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A close-up view of AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile mounted on a rotary missile launcher in the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

A close-up view of AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile mounte...

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

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobile launcher platform as it arrives at Launch Pad 39 at dusk. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A combat-ready Marine from Weapons Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, looks through the sight of the M-203 grenade launcher 40mm that is attached to his M-16A1 rifle. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82 held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center

A combat-ready Marine from Weapons Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT ... More

PH1 Dewayne B. Smith Bahrain....Crewmen service a Mark 19 M-79 belt-loaded grenade launcher aboard the miscellaneous flagship USS La Salle (AGF-3). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH1 Dewayne B. Smith Bahrain....Crewmen service a Mark 19 M-79 belt-lo...

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

A front view of a Soviet SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missile mounted on a portable launcher. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A front view of a Soviet SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missile mounted on a ...

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

Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara tour the forward deck of the guided missile frigate USS AUBREY FITCH (FFG-34) with CDR Floyston A. Weeks, commanding officer, at the conclusion of the ship's commissioning ceremony. To the right of the Vice President is the ship's Mark 13 Mod Four launcher for Standard-MR SAM and Harpoon missiles

Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara tour the forward deck ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Salter Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A Ground-Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) begins to emerge from the Transporter-Erector Launcher (TEL) during a test firing

A Ground-Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) begins to emerge from the Tran...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Test And Training Range State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

Camouflaged nets are removed from a Hawk missile launcher during exercise BRIM FROST '83

Camouflaged nets are removed from a Hawk missile launcher during exerc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '83 Base: Fort Wainwright State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF... More

First Division Marines set up a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wired-guided (TOW) heavy anti-tank missile launcher in support of advanced landing forces during Exercise Team Spirit '83

First Division Marines set up a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Toc Sac Re Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: CPL W. S. Karlen Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A 75 mm pack howitzer and an M21 rocket launcher on display at the Fort Polk Military Museum outdoor park

A 75 mm pack howitzer and an M21 rocket launcher on display at the For...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

A Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) in position during a live fire exercise by the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division

A Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) in position during a live fire...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rocket is fired from a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) during a live fire exercise by the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div

A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rocket is fired from a Self-Pro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Arnold Kalmanson Release Status: Released to P... More

A Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) in position for a live fire exercise conducted by the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division

A Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) in position for a live fire ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Crewmen line the deck of the guided missile frigate USS JARRETT (FFG 33) during the commissioning ceremony. Behind the men is a Mark 13 missile launcher

Crewmen line the deck of the guided missile frigate USS JARRETT (FFG 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 John Kristoffersen Relea... More

An Otomat anti-ship missile is fired from a ship-mounted launcher. This type of missile is used aboard the Libyan Assad class missile corvettes

An Otomat anti-ship missile is fired from a ship-mounted launcher. Thi...

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

Vice Admiral James R. Hogg, commander, 7th Fleet, fires an M-16A1 rifle with an M-203 grenade launcher during his visit to the camp

Vice Admiral James R. Hogg, commander, 7th Fleet, fires an M-16A1 rifl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camps Hansen And Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL W.R. Miller Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A starboard view of the forward section of the guided missile destroyer USS FARRAGUT (DDG 37) during an overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Visible on the deck are the ASROC (Anti-submarine Rocket) launcher and the Mark 42 5"/54 gun mount

A starboard view of the forward section of the guided missile destroye...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Portsmouth State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, Usn (Ret.) Release Status: Rel... More

A view of the bridge area of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG-993). On the left are the upright arms of the Mark 26 missile launcher. Centered above the bridge is the SPG-51 radar antenna, to its right is the satellite receiving antenna, above that is the dome-shaped SPQ-9A radar antenna, then the SPG-60 radar and SPS-55 radar on top

A view of the bridge area of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, Usn (Ret.) Release... More

A 40mm Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher is aimed from a fast attack vehicle during a light attack equipment test

A 40mm Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher is aimed from a fast attack ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. G. Tackett Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Port bow view of the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS KING (DDG 41), and the Mark 16 box launcher for the ship's RUR-5A ASROC anti-submarine rockets

Port bow view of the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS KING (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Fazer, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US military personnel stand by as civilians board helicopters for their evacuation from the island during Operation URGENT FURY. The soldier in the foreground is armed with an M203 grenade launcher mounted on an M16A1 rifle

US military personnel stand by as civilians board helicopters for thei...

