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Pvt. Andrew Martinez, cannoneer and “The Muscle” of

Pvt. Andrew Martinez, cannoneer and “The Muscle” of

Pvt. Andrew Martinez, cannoneer and “The Muscle” of a Charlie Battery gun crew, loads a 155-millimeter explosive into a firing tube July 20 during the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 144th Field... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory Walter, a forward observer

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory Walter, a forward observer

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory Walter, a forward observer with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conducts observation post operations in support of the 1st Battal... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ocean Roberts, a forward

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ocean Roberts, a forward

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ocean Roberts, a forward observer with Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, views the impacts of the rounds fired from Australian M777A2 ... More

Two AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1-501st

Two AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1-501st

Two AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1-501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, maneuver into position during a close air-support training exercise with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, look for mock enemy targets June 24 during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise at Bradshaw Training Area, Northern Territ... More

Illuminating projectiles, each weighing close to 100

Illuminating projectiles, each weighing close to 100

Illuminating projectiles, each weighing close to 100 pounds, are staged by Pfc. Juan Valenzuela and others from the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment July 21 at Nati... More

Infantrymen of 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf

Infantrymen of 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf

Infantrymen of 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf Brigade of the Lithuanian Army advance on a simulated target during a squad live-fire exercise held in Rukla, Lithuania, April 23, 2015. Members of Iron Wolf... More

Forward Observers, US Army Photo

Forward Observers, US Army Photo

Soldiers of C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, observe where rounds impact during a joint training mission with the U.S. Air Force W... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field artillery officer with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, determines the range of an objective to call for ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory Walter, a forward observer

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory Walter, a forward observer

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory Walter, a forward observer with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conducts observation post operations in support of the 1st Batta... More

U.S. Marines watch New Zealand soldiers with 16th Field

U.S. Marines watch New Zealand soldiers with 16th Field

U.S. Marines watch New Zealand soldiers with 16th Field Regiment perform a haka during a barbecue aboard Camp Linton, New Zealand on Sept. 5, 2018. The Marines are with 1st Brigade, 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaiso... More

.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mike Kozik, deployed in support

.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mike Kozik, deployed in support

.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mike Kozik, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and assigned to 4th Air Naval Gunfire, Liaison Company, demonstrates how to use the deployed virtu... More

Forward observers of the 1/41st Field Artillery Battalion call in fire

Forward observers of the 1/41st Field Artillery Battalion call in fire

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft, ... More

Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan

Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan

The 5th Afghan Air Force Forward Observer class graduates at the live fire range at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Oct. 7.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, practice sighting in with an 81 mm mortar system during a live-fire training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, March 25, 2015... More

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division shot mortar rounds, while French and Canadian soldiers serv... More

UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait — Forward Observers with Charlie

UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait — Forward Observers with Charlie

UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait — Forward Observers with Charlie Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, observe fire missions from observation point 10 during a fire coordination exerci... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Romo, a fire support Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Romo, a fire support Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Romo, a fire support Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, calls for fire support at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizo... More

Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd

Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd

Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and airmen from 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, along with observer-controllers, prepare for a Joint Air Attack Team exercise here June ... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct last minute calls to confirm the rounds are ready to be fired during Exercise Rolling Thunder aboard Fort Bragg, N.C., March 5, 2015... More

Lithuanian military officials discuss the capabilities

Lithuanian military officials discuss the capabilities

Lithuanian military officials discuss the capabilities of the 109A6 Paladin with U.S. troops during live-fire exercise Flaming Thunder held at the General Silvestras Zlikaliskas Training Area in Pabrade, Lithua... More

Soldiers of Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 3d Armored

Soldiers of Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 3d Armored

Soldiers of Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, keep their weapons at the ready as they move as a team up a flight of stairs in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23. The Soldiers ... More

Lance Cpl. Kevin Rhodes (left) and Lance Cpl. Luis

Lance Cpl. Kevin Rhodes (left) and Lance Cpl. Luis

Lance Cpl. Kevin Rhodes (left) and Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, forward observers serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, work together to observe and plot targets while conducting a training and readines... More

Spc. James Drake (right), mortarman with 3rd Battalion,

Spc. James Drake (right), mortarman with 3rd Battalion,

Spc. James Drake (right), mortarman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hangs an 81mm mortar round, November 7, 2016 at Fort Stewart, Ga. Mortarme... More

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for indirect fire on a deployed virtual training environment system during observer training at Camp Manion, Iraq, March 21, 2017. Coalition forces train ISF adv... More

From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ryan

From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ryan

From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ryan Metas, Sgt. Jose Romo, Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, Cpl. Ryan Philips and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Juan Gutierrez with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaiso... More

Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving

Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving

Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, builds a concealed observation post while conducting a training and readiness examination during a live-fire exercis... More

Sgt. Joseph Donati (left), a fire support team leader,

Sgt. Joseph Donati (left), a fire support team leader,

Sgt. Joseph Donati (left), a fire support team leader, and Spc. Michael Snyder, a forward observer, both with Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, verify target grid locations on a Long Range Advanc... More

Sgt. Bradley Stacks, a fire support sergeant with the

Sgt. Bradley Stacks, a fire support sergeant with the

Sgt. Bradley Stacks, a fire support sergeant with the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, looks out onto a firing range June 11, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland from an M7 Bradle... More

Sgt. Angel Valdez, section chief of Charlie Battery,

Sgt. Angel Valdez, section chief of Charlie Battery,

Sgt. Angel Valdez, section chief of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, California Army National Guard, guides an M-109A6 Paladin into a containment area July 20 at National Training... More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kylee Daitz, a field artillery

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kylee Daitz, a field artillery

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kylee Daitz, a field artillery officer, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, trains as a joint fire observer during exercise Winter Fury 21 at Camp Roy... More

U.S. Soldiers,  forward observers with Headquarters

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct observation post operations in support of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Re... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cyrus Jean, a field artillery

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cyrus Jean, a field artillery

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cyrus Jean, a field artillery cannoneer, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, receives instructions to act as a joint fire observer during exercise ... More

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company conduct maneuver to contact drills during Exercise Burmese Chase 2013, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5. The training evolution is an annual bilateral ex... More

A plume of dust is kicked up after a round from an

A plume of dust is kicked up after a round from an

A plume of dust is kicked up after a round from an Australian M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzer impacts a mock enemy target June 24 during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise at Bradshaw Training Area, Northe... More

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1-501st

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1-501st

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1-501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, flies in support of close air-support training with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Don... More

Students with the Expeditionary Warfare Training

Students with the Expeditionary Warfare Training

Students with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Atlantic practice calling in suppression of fire for an aerial attack during a live-fire exercise, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, load a Norwegian bandvagn as they prepare to depart an observation post in Setermoen, Norway, March 4, 2... More

Mortarman with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance

Mortarman with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance

Mortarman with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division launch 81mm mortars from the back of a Light Armored Vehicle onto targets aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif... More

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for indirect fire on a deployed virtual training environment system alongside a U.S. Marine Corps forward observer deployed in support of Combined Joint Task For... More

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct observation post operations in support of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Reg... More

From left: Col. Eugenijus Vosylius, the commandant

From left: Col. Eugenijus Vosylius, the commandant

From left: Col. Eugenijus Vosylius, the commandant of the Lithuanian Military Academy, a Marijampole, Lithuania, native and Sgt. Edward Sharpe, a section chief, with 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment... More

Spc. Daniel Martinez of the California Army National

Spc. Daniel Martinez of the California Army National

Spc. Daniel Martinez of the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, hugs a 98-pound illuminating shell and brings it to his Carrier, Ammunition, Tracked (CAT) vehicle Jul... More

British Army Commandos with 148th Battery, 29th Commando

British Army Commandos with 148th Battery, 29th Commando

British Army Commandos with 148th Battery, 29th Commando Fire Support Team, Royal Artillery, conduct maneuver to contact drills while Marine range safety officers supervise during Exercise Burmese Chase 2013, a... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division call in air support from AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, during a ... More

From left: Sgt. Edward Sharpe, a section chief, and

From left: Sgt. Edward Sharpe, a section chief, and

From left: Sgt. Edward Sharpe, a section chief, and Conyers, Ga., native and Sgt. Enrique Melero, an artilleryman, a native of Salinas, Puerto Rico, both members of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Ar... More

Capt. Bryan Adams, commander of Team Eagle, Task Force

Capt. Bryan Adams, commander of Team Eagle, Task Force

Capt. Bryan Adams, commander of Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7, of the U.S. Army, based in Rukla, Lithuania, and Capt. Egidiyua Ciulada, a platoon leader with 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf Brigade of the L... More

AV-8B Harrier IIs drop a 1,000-pound bomb on a notional

AV-8B Harrier IIs drop a 1,000-pound bomb on a notional

AV-8B Harrier IIs drop a 1,000-pound bomb on a notional insurgent training camp during a Joint Air Attack Team exercise northwest of Forward Operating Base Seattle June 11. Soldiers of 4th Stryker Brigade Comba... More

A U.S. Army mortarman with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Army mortarman with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Army mortarman with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, fires a 120mm mortar round after receiving a fire mission ... More

