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A close-up view of modifications made to secure M16A2 rifles onto their racks aboard ship

A close-up view of modifications made to secure M16A2 rifles onto thei...

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

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School armed with an M16A2 rifle assumes a prone position during a field training exercise

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School armed with an M16A2 ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

Two reconnaissance Marines, who are wearing camouflage paint on their hands and faces and branches in their soft covers, hold M16A2 rifles at the ready position while moving cautiously in wooded area

Two reconnaissance Marines, who are wearing camouflage paint on their ...

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

Canadian soldiers armed with M16A2 assault rifles arrest a hostile foreign national during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Final Training Exercise 2 consists of Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Security and Civil Disturbance Operations. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United ...

Canadian soldiers armed with M16A2 assault rifles arrest a hostile for...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Canadian soldiers armed with M16A2 assault rifles arrest a hostile foreign national during Final Training Exercise 2, COOPERATI... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Dennis Dodge, Golf Company (G CO), Baalion Landing Team 2nd Baalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 26h Marine Expediionary Uni (Special Operaions Capable) (MEU (SOC)), moves o he op of Landing Force Objecive (LD OBJ) One during he Comba Enhancemen Training (CET) phase of Exercise DESTINED GLORY 00. SGT Dodge is armed wih a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle wih a M203 40 mm grenade launcher. DESTINED GLORY is designed o build ineroperabiliy and cooperaion beween miliary forces in he Medierranean Region. Elemens of he Unied Kingdom (UK), Germany (DEU), Unied Saes (USA), Ialian, Spanish, Greek and Turkish Air, Naval and Land forces are...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Dennis Dodge, Golf Compan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Dennis Dodge, Golf Company (G CO), Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine... More

Soldiers assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade (enhanced Separate Brigade), (eSB), Georgia Army National Guard (GANG), armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles, man a security check point as they conduct exercises with Civilians at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Both soldiers and civilians wear Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear while participating in Task Force Mountain Eagle

Soldiers assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade (enhanced Separate Brig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM Scene Camera Operator: Raymond A. Bar... More

A US Air Force AIRMAN from the 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia, Civil Engineers Squadron uses a wrench to tighten the bolts on a medal plate, during a Rapid Runway Repair exercise, part of an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The AIRMAN is wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear and carries a 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifle

A US Air Force AIRMAN from the 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C David Miller, USAF Release Status... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kenneth Conkright, USAF, 21st Space Wing "Knights," from Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, stands watch with his security forces team as they participate in the tactics portion of GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. A1C Conkright and his teammates carry Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear and AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Goggles. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews;...

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kenneth Conkright, USAF, 21st Space Wing "Kni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kenneth Conkright, USAF, 21st Space Wing "Knights," from Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, stands watc... More

With his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at his side, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Hugo Guerro, USAF, 51st Security Forces Squadron (SFS), lays prone while defending the base perimeter with a Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun during Exercise BEVERLY BULLDOG at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. SSGT Guerro is wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 1 (MOPP-1) gear as part of the exercise

With his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at his side, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Hugo G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator:... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Strickland, Security Forces SPECIALIST, 39th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), performs a low crawl while carrying his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle during a field conditioning training exercise held at Incirlik Air Base (AB) Turkey

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Strickland, Securit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

At Fort Benning, Georgia, Marines from Company "F" 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 2/2, armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifles and a Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW), take part in a live fire training raid

At Fort Benning, Georgia, Marines from Company "F" 24th Marine Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed... More

An instructor, 4th Brigade, 84th Division (Institutional Training) teaches a Drill Sergeant Course to potential instructors. Here the candidates are learning to fix and unfix the bayonet unto a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, and later bayonet engagement techniques

An instructor, 4th Brigade, 84th Division (Institutional Training) tea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Northwest Scene Camera Operator: Rob Schuett... More

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a Saco 7.72 mm M60 gereral purpose machine gun, ride in a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVE) enroute to secure the Ba'th Party Headquarters building in Qalat Sukar, Iraq