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

A right rear view of the Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) launcher in the fully-raised position during a field training deployment

A right rear view of the Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) launcher ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status... More

STAFF SGT. James Bradsher demonstrates the use of a Soviet-made RPG-7 portable rocket launcher during exercise Volant Scorpion

STAFF SGT. James Bradsher demonstrates the use of a Soviet-made RPG-7 ...

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

Members of the 51st Security Police Squadron guard the perimeter of the base in an armored personnel carrier during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. One security policeman mans the carrier's M2 HB .50-cal. machine gun while two others are armed with M16 rifles. The M16 in the center is equipped with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher

Members of the 51st Security Police Squadron guard the perimeter of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Fehringer Release Statu... More

Members of 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, position themselves along the southern shoreline of the Hwachon River during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. The soldier in the foreground is armed with an M203 grenade launcher mounted on an M16A1 rifle

Members of 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, posit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Hwachon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang, Dac Release Status: Released... More

Army Sergeant Gerry D. Latham, a member of the "Opposing Forces," briefs pilots on a Soviet made RPG-7 portable rocket launcher during Exercise AIR WARRIOR

Army Sergeant Gerry D. Latham, a member of the "Opposing Forces," brie...

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

A U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquois helicopter approaches the flight deck of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The helicopter is armed with a rocket launcher and an M-134 minigun machine gun

A U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquois helicopter approaches the flight deck ...

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

A US Marine with a field radio relays the direction of aircraft approaching the Crow Valley Electronic Warfare Tactical Range to the operator of an FIM-92 Stinger missile launcher during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7

A US Marine with a field radio relays the direction of aircraft approa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A 227 mm multiple launch rocket system elevates its launcher loader module to firing position during Exercise REFORGER '85

A 227 mm multiple launch rocket system elevates its launcher loader mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '85 Base: Bonnland Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Hawk surface-to-air missiles are attached to the launcher at Spruce Cape during Exercise BRIM FROST '85

Hawk surface-to-air missiles are attached to the launcher at Spruce Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Zachs Rel... More

Personnel of the 1ST Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, remove an M-54 Chaparral missile launcher from a tracked vehicle in preparation for air transport during Exercise COPE CANINE '85

Personnel of the 1ST Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, remove an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Zimmerman Release Status... More

A Marine aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) cleans his M16A1 rifle. The rifle is equipped with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher

A Marine aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) cleans his M16A1 rifle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, right, explains the optical sight of an M220A1 tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile launcher to a soldier from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force during bilateral training Exercise ORIENT SHIELD

A soldier from the 25th Infantry Division, right, explains the optical...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release... More

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) firing a missile from its aft Mark-26 Launcher during sea trials

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser VALLEY FORGE (C...

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

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, prepares to fire a round from the M203 40 mm grenade launcher mounted on his 16A2 rifle during a live fire exercise at Range 11

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, prepares to fire a rou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael G. Lindee Release Status: Released to P... More

U.S. Marine of Co. H, Basic School, inserts a round into the M-203 40mm grenade launcher mounted on his M-16A2 rifle during a live fire exercise at Range 11

U.S. Marine of Co. H, Basic School, inserts a round into the M-203 40m...

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

The Boeing version, right, and the Martin Marietta version of the small intercontinental ballistic missile hard mobile launcher (HML) are parked side-by-side during mobility testing at the Yuma Proving Grounds

The Boeing version, right, and the Martin Marietta version of the smal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile team stand by on a vantage point overlooking a long roadway during the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '86. The missile launcher is mounted on an M151 light vehicle

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yong Mun Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to ... More

The Mark 13 guided missile launcher on the bow of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58)

The Mark 13 guided missile launcher on the bow of the guided missile f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 K. Tharpe Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

The forward armored box launcher deck of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) showing the No. 3 and No. 4 Mark 143 Tomahawk armored box launchers

The forward armored box launcher deck of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: R... More

A port view of the forward section of the destroyer USS LEFTWICH (DD 984) while the ship is underway during a midshipmen's summer training cruise. The ship is equipped with Tomahawk armored box launchers on each side of the Mark 16 anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) launcher

A port view of the forward section of the destroyer USS LEFTWICH (DD 9...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the Marine detachment from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) aims an M-16A1 rifle equipped with an M-203 40mm grenade launcher during a live-fire field exercise

A member of the Marine detachment from the nuclear-powered aircraft ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Eddie C. Cordero Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Flight deck crewmen standing near the ship's bow watch as a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is launched from the starboard side forward Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile (NSSM) launcher aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64)

