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Soldiers mark their shots in order to zero their M16

Soldiers mark their shots in order to zero their M16

Soldiers mark their shots in order to zero their M16 rifles for the M16 Qualification Event at the 2012 Regional Best Warrior Competition, here, June 5.

Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Marine Commandos and

Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Marine Commandos and

Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Marine Commandos and U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa gather for a graduation ceremony in Toubacouta, Senegal, May 9, 2013. Marin... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Melendez, corpsman,

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Melendez, corpsman,

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Melendez, corpsman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, rests next to his gear before a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2014. Melendez, a nativ... More

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force climb a caving ladder during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 16, 2015. MIT prepares the... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Stevens, a Joint Fire Observer,

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Stevens, a Joint Fire Observer,

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Stevens, a Joint Fire Observer, leads his fire team during a simulated reconnaissance mission on Camp Pendleton, Calif., August 24, 2017. 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company is con... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Jensen, a member of Fort Bragg's

U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Jensen, a member of Fort Bragg's

U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Jensen, a member of Fort Bragg's Special Reaction Team (SRT), practices marksmanship techniques using a shooting aperture at range 75 in Fayetteville, N.C., March 5, 2013. The SRT has increa... More

U.S. Army recruit Katie Stone, of El Paso, Texas, holds

U.S. Army recruit Katie Stone, of El Paso, Texas, holds

U.S. Army recruit Katie Stone, of El Paso, Texas, holds up her battle buddy Paule Boglo, of Loganville, Ga., while demonstrating a buddy carry during a class in a company bay during white phase of basic combat ... More

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150601-N-XG464-104 RED SEA (June 1, 2015) - Sailors

150601-N-XG464-104 RED SEA (June 1, 2015) - Sailors participate in an M16 assault rifle qualification course aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). New York is a part of the Iwo Jima A... More

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) 
A U.S. Marine with Light

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Light

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices tactical and speed... More

U.S. Army Soldiers deployed with the 3rd Brigade Combat

U.S. Army Soldiers deployed with the 3rd Brigade Combat

U.S. Army Soldiers deployed with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before leaving Erbil, Iraq, July 25, 2015. The Soldiers were in Erbil to teach coalition tra... More

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts – A soldier adjusts his

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts – A soldier adjusts his

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts – A soldier adjusts his M16-A2’s front sight post at the rifle range, here, during the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Best Warrior Competition April 4, 2017.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Emanuel Callender, a supply

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Emanuel Callender, a supply

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Emanuel Callender, a supply administration operation clerk with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, sets up a light during exercise Kamoshika Wrath in Haramura Maneuver Area, J... More

A student with Company D, Infantry Training Battalion

A student with Company D, Infantry Training Battalion

A student with Company D, Infantry Training Battalion - East gets into the kneeling position and prepares to engage targets downrange while firing the M27 Infantry Automatic Weapon aboard Marine Corps Base Camp... More

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with, 4th Tolay,

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with, 4th Tolay,

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with, 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak, 6th Brigade, 215th Corps and U.S. Marines with Tolay Liaison Team (TLT), conduct security patrols around the perimeter of Camp Leatherneck, Helma... More

Members of the Iraqi army celebrate their graduation

Members of the Iraqi army celebrate their graduation

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

A Royal Marine with 45 Commando sights in on an American

A Royal Marine with 45 Commando sights in on an American

A Royal Marine with 45 Commando sights in on an American M16-A4 service rifle during exercise Trident Juncture 15 aboard HMS Ocean, Oct. 30, 2015. Trident Juncture is one of many exercises ensuring that NATO is... More

Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel carry supplies

Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel carry supplies

Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel carry supplies from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), in Hakus... More

Brig. Gen. Jose Burgos, Deputy Commanding General,

Brig. Gen. Jose Burgos, Deputy Commanding General,

Brig. Gen. Jose Burgos, Deputy Commanding General, 99th Regional Support Command (right) poses for a photo with Sgt. Shafer Burnett, after receiving an Army Achievement Medal during a ceremony at Fort Devens Ma... More

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia -- U.S. Marine

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia -- U.S. Marine

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia -- U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jacob Williams, team leader, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, does a function c... More

Members of the Iraqi boarder guard force practice squad

Members of the Iraqi boarder guard force practice squad

Members of the Iraqi boarder guard force practice squad movement techniques at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2018. A Coalition created from a diverse international community will continue its suppor... More

181117-N-UX013-4024 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS

181117-N-UX013-4024 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS

181117-N-UX013-4024 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 17, 2018) Sailors aboard the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) fire M16 service rifles during a qualification co... More