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jeff Sisto, USMC Release Stat... More

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) secure a building at an airfield once held by the Iraqi 10th Armored Division in Al Amarah, Iraq. The Marines are armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Amarah State: Maysan Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jeff Sisto, USMC Release Status:... More

With a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle and an M203 40 mm Grenade Launcher attached, a Marine student from in the Infantry Officers Course (IOC) uses binoculars to look down range, during an assault on the Delta Prospect Range at the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) training area

With a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle and an M203 40 mm Grenade Launcher att...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Joey Chavez, Usmc Release St... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, and 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), with Assault Amphibian Vehicles (AAV7A1) clear the streets of Qa dawi Baghdad, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles. The lead Marine has an M203 40 mm grenade launcher attached to his M16A2

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7),...

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

An Honor Guard of US Army (USA) Soldiers stand at parade rest with their 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles prior to the memorial service for USA Sergeant (SGT) Michael E. Yashinski, Paratrooper, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Yashinski, assigned to the 501st Forward Support Company (FSC), 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), died on December 24th, electrocuted while running a communication wire in Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Honor Guard of US Army (USA) Soldiers stand at parade rest with the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. Central Command Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeffrey Williams, USAF Release S... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) riflemen with Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spray Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rifle rounds toward Taliban positions on a mountain near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK and in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) riflemen with Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

Marines armed with M16A2 rifles prepare to move out at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies. The experiment is being conducted by the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Experimental) from Quantico, Va and Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines from Camp Lejeune

Marines armed with M16A2 rifles prepare to move out at the Military Op...

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

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Irvin Osores, USAF, 45th Space Wing Security Forces team member, takes aim of a sniper while taking cover behind sand bags during the tactics portion of GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, Space and Missile. SRA Osores uses a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, and is wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear and AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Goggles. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and...

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Irvin Osores, USAF, 45th Space Wing Security Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Irvin Osores, USAF, 45th Space Wing Security Forces team member, takes aim of a sniper while taking cover be... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Berry, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, Delta Company, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), cradles a reuseable Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) at a SMAW class at Camp Ripper Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. LCPL Berrys 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle lays beside him

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Berry, 1ST Combat E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL ... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop gives the "Victory" sign after sighting their first objective since the beginning of their operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Company Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe, USM... More

Armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division take up defensive firing positions during an enemy approach on their position at objective RAMA, in Southern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Igor Paustovski, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Cook, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California returns enemy fire with his Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle from a protected position in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Cook, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop from Charli...

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: SGT Kevin R. R... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, aim at simulated enemies with FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) and Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles while practicing the Filipino style of patrolling a jungle environment, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd B... More

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Michael Stuart, Company (CO) E, 2nd Battalion (BN), Fort Jackson, South Carolina (SC), cleans his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle during Victor Forge Exercise. The weapon has a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) sensor attached to the rifle barrel. Victory Forge is the final field exercise of the soldiers nine-week basic training course. Victory Forge is the final field three-day exercise of the soldiers nine-week basic training course combining all previously learned combat skills

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Michael Stuart, Company (CO) E, 2nd Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. My... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), assault a simulated enemy trench, while attending the Infantry Officer's Training Course, at the platoon based trench and grenade range 410A, located at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and M249...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher R. Rye, USMC Release Sta... More

At Fort Jackson, South Carolina (SC), US Navy Reservists and active duty personnel march in formation during an Individual Augmentee Training Course at the McCrady Training Center. The Sailors are trained prior to deploying them in support of the global war on terrorism. Sailors train with a variety of weapons, including the Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rifle

At Fort Jackson, South Carolina (SC), US Navy Reservists and active du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Timm Duckworth, Usn Release Status: R... More

A US Marines armed with an M16A2 rifle and other equipment moves out during an amphibious landing exercise conducted by NATO amphiious assault ships participating in NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86. A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter is in the background

A US Marines armed with an M16A2 rifle and other equipment moves out d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: North Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

A drill instructor attempts to get a recruit to hold up his M16A2 rifle during his first class in rifle physical training (PT) at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot

A drill instructor attempts to get a recruit to hold up his M16A2 rifl...