Flight deck crewmen standing near the ship's bow watch as a RIM-7 Sea ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Marquis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crewman closes the breach of a Mark 32 12.75-inch torpedo launcher aboard the guided missile frigate USS CURTS (FFG-38) during anti-submarine warfare operations off the coast of Southern California

A crewman closes the breach of a Mark 32 12.75-inch torpedo launcher a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Trenton James Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Boatswain's Mate Third Class (BM3) Tracy Hess cleans the breech of a Mark 19, Mod 3 40 mm grenade launcher mounted on Patrol Boat 777. The patrol boat, part of Special Boat Unit 20, is on skids on the deck of the barge HERCULES in the Persian Gulf

Boatswain's Mate Third Class (BM3) Tracy Hess cleans the breech of a M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hercules Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Terry Mitchell, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A semiballistic missle is launched from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher as the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) is tested during a night firing at Launch Complex No. 33. (No. 1 of a series of 6 views.)

A semiballistic missle is launched from a Multiple Launch Rocket Syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Karl Heater Release Status:... More

A view of the superstructure on the frigate USS DONALD B. BEARY (FF-1085), from the mack structure to the Mark 29 ASROC box launcher

A view of the superstructure on the frigate USS DONALD B. BEARY (FF-10...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P... More

A close-up view of the twin tube-launched, optically tracked, wire guided (TOW) anti-tank missile launcher mounted atop an LAV(AT)-25 light armored vehicle

A close-up view of the twin tube-launched, optically tracked, wire gui...

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

Carrying an M-16A rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher, a member of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, kneels in the brush during an exercise at the Mountain Warfare Training Center

Carrying an M-16A rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher, a mem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPT Paul Johnson Release Status: Released to Pu... More

SGT. James Patterson of 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., carries an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher as he moves through Landing Zone Hue during a live-fire exercise

SGT. James Patterson of 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div....

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

A crew member uses sound-powered phones to communicate information upon arrival in port of the guided missile cruiser USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27). The Josephus Daniels is one of five U.S. Navy ships taking part in Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. A standard SM-2 ER missile is mounted in the Mark 10 launcher behind the sailor

A crew member uses sound-powered phones to communicate information upo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXI Base: Naval Station, Rodman Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn Release Status: ... More

A trainer missile is launched from a Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launcher on the port quarter of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

A trainer missile is launched from a Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launcher...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

AMN Gene Culbert raises an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher. Culbert is participating in a course designed to teach Air Force security police infantry tactics for air base defense

AMN Gene Culbert raises an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to P... More

An M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and a motorcycle sit beneath a camouflage net at the 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Shield. A Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher is mounted on the roof of the HHMMWV.

An M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and a moto...

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

A Marine from the 1ST Tank Battalion fires an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher at a live-fire range during Operation Desert Shield.

A Marine from the 1ST Tank Battalion fires an M-16A2 rifle equipped wi...

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

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is fired from a Mark 29 launcher aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during exercises off the Virginia Capes

A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is fired from a Mark 29 launcher aboard th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 James Ellsworth Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SGT. Victor Haskins, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, mans a Mark 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher as he and SENIOR AIRMAN Thomas Anderson guard a flight line during Operation Desert Storm. A 401st TFW F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft taxis on the runway in the background.

SGT. Victor Haskins, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, mans a Mark 19 40mm ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Lee F. Corkran Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Two members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force display a captured Iraqi AKM assault rifle, left, and an RPG-7 grenade launcher as they stand beside their M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. A TOW 2 Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank weapon is mounted on the roof of the HMMWV. The Marines are still wearing their Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) protective suits and overboots

Two members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force display a captured I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Lance Clp. Alvarado Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

LT. COL. Michael H. Smith, left, commanding officer, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, and Brig. GEN. Thomas V. Draude, right, assistant division commander, 1ST Marine Division, talk with CPL. Lance D. Wilson about a display of captured Iraqi weapons and equipment following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. The weapons include an AKM rifle and an RPG-7 rocket launcher at lower left and an M-19 60mm mortar at upper center

LT. COL. Michael H. Smith, left, commanding officer, 3rd Battalion, 9t...