U. S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Jenkins

U. S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Jenkins

U. S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Jenkins encourages Senior Airman Jermey Wolfe and Staff Sgt. Clayton Cupit from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron to "finish strong" while participating in a ruck march i... More

ADELPHI, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard members

ADELPHI, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard members

ADELPHI, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard members assigned to the 291st Digital Liaison Detachment fire an M16 rifle using the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000, an indoor weapon simulator, on Camp Fretterd Mili... More

An Afghan National Army sergeant, assigned to 4th Infantry

An Afghan National Army sergeant, assigned to 4th Infantry

An Afghan National Army sergeant, assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade, 203rd Corps, shows a soldier how to properly hold his M-16 assault rifle at port arms at the Afghan National Army Compound, Forward Operating ... More

U.S. Soldiers participating in operation sustainment

U.S. Soldiers participating in operation sustainment

U.S. Soldiers participating in operation sustainment warrior detain an opponent during immersion lane training at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug.... More

Lance Cpl. Kevin Paul, combat engineer, Bravo Company,

Lance Cpl. Kevin Paul, combat engineer, Bravo Company,

Lance Cpl. Kevin Paul, combat engineer, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, searches a pile of dead vegetation for nefarious materials during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2... More

Spc. Daniel Gomez, an OH-58 Kiowa mechanic from 2nd

Spc. Daniel Gomez, an OH-58 Kiowa mechanic from 2nd

Spc. Daniel Gomez, an OH-58 Kiowa mechanic from 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, work day and night at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea.

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Trevor

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Trevor

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Trevor Adams checks for targets while flying in a CH-53E Super Stallion. Adams is a crew chief with Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine E... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raphael Ramos, with the 152nd

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raphael Ramos, with the 152nd

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raphael Ramos, with the 152nd Engineer Support Company, New York Army National Guard, waits to fire his M4 carbine during the SGT Henry Johnson Individual Combat Rifle Match as part of the ... More

An Iraqi army soldier moves away from a 120 mm mortar

An Iraqi army soldier moves away from a 120 mm mortar

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

A Portuguese army trainer hands a magazine to an Iraqi

A Portuguese army trainer hands a magazine to an Iraqi

A Portuguese army trainer hands a magazine to an Iraqi army soldier during basic marksmanship training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, June 18, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task... More

CAIRNS, Australia – U.S. Marine Cpl. Micheal Smith,

CAIRNS, Australia – U.S. Marine Cpl. Micheal Smith,

CAIRNS, Australia – U.S. Marine Cpl. Micheal Smith, rifleman, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, receives a patch from Brigadier Neil Sweeney, Commander of Exercise K... More

Sgt. Matthew Wright, Public Affairs Specialist with

Sgt. Matthew Wright, Public Affairs Specialist with

Sgt. Matthew Wright, Public Affairs Specialist with the 100th MPAD, engages targets on the M249 at a machine gun range, May 3, 2019 at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. Wright’s unit was training for a deployment... More

Sgt. Daniel Cardiel, a military policeman with Special

Sgt. Daniel Cardiel, a military policeman with Special

Sgt. Daniel Cardiel, a military policeman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, provides security during a field exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 6, 2020. These trai... More

Sgt. Christian Soto waits to give range instructions

Sgt. Christian Soto waits to give range instructions

Sgt. Christian Soto waits to give range instructions for the 416th Theater Engineer Command at the qualification range at the Joliet Training Center in Elwood, Ill., June 6, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt... More

Gunnery Sgt. Robert Turek, right, teaches Midshipman

Gunnery Sgt. Robert Turek, right, teaches Midshipman

Gunnery Sgt. Robert Turek, right, teaches Midshipman Jessica Gonzalez how to operate the 1911 pistol aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) at sea in the Pacific Ocean, June 1, 2015. Turek is with the 15th Marine Expedit... More

Four polished D-30 artillery casings with plaques attached

Four polished D-30 artillery casings with plaques attached

Four polished D-30 artillery casings with plaques attached are the trophies for the 4-man team who finishes first during Regional Corps Battle School’s March and Shoot Competition aboard Camps Bastion and Leath... More

U.S. Air Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructors score targets during a qualification course at the indoor Federal Air Marshal range located at the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. Hu... More

KUWAIT (Aug. 25, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicholas Skidmore,

KUWAIT (Aug. 25, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicholas Skidmore,

KUWAIT (Aug. 25, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicholas Skidmore, top, coordinates fields of fire with Lance Cpl. Raul Fosselman during mechanized squad attack training. Skidmore is a squad leader and Fosselman is a t... More