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

Armed with an M16A2, Corporal James Kendrick, Command Element, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), provides the communications link from ship to shore for ground commanders during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife

Armed with an M16A2, Corporal James Kendrick, Command Element, 26th Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Tim Shearer, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

Mobilization of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith Arkansas is part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. Here STAFF Sergeant Michael W. Pennington, Medical Service Technician, with a 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle, is now a security forces augmentee. He stands guard at the front gate to Ebbing Air National Guard Base. NOBLE EAGLE is a partial mobilization of the reserves for homeland defense and civil support missions in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon

Mobilization of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sc... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle, United States Coast Guard (USCG), PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) defends US Navy ships dry-docked on the Ashley River, during the Charleston Harbor's largest anti-terrorism exercise, Harbor Shield 2002, in South Carolina

Armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle, United States Coast Guard (USCG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Harbor State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dominic Hauser, USAF Release St... More

United States Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Dwayne F. Bailey, first squad leader, test fires his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle aboard the USS Nassau (LHA-4) in the event he must use it during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission (TRAP). (Substandard image)

United States Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Dwayne F. Bailey, fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2002 Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public... 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

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) James S. Creel of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, on a security patrol in the vicinity of Daly airfield, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, US Marine Corps (USMC) Private F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mauricio Campino, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle patrols the sidewalks of a Baghdad neighborhood, helping create a more peaceful and orderly environment for local citizens

A US Army (USA) Soldier armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Sturkol,... 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

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Holt (left) and Kurdish PDK Peshmurga"Special Forces"Sergeant (SGT) Karzan Girdy, pose for a photograph outside of Erbil, located in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SFC Holt carries a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle and SGT Girdy is armed with a 9 mm MP5A3 sub-machine gun

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Holt (left) and Kurdi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Four US Marines of Team One remain on alert while taking a break from patrolling through the woods at Camp Mackall on Fort Bragg. During a training exercise for Reconnaissance Marines. One Marine is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifle

Four US Marines of Team One remain on alert while taking a break from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Mackall, Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL. Leon Woods, Usmc Releas... More

A Marine with Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) dressed in his Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST), wearing an M40 Chemical-Biological Field Mask with a C2A1 filter canister, assembles a 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle during training with service members from Australia, wearing their MKIV No1 NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Suits with Avon FM12 Mask. At Camp Doha, Kuwait during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) dressed in his Joint Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF Scene Camera Operator: CPL Bryant V. ... More

A member of the US Army's 101st Military Police (MP) Company, 3rd Platoon (PLT), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher, prepares to mount up at Haji Mohammadshah Kelay, outside Kandahar Airport, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Military Police provide escorts as well as added protection to the Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during their visits to local villages and towns promoting Afghanistan and American coalition cooperation and gather intelligence

A member of the US Army's 101st Military Police (MP) Company, 3rd Plat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SS... More

Armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) troops from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California fire on the enemy from protected positions, during a firefight in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) tr...

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: SGT Kevin R. R... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle, US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Shaw, assigned to the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), guards an RC-135V/W Rivet Joint Surveillance Aircraft at an entry control point on a forward-deployed base, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle, US Air Force (USAF) AIRM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 398th AEG Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kevin A. Camara, USAF Release... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Battalion (BN), 5th Marine Regiment (3/5th MARS), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), Marines practice a more efficient way to hold their 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and change magazines as part of the Pat Rogers E.A.G. Tactical Training Gun Fighting Course being taught at the 3/5th MARS Regimental Instructional Facility, located at Camp San Mateo (62 Area), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Battalion (BN), 5th Marine Regiment (3/5th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher G Graham,... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Luke Huisenga, 2nd Platoon (PLT), Kilo Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion (BN) 7th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), hands out candy while patrolling the streets of Karabilah, Iraq (IRQ), as part of humanitarian operations in the area. LCPL Huisenga carries a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar province in Iraq