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

M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) of a military police unit, one equipped with a Mark 19 grenade launcher, provide security for the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine countermeasures units, prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) of a military...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Hatzakos Release Status: Released to Public... More

Members of the South Korean Army, using M16 rifles with a M203 grenade launcher attached, take aim down range at South Nam Han River

Members of the South Korean Army, using M16 rifles with a M203 grenade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Ito Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jean-Paul Ruch Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

A U.S. Navy BC-M-109 Tomahawk cruise missile emerging from a Mark 41 vertical launcher cell is displayed during the National Victory Celebration honoring the coalition forces of Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy BC-M-109 Tomahawk cruise missile emerging from a Mark 41 v...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

GUNNER's Mate 1ST Class Bradley Chamberlain mans an Mk 19, Mod 3, 40mm automatic grenade launcher for gunnery practice on the frigate USS FANNING (FF-1076) during exercise Eager Sentry 92-4. The crewmen in the background are preparing to deploy an inflatable gunnery target

GUNNER's Mate 1ST Class Bradley Chamberlain mans an Mk 19, Mod 3, 40mm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGER SENTRY 92-4 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN(Ac) April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopters lift off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) as the vessel operates off the shore of Mogadishu, Somalia during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Four AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles and an M-260 2.75-inch rocket launcher are mounted on the right weapons station of the front helicopter

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) AH-1W Sea Cobra helico...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Joseph Dorey Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A pair of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopters prepare to takeoff from the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10). The TRIPOLI is operating off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia, during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Four AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles and an M-260 2.75-inch rocket launcher are mounted on the right weapons station of the front helicopter

A pair of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) AH-1W Sea Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: USS Tripoli (LPH 10) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Joseph Dorey Release Sta... More

A flight deck crew member stands by as a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopter prepares to lift off from the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10). Four AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles and an M-260 2.75-inch rocket launcher are mounted on the helicopter's right weapons station. The TRIPOLI is operating off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope

A flight deck crew member stands by as a Marine Medium Helicopter Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Joseph Dorey Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A Mark 115 fire control director for the Mark 25 Sea Sparrow missile launcher is being removed from the deck of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) during recent modifications

A Mark 115 fire control director for the Mark 25 Sea Sparrow missile l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokohama Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jim Schultz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

An Egyptian soldier demonstrates the proper way in which to operate a Soviet designed RPG-7 portable rocket launcher during the joint Exercise Bright Star '83

An Egyptian soldier demonstrates the proper way in which to operate a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Joint Service Audiov... More

Members of the Weapons Division load a Mark 46 torpedo into one of the tubes of a Mark 32 triple torpedo launcher aboard the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41). Torpedoes are being moved from the magazine to the torpedo tubes due to welding work being done on the deck above the magazine

Members of the Weapons Division load a Mark 46 torpedo into one of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Williamson Release Status: ... More

A view from the bow, looking aft, at the port side of the bridge structure of the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51). In the foreground is the Mark 45 five inch/54 caliber gun mount. Behind the gun mount is the Mark 41 vertical launch 32-cell missile launcher. Mounted on the front of the bridge is a 20mm Mark 15 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) and to the right side of the bridge in one of the SPY-ID radar fixed antenna arrays

A view from the bow, looking aft, at the port side of the bridge struc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Arleigh Burke Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Richard L. Oasen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Marines from Section 2, 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Third Battalion, Send Marines, load up their M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) for departure from Camp Wilson to range 400 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 5-97. The Marines will spend the next two days at range 400 firing various weapons systems to include the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, MK-19 Grenade Launcher, 81 mm Mortars, and the M16-A2 Service Rifle. Range 400 is one of the many ranges that are located on this 900+ square mile training site. CAX 5/6-97 is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) exercise being nducted at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), 29 Palms, California. The...

Marines from Section 2, 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Third Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Marines from Section 2, 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Third Battalion, Second Marines, load up their M998 High-Mobility ... More

Marines cross the beach on D-Day during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The radio operator (left) is armed with Colt M16A2 5.56mm Rifle fitted with a M203 grenade launcher the Marine on right carries the standard issued M16A2. KERNEL BLITZ, largely taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton, is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Marines cross the beach on D-Day during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) Delao, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security, with a blank firing equipped 5.56 mm M16 rifle, attached M203 40 mm grenade launcher, at the Sicily Drop Zone during a joint readiness training exercise held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on 14 July 1997

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) Delao, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls securit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Tracey L. Hall-Leahy, USA Release Statu... More

Amphibious Assault Vehicle with a triple line charge launcher, makes operation checks just before launch time at the camp assembly area. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE

Amphibious Assault Vehicle with a triple line charge launcher, makes o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT '97 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

United States Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Ryan Richardson signals a hoist operator with handling a Patriot Missile canister as it is lowered onto a Launcher at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