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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 20, 2016) Machinist's

160820-N-WC455-021 ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 20, 2016) Machinist's

160820-N-WC455-021 ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 20, 2016) Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Abnar Melendez, from Ventura County, Calif., prepares to clean an M16 rifle in the armory of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenho... More

U.S. Air Force basic military training trainees practice

U.S. Air Force basic military training trainees practice

U.S. Air Force basic military training trainees practice clearing procedures during weapons familiarization training, May 2, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Basic military training is an eight-week co... More

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Prigge, assigned to the Joint

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Prigge, assigned to the Joint

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Prigge, assigned to the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, observes the finale to the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition 2011 night fire range on Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 5, 201... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Horace Leonard an Assault

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Horace Leonard an Assault

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Horace Leonard an Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) Crewmember, with Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 1st Marine Division, sits in the turret of an AAV at a live fi... More

M16 rifles are stacked together during a training exercise

M16 rifles are stacked together during a training exercise

M16 rifles are stacked together during a training exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 18, 2016. The M16 is the primary rifle used by The U.S. Marine Corps during basic training. Recruits must compl... More

Captain Matthew S. Galadyk, platoon commander, U.S.

Captain Matthew S. Galadyk, platoon commander, U.S.

Captain Matthew S. Galadyk, platoon commander, U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, renders honors during the playing of the National Anthem at the annual Battle Color Detachment training evolution at Marine... More

A Marine with the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon

A Marine with the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon

A Marine with the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon executes precision rifle drill movements while being evaluated during the platoon’s “Challenge Day” at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Az., Feb. 26, 2018.... More

A U.S. Marine Corps infantry rifleman with 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Marine Corps infantry rifleman with 1st Battalion,

A U.S. Marine Corps infantry rifleman with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, move towards a simulated target during Integrated Training Exercise 5-19 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Ce... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Noah Larose, motor

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Noah Larose, motor

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Noah Larose, motor transportation operator, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, fires an M16A4 rifle during a rifle marksmanship qualification on Alpha Range a... More

CAIRNS, Australia – Lieutenant Melanie Fuller, a combat

CAIRNS, Australia – Lieutenant Melanie Fuller, a combat

CAIRNS, Australia – Lieutenant Melanie Fuller, a combat engineer officer with the Australian Army, jumps into a pool while participating in a canyon expedition during Exercise Kowari 2017 Aug. 26, 2017. During ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Mitchell, Headquarters and

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Mitchell, Headquarters and

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Mitchell, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Signal Brigade, assembles a M240 rifle at the Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Hua... More

CAIRNS, Australia – A soldier from the Chinese People’s

CAIRNS, Australia – A soldier from the Chinese People’s

CAIRNS, Australia – A soldier from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army throws a spear using traditional Aboriginal techniques and tools during Indigenous Australian culture classes conducted as part of Exercis... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Buckley, an infantryman

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Buckley, an infantryman

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Buckley, an infantryman assigned to 3d Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, walks down a dirt road while participating in a patrol west of Gereshk, Helman... More

An Army Public Health Center officer checks his target

An Army Public Health Center officer checks his target

An Army Public Health Center officer checks his target at the range for annual qualification.

Marine Corps Cpl. Trevor Mayes, a combat engineer with

Marine Corps Cpl. Trevor Mayes, a combat engineer with

Marine Corps Cpl. Trevor Mayes, a combat engineer with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, applies camouflage paint to his face during counter mobility and survivability training aboard ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jonathan M. Secor, Headquarters

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jonathan M. Secor, Headquarters

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jonathan M. Secor, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment Commanding Officer, talks to the Marines of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (1/12) on the range aboard Po... More

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Sailors attached

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Sailors attached

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Sailors attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 descend a hill on patrol during Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2017. FTX 2017 is a scenario-based exercise designe... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 sights in on a target during an aircraft egress training exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 26, 2018. The exercise was conducted to enhance the M... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Hunter Dollins, the intelligence chief

U.S. Marine Sgt. Hunter Dollins, the intelligence chief

U.S. Marine Sgt. Hunter Dollins, the intelligence chief with Headquarters and Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, attaches a warning sign to a 7-ton on its way to a live-f... More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Mitchell Funk prepares to fire

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Mitchell Funk prepares to fire

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Mitchell Funk prepares to fire an M16A4 rifle on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 18, 2019. Marines with the Tactical Readiness Training Platoon, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marin... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Nelson fires a M249 Light Machine

U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Nelson fires a M249 Light Machine