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Luke Huisenga, 2nd Platoo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Karabilah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: K/03/7 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Michael R. Mcmaugh, USMC Release St... More

Armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles US Army (USA) soldiers from the "Steel Dragons" from the 1ST Cavalry Division, provide security in their High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) during an escort detail in route to Taji, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles US Army (USA) soldiers fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Iraqi Military Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ashley... More

040821-F-1689G-005 (Aug. 21, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN Kelly Hennesey (left), 62nd Maintenance Group (MXG), McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), stands guard with an M16A2 rifle while USAF TECH. SGT. Christopher Thode refuels a light cart being used to light the perimeter of the flight line during the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) exercise held at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas (AK).U.S. Air Force official photo by STAFF SGT. Hector Garcia (RELEASED)

040821-F-1689G-005 (Aug. 21, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN Ke...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Hector Garcia, USAF Release ... More

US Army (USA) Special Forces armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rifles scan an area during a patrol in Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Special Forces armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rif...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CJSOTF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release St... More

A Marine armed with an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher takes cover in the grass during a joint services exercise

A Marine armed with an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: GUNNERY Sergeant Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Marines armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles run past a parked Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1) on the beach at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, "Barking Sands" Kauai, HI. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA and involved Navy and Marine Air, Ground and Sea Forces trained as a combined amphibious assault force during Operation RIMPAC 96

US Marines armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles run past a parked A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Barking Sands, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Dan Sewell, Military Policeman (MP), Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group (SSG) 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), stands guard duty at the base camp at the Udari Range during Exercise Eager Mace 99-1 during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. LCPL is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Dan Sewell, Military Poli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Udari Range State: Al Jahrah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Branden P. O'Brien, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Corporal DeChristopher Curtin armed with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle with attached M203 40mm grenade launcher, mans a post in front of the Lima company command post in downtown Gnjilane. Curtin is from Lima Company 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. They are part of the Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) that are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

Corporal DeChristopher Curtin armed with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Gnjilane State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Un... More

Using the M16A2 rifle and an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Marines from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, return fire against an aggressor during NORTHERN APPROACH, a NATO exercise.Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) are here in Turkey to participate in the NATO exercise with amphibious forces from the United Kingdom and host nation Turkey

Using the M16A2 rifle and an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Marine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Saros Bay Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele... More

US Marine Corps Sergeant (SGT) W. J. Welch. Leader Team One and USMC Corporal (CPL) Sandy are patrolling in a wooded area on Fort Bragg. During a training exercise for Reconnaissance Marines. SGT Welch is carrying a 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifle

US Marine Corps Sergeant (SGT) W. J. Welch. Leader Team One and USMC C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL. Leon Woods, Usmc Release Status: Rele... More

Snior AIRMAN (SRA) Laura M. Puza, USAF, Chf from Minot Air Forc Bas, North Dakota, prpars to load hr Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifl during th Chf Marksmanship vnt at Vandnbrg Air Forc Bas. As part of th Chfs Comptition, SRA Puza, has to prpar mals for 50 popl, thn fir 30 rounds with th M16 from various positions and targts. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, th world's prmir spac and missil comptition, is a four-day vnt hostd annually at Vandnbrg AFB, CA "to rcogniz th bst and dmonstrat th commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE crats comptition-tough crws; improvs radinss and combat capabilitis through prparation, innovation and sharing; nhancs...

Snior AIRMAN (SRA) Laura M. Puza, USAF, Chf from Minot Air Forc Bas, N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Laura M. Puza, USAF, Chef from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, prepares to load her Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 r... More

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Timothy Winfree, USAF, 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, security forces team leader, checks the area for opposition forces during the tactics portion of GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. TSGT Winfree and his crew carry Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear and AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Goggles. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and...