United States Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Ryan Richardson signals a hois...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Greg L. ... More

US Marine Corps CPL Scott Hoback, assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, California, armed with an M-16 rifle with grenade launcher, takes his position as point for an assault during exercise RIMPAC '98. In the background can be seen several Landing Craft, Air Cushion on which the Marines arrived

US Marine Corps CPL Scott Hoback, assigned to the 13th Marine Expediti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Base: Majors Beach State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 (Nac Jam... More

Starboard view of the Thomson-CSF Crotale Naval EDIR SAM octuple anti-aircraft launcher system aboard the French Frigate FS JEAN de VIENNE (D 643) - Georges Leygues Class (TYPE F 70 (ASW)) (DDG). The Frigate, specialized for anti-submarine warfare, arrived at Fells Point for an official port visit

Starboard view of the Thomson-CSF Crotale Naval EDIR SAM octuple anti-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Release Status: Rele... More

U.S. Air Force SRA Jon Valen troubleshoots a malfunctioning 129 Launcher for an F-16 "Fighting Falcon" (aircraft not shown). Valen of Ridgefield, Connecticut, is an Armament Systems SPECIALIST assigned to the 31st (MXS) Maintenance Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, which is supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force SRA Jon Valen troubleshoots a malfunctioning 129 Launch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Stan Parker Release Sta... More

A member of the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, deployed to Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, in a prone defensive position, sights over his 5.56 mm M16 rifle/M203 40mm grenade launcher. The M16 rifle has a blank firing attachment, 23 April 1999

A member of the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air Nat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gerold O. Gamble, USAF Rel... More

US Navy Torpedoman First Class James Johnson prepares the 3-inch launcher aboard the fast attack submarine USS TUCSON (SSN 770) which is off the coast of Chile participating in exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99

US Navy Torpedoman First Class James Johnson prepares the 3-inch launc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Base: USS Tucson (SSN 770) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chris Desmond, USN Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Private First Class (PFC) Jesus Hanna, USA, 1ST Battalion, 501st Infantry, takes aim on the target down range with his 5.56mm M16A1 assault rifle, with an 40mm M203 grenade launcher attached, during combined live fire exercises held at Thung Song, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2000

Private First Class (PFC) Jesus Hanna, USA, 1ST Battalion, 501st Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thung Song Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stan Parker, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Spencer and Hospitalman Third Class Noah from 1ST battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapon's Company prepare to engage a target with the dragon missile launcher during a training exercise at Schofield Army Barracks, Hawaii

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Spencer and Hospitalman Third Class Noa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Simon Martin, Usmc Releas... More

Sergeant (SGT) Dorian L Majano from 1ST BN (Battalion), 187 Infantry Regiment stands watch from an M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area. Mounted in front of SGT Majano is an MK19 Grenade Launcher and to his left is an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). A roll of concertina wire sits in front of him

Sergeant (SGT) Dorian L Majano from 1ST BN (Battalion), 187 Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 187th Infantry Regiment Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. C... More

Sergeant (SGT) Dorian L Majano from 1ST BN (Battalion), 187 Infantry Regiment stands watch from an M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area. Mounted in front of SGT Majano is an MK19 Grenade Launcher and to his left is an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)

Sergeant (SGT) Dorian L Majano from 1ST BN (Battalion), 187 Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 187th Infantry Regiment Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. C... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle with a 40mm M203 Grenade launcher attached wears Multiple Integrated Laser Engagements System (MILES) gear as he runs to take up a defensive position, under the cover of smoke, during an urban combat training demonstration being conducted at the Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA), (formerly George Air Force Base), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Southern Calif Logistics Airport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Houghton, USAF ... More

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Adam McDaniel, Alpha/Company, 9th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion, sets up a loudspeaker system in order to broadcast non-civilian interference messages to the local people in the town of Narizah, Afghanistan, during Operation Mountain Sweep, part of ongoing operations in Afghanistan conducted in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. SPC McDaniels weapon is a 5.56mm M4 carbine with a 40mm M203 grenade launcher attached

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Adam McDaniel, Alpha/Company, 9th Psyc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Todd M. Roy, USA Release Status: Releas... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, display a 40mm MK 19 automatic grenade launcher for members of the Japanese Press, at the Yausubetsu maneuver area, Hokkaido Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 12th Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yausubetsu State: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: K 3/12 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL M. J. Anderson, Usmc Release Sta... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Don Myers, with the 2nd Fleet Service Support Group (FSSG), Marine Corps Base (MCB), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT) instructor, shows retired Marines the correct way to hold and fire the M-203 40mm Grenade Launcher mounted on a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Don Myers, with the 2nd F...