From left: Sgt. James Stretch, a fires support

From left: Sgt. James Stretch, a fires support

From left: Sgt. James Stretch, a fires support noncommissioned officer with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1st Artillery Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga. a... More

Sergeant Shawn M. Seguin, a mortarman with Weapons

Sergeant Shawn M. Seguin, a mortarman with Weapons

Sergeant Shawn M. Seguin, a mortarman with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, and 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, goes over the process of mapping a target for the 81 mm mortar system during a live-fire ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field artillery officer with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, uses a portable lightweight direction and range f... More

U.S. Army Spc. Trevor Hunholz, , a forward observer

U.S. Army Spc. Trevor Hunholz, , a forward observer

U.S. Army Spc. Trevor Hunholz, , a forward observer with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conducts observation post operations in support of the 1st Battali... More

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1st

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1st

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, hovers while supporting a close air-support training exercise with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Shimulunas, a field artillery officer with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rides on a UH-1Y Venom, a medium-sized utility he... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Godshall, left, a

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Godshall, left, a

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Godshall, left, a mortar Marine with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice forward observation procedures using their newly acquired CLRF-... More

Ukrainian forward observers from 1st Battalion, 28th

Ukrainian forward observers from 1st Battalion, 28th

Ukrainian forward observers from 1st Battalion, 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade verify that mortar rounds are landing on the intended target during a combined-arms battalion live-fire exercise held at the Yavo... More

U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine

U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine

U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, observe simulated targets during a joint close air support exercise with the I... More

Smoke fills the inside of an M-109A6 Paladin immediately

Smoke fills the inside of an M-109A6 Paladin immediately

Smoke fills the inside of an M-109A6 Paladin immediately after Pvt. Andrew Martinez, right, of the California Army National Guard’s Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, launched a 155... More

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Operational Test

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Operational Test

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 conducts close air support during exercise Winter Fury 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Jan. 28, 2021. Winter Fury highligh... More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Sean Nebelung, left, with

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Sean Nebelung, left, with

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Sean Nebelung, left, with Co. B, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, looks through binoculars during exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB 21) at Marine... More

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Operational Test

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Operational Test

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 conducts close air support in support of exercise Winter Fury 21 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Jan. 28, 2021. Winter Fury h... More

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 flies over Camp Roy W. Burt, California, Jan. 29, 2021, in support of exercise Winter Fury 21. Winter Fury highlights 3rd Marine Aircr... More

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division fired mortar rounds, while French and Canadian soldiers ser... More

Troop leaders from 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron

Troop leaders from 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron

Troop leaders from 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf Brigade of the Lithuanian Army and Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7, of the U.S. Army, based in Rukla, Lithuania, prepare for a squad live-fire exercise in Ruk... More

Cavalry Scouts from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armored

Cavalry Scouts from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armored

Cavalry Scouts from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment mount a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Udairi Training Range in Kuwait recently as part of a combined exercise. The Cavalry Scouts responded to contact ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Romo, a fire support Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Romo, a fire support Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Romo, a fire support Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, calls for close air support during exercise Winter Fury 21 at ... More

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for indirect fire during observer training at Camp Manion, Iraq, March 21, 2017. Coalition forces train ISF advanced combat skills to increase success on the bat... More

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 fire missiles at simulated targets at Camp Roy W. Burt, California, Jan. 29, 2021, in support of exercise Winter Fury 21. Winter Fury ... More

Marines with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance

Marines with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance

Marines with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division work together in cramped quarters providing firepower from the M252 81mm Medium Extended Range Mortar onto targets aboard ... More

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for

Iraqi security forces officers practice calling for indirect fire during observer training at Camp Manion, Iraq, March 21, 2017. Coalition forces train ISF on advanced combat skills to increase success on the ... More

Afghan air force Mi-35 helicopters provide close air

Afghan air force Mi-35 helicopters provide close air

Afghan air force Mi-35 helicopters provide close air support for Afghan National Army special forces commandos engaging enemy combatants during a joint training exercise between the AAF and SF commandos held ou... More

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division shot mortar rounds, while French and Canadian soldiers serv... More

Iraqi security forces soldiers practice map reading

Iraqi security forces soldiers practice map reading

Iraqi security forces soldiers practice map reading during call for indirect fire training led by U.S. Marine Corps forward observers deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolv... More

Lance Bombardier Nathan Bunker and other New Zealand

Lance Bombardier Nathan Bunker and other New Zealand

Lance Bombardier Nathan Bunker and other New Zealand soldiers perform a haka aboard Camp Linton, New Zealand on Sept. 5, 2018. Bunker is a junior forward observer assistant with 161 Battery, 16th Field Regiment... More