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Timothy Winfree, USAF, 21st Space Wing, Pete...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Timothy Winfree, USAF, 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, security forces team leader, checks t... More

An Exercise Evaluator inspects US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space Wing (SW) armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle and a 7.62mm M-60 general purpose machine gun, as they provide fire line protection outside of location Hotel 2, during the Launch Facility (LF) Recapture portion of the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

An Exercise Evaluator inspects US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Vanhorn and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Derrick Ross, with the 3rd Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), aim their Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles at an intruder at the edge of the runway at Base X during simulations during an Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Vanhorn and AIRMAN Fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rifle, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shawn Canionero, with the 15th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), maintains flightline security while USAF personnel from the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) from Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), refuel one of their F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters at Hickam AFB, Hawaii (HI)

Armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rifle, US Air Force (USAF) STA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 15 AW Scene Camera Operator: CIV Jer... More

A female US Army (USA) Recruit (Soldier-in-training) shoots her 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle from a tactical vehicle during the live-fire portion of Basic Combat Training (BCT) at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina (SC)

A female US Army (USA) Recruit (Soldier-in-training) shoots her 5.56 m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy L Pearsall, USAF Release Statu... More

A close-up view of modifications made to secure M16A2 rifles onto their racks aboard ship

A close-up view of modifications made to secure M16A2 rifles onto thei...

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

SENIOR AIRMAN Aaron B. Angel from Detachment 1, US Air Forces in Europe, Air Postal Service, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, and MASTER Sergeant Brad M. Moore from the 100th Transportation Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England take aim to zero their 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle. Every member deploying to Bosnia-Herzegovina get 10 rounds each to zero their weapon

SENIOR AIRMAN Aaron B. Angel from Detachment 1, US Air Forces in Europ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Ope... More

In Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear, a Marine Corps Base Camp Buttler, Okinawa, Japan, Marine is completely encapsulated. Seen here is a closeup of the Chemical Protective Footware Cover (CPFC) which has an unsupported butyl rubber sole and butyl rubber uppers with long laces, which fasten a front eyelet with side and rear eyelets. The weapon is an M16A2 rifle with a M-203 grenade launcher attatched

In Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Recon BN Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Hew... More

Armed with an M136 AT4 Anti-Tank weapon and Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) troops from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California fire down a road at the enemy during firefights in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with an M136 AT4 Anti-Tank weapon and Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault ...

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: SGT Kevin R. R... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) William G. Klinger checks his flank while on a security patrol in the vicinity of Daly airfield, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mauricio Campino, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Strong, of 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, takes aim with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle, during Exercise ROLLING THUNDER 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Strong, of 10th Marines, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROLLING THUNDER 2003 Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command... More

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine wears a modern MARPAT (Marine Pattern Camouflage) Battle Dress Uniform (BDU), holding a FNMI 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, as part of the historical period uniform pageant, held aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (...

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: CPL Christopher M. Tirado, USMC ... More

Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles at the ready, US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), wait in their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) for the word to move toward a mountain where Taliban snipers are engaging their convoy, near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles at the ready, US Marine Corps (USMC) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Recruits from Platoon 3025, Lima/Company stand in single line formation with their 5.56mm M16A2 rifles during their final drill inspections aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, California (CA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Recruits from Platoon 3025, Lima/Company stand ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USMC Recruit Depot, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nicholas J. Galvin, USMC... More

A close-up view of modifications made to secure M16A2 rifles onto their racks aboard ship

A close-up view of modifications made to secure M16A2 rifles onto thei...

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

SPC Joshua Henry (USA), Indirect Fire Infantryman, HQ 268 Armored Battalion, 1ST Armored Division, stands behind a Bosnian civilian and conducts a frisk search on the civilian before he is allowed to enter Camp Linda Olovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. SPC Henry is armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifle fitted with a 40mm M203 Grenade Launcher, and is standing in front of several blue 50-gallon drum barrel barricades and a parked US Army, IFOR marked, M3A2 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle, with the rear hatch area visible

SPC Joshua Henry (USA), Indirect Fire Infantryman, HQ 268 Armored Batt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Linda Olovo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Dunaway Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Two Marines armed with M16A2 Service Rifles from 6th Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, awaits further instructions after offloading from an AAV (Amphibious Assault Vehicle) during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground at Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground at Element (GCE), Air...

