia. Vandelune, 21, is from Dallas, Texas. He is deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Army PFC Greg Vandelune, a Soldier with Alpha Company, 315th Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II Base: Range 6 Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT G. Robinson Release Status: Released t... More

Warrant Officer McDougall fires an MK19 40 mm machine gun, MOD 3, while Warrant Officer Luther feeds the launcher ammunition, during a live fire weapons shoot

Warrant Officer McDougall fires an MK19 40 mm machine gun, MOD 3, whil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

On the evening of May 20th, an M-109A2 155mm self propelled Howitzer fires a shell near Glamoc, Bosnia- Herzegovina, during a live fire exercise in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. The Howitzer, belongs to Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery

On the evening of May 20th, an M-109A2 155mm self propelled Howitzer f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Glamoc Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Glenn W. Suggs Release Status... More

A canister of yellow smoke as been released to mark the location of a simulated ambush, as Marines from Truck Company arrive on a convoy. This scenario is part of the Mass Casualty drill that took place during the Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, field exercise. During this two week long exercise, Marines conduct maneuvers to include Hostage Rescue drills, and operations in support of the Small Craft Company, performing its Riverine function

A canister of yellow smoke as been released to mark the location of a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PREYING MANTIS II Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) S... More

12th Marines, Lima Battery Gun 2, fires a high explosive round during the 12th Marine Relocation Exercise at Yausubetsu maneuver area

12th Marines, Lima Battery Gun 2, fires a high explosive round during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Michael Q. Retana Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four Six (HSL-46) from Mayport, Florida, fires a AGM-114 Hellfire missile at a small boat target. HSL-46 is participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) held off the coast of Puerto Rico

An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Puerto Rico Coast Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 James F. Slaughenhaupt, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Sergeant Derek Lovell, US Marine, 2D Reconnaissance Battalion, using an M40A1 sniper rifle fires upon human-sized targets with color-coded circles on a firing range during a weapons training element on Range 1-Alpha at the Empire Range Complex, Camp Hayes, Panama Canal

Sergeant Derek Lovell, US Marine, 2D Reconnaissance Battalion, using a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Hayes Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Timothy A. Pope, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... 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

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Gabe Gonzalez fires a Beretta M-9 pistol toward moving targets during phase one of a pistol event for DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. SRA Gonzalez is an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) team competitor. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense, and policing skills over six days

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Gabe Gonzalez fires a Beretta M-9 pistol to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Timothy Arnold, a member of the Air Mobility Command team, fires a M9 9mm pistol during the Pistol competition portion of Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The Exercise is as annual Air Force wide competition, sponsored by Air Force Security Forces, which showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in 7 physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over a period of 6 days

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Timothy Arnold, a member of the Air Mobili...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera... More

Lance Corporal Kimberly Melton, USMC, a crewchief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-267 (HMLA-267), fires the Saco .50 cal M2 Machine Gun from the UH-1N "Huey" helicopter during the Exercise MILLENNIUM EDGE at Osan Air Force Base, Osan, Korea. MILLENNIUM EDGE is a joint and combined training exercise conducted in the Republic of Korea with assets from Marine and Air Force units. The exercise gives both the pilots and ground crew members a chance to operate in an unfamiliar place with different types equipment

Lance Corporal Kimberly Melton, USMC, a crewchief with Marine Light At...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MILLENNIUM EDGE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jennifer A. Arndt, Usmc Rele... More

The solid fuel rocket motor fires on an FIM-92 Stinger Man Portable Air Defense (MANPADS) ground-to-air missile, launched by the US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD), Marine Corps Base (MCB) 29 Palms, California

The solid fuel rocket motor fires on an FIM-92 Stinger Man Portable Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ma... More

Colonel (COL) John R. Dallas, USAF, Commander, 188th Fighter Wing (FW), as he fires the Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun during the Wings Security Forces Training at Arkansas Air National Guard (AANG), Fort Smith, Arkansas

Colonel (COL) John R. Dallas, USAF, Commander, 188th Fighter Wing (FW)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew F. Ham... More

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