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 Major Command Shown: 2nd FSSG Scene Cam... More

Weapons cache of PG-7G HEAT-T rocket propelled rounds (in the corner) for RPG-7 portable rocket launcher found in a private residence during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Weapons cache of PG-7G HEAT-T rocket propelled rounds (in the corner) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Matthew ... More

Two US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines with the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), on patrol outside the city of Qa dawi Baghdad, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are carrying a 5.56 mm M16A2 with attached M203 40 mm grenade launcher, (front) and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)

Two US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines with the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle with 40mm M203 grenade launcher attached and a Marine with a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, both assigned to 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5) 1ST Marine Division, secured the Presidential Palace of Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin R. Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3rd BN 7th MAR), take part in the fun with the kids by taking a ride down one of the many slides at the Amusement Park in Karbala City, Iraq. The Marines are carrying 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles, one (left) with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher. USMC Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, cleaned up and and restored the amusement park

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nathan... More

A round from an AT-4 small rocket launcher impacts on Range 400 at Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA)

A round from an AT-4 small rocket launcher impacts on Range 400 at Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Magtftc Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Mar Scene Camera Operator: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jeremy Clapper (left), Aircraft Armament Systems Apprentice, 48th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, England (ENG), practices de-soldering the firing contact on a LAU-106 Missile Launcher, while Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Travis Purdy (right) supervises, during a weapons loading training exercise

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jeremy Clapper (left), Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Jessica Struble, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

On Sept. 20, 2004, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Monica G Erazo briefs Congressman David Hobson (R-OH), 7th Congressional District, on the M79 grenade launcher and a 5.56 mm M16A1 with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher attached. Watching are; USAF COL. Andrew K Weaver, Commander, Headquarters 88th Air Base Wing, and USAF TECH. SGT. John C. Shofner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melvin A. Baumgardner, CIV, USAF) (Released)

On Sept. 20, 2004, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Monica G Erazo br...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Melvin A. Baumgardner, CIV, USAF ... More

U.S. Marine Corps GEN. Michael W. Hagee (center), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), listens attentively as CPL. Brad D. Widener, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV) explains how well his Trijicon TA31RCO-A4 Advanced Optical Combat Gunsight (ACOG) night vision system for his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with 40 mm M203 grenade launcher attachment works during night patrols and raids during the CMC visit to Camp Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Benjamin J....

U.S. Marine Corps GEN. Michael W. Hagee (center), Commandant of the Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: U.S. Marine Corps GEN. Michael W. Hagee (center), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), listens attentively as CPL. Brad D. Wide... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Steven Moerch, from the 48th Security Forces Squadron, cleans an M203 grenade launcher attached to his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle during weapons qualification training at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England on Dec. 15, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN Basic Stacey Jeanpaul) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Steven Moerch, from the 48th Security ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Royal Air Force Lakenheath Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: AB Stacey Jeanpaul, USAF Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A member of the Iraqi Security Force (ISF) Commandos, 2nd Squad (SQD), 1ST Platoon (PLT), 1ST Company (CO), 9th Battalion (BN), 2nd Brigade (BDE), performs a foot patrol, armed with a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launcher, through Cooley Camp, a neighborhood near the Habbaniyah Airbase. ISF perform security and stabilization operations (SASO) in Al Anbar Province Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A member of the Iraqi Security Force (ISF) Commandos, 2nd Squad (SQD),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cooley Camp State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ISF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kenneth Lane, USMC Release Status: R... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Sean A. Silveraterry, Mobile Assault Platoon 1 (MAP 1), 2nd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires a M220 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided) Missile during a TOW Missile practice shoot at Range FP 33 Bravo, aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Fuji, Japan (JPN). The launcher is mounted on an M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Sean A. Silveraterry, Mob...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Christopher R. Rye, USMC Release Status: Released to ... More

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Printy, from the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) Headquarters and Services Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, uses a 5.56 mm. M16A2 rifle with a 40 mm. M203 grenade launcher attachment to man the gunners position on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during training at Fort Hood, Texas, on April 4, 2006. The 449th ASB Guardsmen are preparing to deploy to Iraq as part of Task Force Mustang, the deployment name for the TXARNG 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division. (A3606) (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Huey Kehl) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Printy, from the Texas Army National Guard (TXARN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Huey Kehl, USA Release Status: Released to Public... More

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