Two Marines armed with M16A2 Service Rifles from 6th Marine Regiment, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Two Marines armed with M16A2 Service Rifles from 6th Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, awaits further instructions ... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) Female 43rd Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Security Police (SP) clean an 5.56mm M16A2 rifle at the airport in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The 43rd SFS are part of the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) and are responsible for providing aircraft and ramp security to support the US airlift of personnel to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) Female 43rd Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Efrain... More

Security personnel from the 127th Security Forces Squadron man an armed M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as an extra defensive measure to help secure the Main gate of Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB) since the start of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. (Names withheld by request) Security personnel are armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and a Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun on the HMMWV

Security personnel from the 127th Security Forces Squadron man an arme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Com... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle maneuvers inside the Iraqi Naval facility, at Az Zubayr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) sites his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle from his M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), as USMC personnel secure the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Sta... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 130th Engineering Battalion, Puerto Rico National Guard, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), upload onto a M939A2 (6x6) 5-ton cargo truck following an enemy ambush, during Convoy Ambush Training at the Leadership Reaction Course, Camp Santiago, Salinas, Puerto Rico (PR)

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 130th Engineering Battalion, Puerto Ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Melissa J. Stevens, CIV Release Status: Rel... More

A US Army (USA) Female Soldier changes the ammunition clip on her 5.56mm M16A2 rifle during weapons familiarization training at the ranges in Al Taji Military Base, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) Female Soldier changes the ammunition clip on her 5.56...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Taji Military Base State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ashley Brokop, US... More

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines sites through the scope of his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, while on patrol in search for insurgents in the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Compan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jeremy W. Ferguson, USMC Relea... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Able Company 2nd Battalion (BN), 69th Armor Regiment (AR REGT), 3rd Brigade (BDE), 3rd Infantry Division (ID), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), patrol the streets of Al-Nasr armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and an M1025 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) along with Soldiers of 204th Iraqi Army Battalion during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The HMMWV is armed with a Browning M2 HB 0.50 heavy machine gun

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Able Company 2nd Battalion (BN), 69th Armo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM 3 Base: Al-Nasr State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION Scene Cam... More

Some of the types of small arms used by Marines in Panama are stacked in the grass. They are, clockwise from upper right, an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher, an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW), two M16A2 rifles and two Mossburg 500 12-gauge shotguns

Some of the types of small arms used by Marines in Panama are stacked ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Laird Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Corporal DeChristopher Curtin armed with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle with attached M203 40mm grenade launcher, scans the streets and buildings of Gnjilane, Kosovo, looking for something out of the ordinary. Curtin is from Lima Company 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. They are part of the Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) that are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

Corporal DeChristopher Curtin armed with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Gnjilane State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Un... More

A close up view of US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Brad Hummel from the Air Education and Training Command, as he mentally prepares before competing in the combat weapons competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. SSGT Hummel is armed with the 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifle with a M203 grenade launcher attached

A close up view of US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Brad Hummel from the Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Be... More

During Marine Week of the Career Orientation and Training of Midshipmen (CORTRAMID) West 2001 at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California, midshipmen, with blank firing equipped 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles, move into defensive positions while on patrol

During Marine Week of the Career Orientation and Training of Midshipme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MARDIV Scene Came... More

US Army (USA) 1ST Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Soldiers wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles and 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), run to take up a defensive position while training at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA)

US Army (USA) 1ST Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Soldiers we...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM Scene Camera Operator: Raymond A. Bar... More

In an improved fighting hole along the camp perimeter, Lance Corporal William Schwettmann, USMC, (left) and Lance Corporal Matthew Soberl, USMC, (right), sits by his M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) both members of Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) perform security at a forward area refueling point at an undisclosed location in the ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. An M16A2 Assault Rifle and M136 Light Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) are at the ready for the Marines use