U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Nelson fires a M249 Light Machine Gun during the 2017 Army Materiel Command's Best Warrior Competition July 18, 2017, at a range in Camp Atterbury, Indiana. During the three-day competitio... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Charles M. Bates, maintenance

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Charles M. Bates, maintenance

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Charles M. Bates, maintenance management officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) loads an M4 carbine rifle on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2012.... More

A U.S. Air Force Airman loads ammunition into a magazine

A U.S. Air Force Airman loads ammunition into a magazine

A U.S. Air Force Airman loads ammunition into a magazine during an Excellence in Competition shooting event, Sept. 19, 2019, at Kadena Air Base. During the four-day competition, participants fired either an M16... More

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2017) - Sailors attached

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2017) - Sailors attached

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2017) - Sailors attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 keep watch of their sectors during Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2017. FTX 2017 is a scenario-based exercise desi... More

An Iraqi Federal Police squad leader gives orders to

An Iraqi Federal Police squad leader gives orders to

An Iraqi Federal Police squad leader gives orders to advance on targets during a live fire exercise at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2018. The Global Coalition to defeat Daesh’s growth to 77 member... More

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training Command, Soldiers with the unit's Headquarters Detachment train at a military rifle range in Bastrop, Texas, Saturday, April 22, 2017. High individual ... More

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training Command, Soldiers with the unit's Headquarters Detachment train at a military rifle range in Bastrop, Texas, Saturday, April 22, 2017. High individual ... More

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training Command, Soldiers with the unit's Headquarters Detachment train at a military pistol range in Bastrop, Texas, Saturday, April 22, 2017. High individual... More

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training

In this image released by the Army Reserve's 75th Training Command, Soldiers with the unit's Headquarters Detachment train at a military pistol range in Bastrop, Texas, Saturday, April 22, 2017. High individual... More

AIRMAN First Class Ronald W. Cherrington, left, armed with an M16 rifle, and Aircraftman Glyn Bradury of Britain's RAF Regiment, armed with a M203 grenade launcher mounted on an M16, as they defend ground launched cruise missile (GLCM) resources. From the February 1985 AIRMAN Magazine

AIRMAN First Class Ronald W. Cherrington, left, armed with an M16 rifl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Navy COMCAM operator portrait U.S. Navy, California

Navy COMCAM operator portrait U.S. Navy, California

U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marcos T. Hernandez Bojhito, from San Juan, P.R., assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific (COMCAM), poses for a photo during exercise Quick Shot 2006 on A... More

Sgt. 1st Class Marion Klinghard keeps his weapon at

Sgt. 1st Class Marion Klinghard keeps his weapon at

Sgt. 1st Class Marion Klinghard keeps his weapon at the high ready while clearing room to room during the urban combat training portion of their mobilization training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 3, 2008. Klin... More

Maj. Mike Berentson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Maj. Mike Berentson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground

Maj. Mike Berentson, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 team leader from Burlington, Wash., reports to Lt. Col Daniel Whisnant, Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa commanding officer, during a prom... More

Soldiers tackle warrior tasks during 2014 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition

Soldiers tackle warrior tasks during 2014 Army Reserve Best Warrior Co...

A team of four Soldiers carries a 165-pound dummy which they have to carry one mile to the M16 rifle qualifcation range during the 2014 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,... More

A U.S. Army drill sergeant marches her platoon to chow

A U.S. Army drill sergeant marches her platoon to chow

A U.S. Army drill sergeant marches her platoon to chow during white phase of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C., March 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar)

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, sight in on their targets during Special Operations Training Group’s Raid Leaders Course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, C... More

Coalition trainers advise Peshmerga soldiers during

Coalition trainers advise Peshmerga soldiers during

Coalition trainers advise Peshmerga soldiers during an 18-day battalion training exercise at Erbil, Iraq, July 14, 2015. Training at the building partner capacity sites is an integral part of Combined Joint Tas... More

USACAPOC 2016 Best Warrior Competition Night Qualification

USACAPOC 2016 Best Warrior Competition Night Qualification

Spc. Jessie Guerrero, a soldier with the 151st Theater Information Operations Group fires the M16 during night qualification event at the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) ... More

A U.S. Marine range coach relays firing directions

A U.S. Marine range coach relays firing directions

A U.S. Marine range coach relays firing directions to his Marine during a Combat Marksmanship Program range at Vaernes Garnison, Norway, July 4,2018. The event utilized several drills including fire team moveme... More

Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company

Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company

Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) went to the Camp Carroll range to qualify for the Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) on Oct. 16.

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force prepare to fast-rope onto a gas and oil platform from a UH-1Y Venom during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Ba... More

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RED SEA (Nov. 10, 2015) Staff Sgt.