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon maneuvers

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon maneuvers

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon maneuvers during a joint close air support (CAS) exercise with U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Comm... More

A U.S. Marine forward observer attached to the Special

A U.S. Marine forward observer attached to the Special

A U.S. Marine forward observer attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, observes simulated targets with Vector 21/B rangefinder bino... More

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon maneuvers

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon maneuvers

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon maneuvers during a joint close air support exercise with U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (S... More

Spc. Alejandro Mendoza of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

Spc. Alejandro Mendoza of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion,

Spc. Alejandro Mendoza of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, California Army National Guard, guides an M-109A6 Paladin into an ammunition supply point July 21 at National Training C... More

Lance Cpl. William Jordan, a forward observer serving

Lance Cpl. William Jordan, a forward observer serving

Lance Cpl. William Jordan, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, plots coordinates for targets before executing a firing mission during the unit's pre-deployment training here, Ap... More

Forward observers from 3rd detachment, Headquarters

Forward observers from 3rd detachment, Headquarters

Forward observers from 3rd detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, N.C. National Guard point out a target during the National... More

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division shot mortar rounds, while French and Canadian soldiers serv... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. David Shepard and Sgt. Brendan Boyes,

U.S. Marine Cpl. David Shepard and Sgt. Brendan Boyes,

U.S. Marine Cpl. David Shepard and Sgt. Brendan Boyes, forward observers with the 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Bell, California, calculate coordinates for artillery in a training event during Exercise... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, call for artillery fire at a forward observation post in Setermoen, Norway, March 4, 2019. Marines are i... More

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division shot mortar rounds, while French and Canadian soldiers serv... More

Troop leaders of 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf

Troop leaders of 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf

Troop leaders of 2nd Coy, Algirdo Battalion, Iron Wolf Brigade of the Lithuanian Army and Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7, of the U.S. Army, based in Rukla, Lithuania, observe and evaluate infantry movements during ... More

Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving

Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving

Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, sketches the terrain before conducting a training and readiness examination during a live-fire exercise here, April ... More

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company conducts a maneuver to contact drill during Exercise Burmese Chase 2013, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5. The training evolution is an annual, bilatera... More

Spc. Daniel Martinez of the California Army National

Spc. Daniel Martinez of the California Army National

Spc. Daniel Martinez of the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, hauls charge tubes to his Carrier, Ammunition, Tracked (CAT) vehicle July 20 during the 144th’s annual... More

First Lieutenant Nicholas Wagner, a liaison officer

First Lieutenant Nicholas Wagner, a liaison officer

First Lieutenant Nicholas Wagner, a liaison officer serving with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, observes target positions from his concealed observation post before conducting a training and readiness exam... More

U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine

U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine

U.S. Marines attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, observe simulated during a joint close air support (CAS) exercise with the Ita... More

U.S. Army Spc. Eligah Jackson, a forward observer with

U.S. Army Spc. Eligah Jackson, a forward observer with

U.S. Army Spc. Eligah Jackson, a forward observer with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, communicates over the radio during an observation post operation in ... More

U.S. Marine Corps forward observer Sgt. Adam Tabor,

U.S. Marine Corps forward observer Sgt. Adam Tabor,

U.S. Marine Corps forward observer Sgt. Adam Tabor, left, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and assigned to 4th Air Naval Gunfire, Liaison Company, teaches Iraqi secu... More

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company hold security during Exercise Burmese Chase 2013, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5. The training evolution is an annual bilateral exercise that improves ... More

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters

U.S. Soldiers, forward observers with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct observation post operations in support of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Reg... More

First Lt. Ryan Grogan, a fire support officer with

First Lt. Ryan Grogan, a fire support officer with

First Lt. Ryan Grogan, a fire support officer with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, sights in observing the target destined for mortar rounds aboard Fort Bragg, N.C., March 5, 2015. Sig... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, call for artillery fire at a forward observation post in Setermoen, Norway, March 4, 2019. Marines are i... More

Using binoculars to observer up the Tigris River, Staff

Using binoculars to observer up the Tigris River, Staff

Using binoculars to observer up the Tigris River, Staff Sgt. Joseph Troutman, a forward observer in the Fire Support Element, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment from ... More

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company,

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, rappels from a CH-46 Sea Knight during Exercise Burmese Chase 2013, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 6. The training evolution is an annual bilateral exe... More

U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers discuss the best

U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers discuss the best

U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers discuss the best way to engage mock enemy targets with indirect fire June 24 during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise at Bradshaw Training Area, Northern Territory, Austr... More

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