In an improved fighting hole along the camp perimeter, Lance Corporal ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Usmc Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Peter Gardea (foreground), Mission Support Technician, 60th Supply Squadron, armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagements System (MILES) gear, directs the perimeter defense during an attack on the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) at Lakehurst, Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES), New Jersey (NJ), during Exercise PHOENIX READINESS 2002

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Peter Gardea (foreground), M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakehurst Naes State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, CIV Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles and FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), from the 100th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Mildenhall Air Base (AB), England, assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group (ECRG), rehearse for a patrol in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rif...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, USAF Release St... More

A US Army (USA) Observer assigned to Training Support, 2nd Battalion, 348th Infantry Regiment, 174th Infantry Brigade, 87th Division, watches as Soldier from the 130th Engineering Battalion, Puerto Rico National Guard, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles, take cover behind a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during Convoy Ambush Training at the Leadership Reaction Course, Camp Santiago, Salinas, Puerto Rico (PR)

A US Army (USA) Observer assigned to Training Support, 2nd Battalion, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Melissa J. Stevens, CIV Release Status: Rel... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Kristi Gravitt jumps from a USMC KC-130 Hercules, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 (VMGR), at Al Kut, Iraq. SGT Gravitt is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle. The US Marines are currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Kristi Gravitt jumps from a USMC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine wears a 1980-90 era uniform, holding a FNMI 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, as part of the historical period uniform pageant, held aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (...

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: CPL Christopher M. Tirado, USMC ... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Emergency Service Team (EST) take aim with their Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles, on a suspect who is attempting to take the 52nd Fight Wing Commander (WC) hostage during a Full Spectrum Threat Response (FSTR) Exercise

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Emergency Service Team (EST) take a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jos... More

040820-F-5789F-015 (Aug. 20, 2004)US Army (USA) Soldier, Bravo Company (B CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 185th Armor Regiment (RGT), 81st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Heavy (HVY), 40th Infantry Division (ID) Unit of Employment (UEx), California Army National Guard (CAARNG), provides security cover while members of his unit search a home of suspected insurgents living near Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ). The soldier is carrying the M16A2 rifle with red dot sight and has USNV PVS-7 Com-SPEC Night Vision Goggles (NVG) attached to his helmet.U.S. Air Force official photo by TECH SGT. Steve Faulisi (RELEASED)

040820-F-5789F-015 (Aug. 20, 2004)US Army (USA) Soldier, Bravo Company...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Steve Faulisi, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Lambert (left) and USA Specialists (SPC) Nichols, both assigned to Charlie Battery, 1ST Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1ST Infantry Division, keep their 5.56mm M16A2 rifles at the ready as they watch for any suspicious activity in the yard of a gas station in Buhriz, Iraq, during a raid against known anti-coalition insurgents, conducted during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Lambert (left) and USA Special...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Buhriz State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: FORCECOM Scene Camera Operator: SPC... More

Soldiers from the Iraqi army’s 92nd Infantry Brigade

Soldiers from the Iraqi army’s 92nd Infantry Brigade

Soldiers from the Iraqi army’s 92nd Infantry Brigade receive M16A2 rifles and infantry sets as part of the IA combat brigade sets fielding in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve at... More

Marine sniper team members armed with an M16A2 rifle, right, and an M70 scout sniper rifle participate in an amphibious demonstration for the 14th Annual Inter-American Naval Conference

Marine sniper team members armed with an M16A2 rifle, right, and an M7...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey Loshaw, USN Rele... More

A Marine uses the hood of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as a table while he cleans his M16A2 rifle and M203 grenade launcher. The Marine is at the site of a forward camp under construction in northern Saudi Arabia prior to the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm

A Marine uses the hood of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled V...

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

Two Marines with an M16A2 rifle, equipped with a blank firing adapter, make their way through brush and branches

Two Marines with an M16A2 rifle, equipped with a blank firing adapter,...

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