151110-N-KW492-262 RED SEA (Nov. 10, 2015) Staff Sgt.

151110-N-KW492-262 RED SEA (Nov. 10, 2015) Staff Sgt. Raul Rojas, from Brooklyn, N.Y., reads a transcription by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during a celebration of the U... More

U.S. Navy sailor Gunners Mate 3rd Class Frank Rivas

U.S. Navy sailor Gunners Mate 3rd Class Frank Rivas

U.S. Navy sailor Gunners Mate 3rd Class Frank Rivas watches as the USS Ashland (LSD 48) departs from the Port of Sattahip, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2016. Leaving port ended the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's stay f... More

A Soldier sprints toward the finish line during the

A Soldier sprints toward the finish line during the

A Soldier sprints toward the finish line during the two-mile run portion of the Army Physical Fitness Test during the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command's combined Best Warrior Competition ... More

Cpl. Austin B. Nelson, small arms technician with

Cpl. Austin B. Nelson, small arms technician with

Cpl. Austin B. Nelson, small arms technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, breaks down an M16 rifle for a demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan 3. A small arms technician... More

Marines and Sailors with Marine Wing Support Squadron

Marines and Sailors with Marine Wing Support Squadron

Marines and Sailors with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 & 274 hosts an "In Their Boots" day on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., May 24, 2019. The Marines invited families to shoot rifles an... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Robert Pleines, left, a watch

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Robert Pleines, left, a watch

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Robert Pleines, left, a watch officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, makes a phone call at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Can... More

Recruits of Platoon 1020, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit

Recruits of Platoon 1020, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit

Recruits of Platoon 1020, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, clean their weapons Jan. 20, 2015, during weapon maintenance on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits spend countless hours maintaining their we... More

Cpl. Phillip S. Lilly II, a scout sniper with the 24th

Cpl. Phillip S. Lilly II, a scout sniper with the 24th

Cpl. Phillip S. Lilly II, a scout sniper with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and a Princewick, W.Va., native, looks for si... More

U.S. Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment

U.S. Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment

U.S. Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment conduct a rifle qualification during Realistic Urban Training aboard Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Dec. 3, 2014. These Marines make up part of the 15th Marin... More

U.S. Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group

U.S. Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group

U.S. Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group check the condition of a forklift in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in the Pacific Ocean, May 22, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps... More

ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 7, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Drew Renwick

ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 7, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Drew Renwick

ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 7, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Drew Renwick fires at his target during a deck shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Renwick is a mortar chief with India Battery, Battalion La... More

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire at a target under

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire at a target under

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire at a target under the supervision of an Italian trainer during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises allow Peshmerga soldiers to fam... More

British soldiers shoot rounds at their targets during

British soldiers shoot rounds at their targets during

British soldiers shoot rounds at their targets during the Regional Corps Battle School’s March and Shoot Competition aboard Camps Bastion and Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 27, 2014. The “Mar... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Mitchell, assigned to Headquarters

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Mitchell, assigned to Headquarters

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Mitchell, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Signal Brigade, runs to finish line after participating in the night Urban Navigation event during the Network Enterp... More

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Hance, a machine gunner with 1st

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Hance, a machine gunner with 1st

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Hance, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires his rifle during a combat marksmanship range held aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 20, 2014... More

Army Sgt. Jessica Williams, a human resources specialist

Army Sgt. Jessica Williams, a human resources specialist

Army Sgt. Jessica Williams, a human resources specialist with the 646th Regional Support Group from Madison, Wis., elevates one step at a time on the Cargo Net Climb chain-linked ladder on the Confidence Course... More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 26, 2015)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 26, 2015)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 26, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Zackary Cox fires at targets alongside Jordanian Soldiers during a bilateral training evolution. Cox is an infantry automatic rifle gunner wit... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA (Sept. 2, 2015) U.S. Marines with India

SOUTHWEST ASIA (Sept. 2, 2015) U.S. Marines with India

SOUTHWEST ASIA (Sept. 2, 2015) U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide covering fire during a bi-lateral training exer... More

Pvt. Christian Grossman (left), a motor transport operator

Pvt. Christian Grossman (left), a motor transport operator

Pvt. Christian Grossman (left), a motor transport operator with the 1229th Transportation Company, Maryland Army National Guard, practices with an M249 during his unit’s annual training at Camp Dawson, West Vir... More

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts – Rain covered M9 bullets

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts – Rain covered M9 bullets

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts – Rain covered M9 bullets and magazines lie ready for a soldier to fire during a qualification range, here, as part of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Be... More

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