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Flannders Front. Machine gun posts in a shell hole. September 1917

Flannders Front. Machine gun posts in a shell hole. September 1917

German Military Activities and Personnel Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Review in Theatre of Operations - American Troops - 88th Division review.  338th Machine Gun Battalion in camp just before the review.  Near Condrecourt, France

Ceremonies - Review in Theatre of Operations - American Troops - 88th ...

Date Taken: 1919 Ceremonies - Review in Theatre of Operations - American Troops

Airplanes - Ordnance - Types of ordnance. Fixed machine gun mount on Brequet plane. From Eng. Div., Ord. Dept

Airplanes - Ordnance - Types of ordnance. Fixed machine gun mount on B...

Photographer: Eng. Div. Ord. Airplanes - Ordnance Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Sergeant Reider Waller, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, winner of Congressional Medal of Honor and British Distinguished Service Medal, cutting the silken ropes in front of Arch of Victory to permit the passage of parade

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Sergeant Reider Waller, ...

Photographer: International Film Service Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

Drills - Police - War Activities New York City. Captain Edward J. Bourke of the 33rd Police Precinct instructing men of Class I A in the Draft, the use of the machine guns in Central Park

Drills - Police - War Activities New York City. Captain Edward J. Bour...

Photographer: Paul Thompson Drills - Police Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - Connecticut - 303rd Machine Gun Battalion marching at Hartford, Connecticut. October 1917

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - Connecticut - 303rd Machine Gun Bat...

Date Taken: 10/1/1917 Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - Connecticut Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A weapons development technician from Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Ky., test fires a Mark 16/Mod 5 20mm machine gun mounted on a Mark 68/Mod 1 gun mount

A weapons development technician from Naval Ordnance Station, Louisvil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A member of the 157th Armor Division cleans the .50-caliber machine gun from an M-60 tank during Reforger training exercises at the 7th Army Training Command

A member of the 157th Armor Division cleans the .50-caliber machine gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Grafenwohr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Danny P. Finlay Release Status: ... More

A security policeman changes and cleans the hot barrel of an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range

A security policeman changes and cleans the hot barrel of an M-2 .50-c...

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

Combat control team (CCT) members fire the M-60 machine gun

Combat control team (CCT) members fire the M-60 machine gun

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bertram W. I. Mau Release Status: R... More

During the Provisioning Division Conference, a Marine demonstrates how a person would hold the new 40mm machine gun, Mark 19 MOD 3 and look through its sights

During the Provisioning Division Conference, a Marine demonstrates how...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Logis Base, Albany State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mr. Gene Jones Release Status... More

Three combat ready Marines of the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, take up the firing position with their M-16A1 rifles and M-60A1 machine gun during Operation CAX-1-2-82

Three combat ready Marines of the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, take ...

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

Uncheon Base Camp, South Korea....Soldiers of the Army's 2nd Infantry Division deployed in an M-113 armored personnel carrier during exercise Bear Hunt '87. An M-2 .50 caliber machine gun is mounted on the vehicle. OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO (RELEAS

Uncheon Base Camp, South Korea....Soldiers of the Army's 2nd Infantry ...

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

An armored personnel carrier, armed with a .50-caliber machine gun assists in the defense of the air strip during exercise Team Spirit '82

An armored personnel carrier, armed with a .50-caliber machine gun ass...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Harrington Release S... More

A left rear view of a fast attack vehicle (FAV) prototype parked on the test driving range. The FAV is equipped with an M60 machine gun in front of the passengers seat and a Mark 19 Mod 3 40 mm automatic grenade launcher on the roll cage

A left rear view of a fast attack vehicle (FAV) prototype parked on th...

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

Military personnel of various nations, armed with M-16s and an M-60 machine gun, participate in exercises during multi-national ranger training at the Dahlonega Ranger Camp

Military personnel of various nations, armed with M-16s and an M-60 ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Pub... More

SGT Do Lim, 8 Trp., 2nd Bn., 9th Cav., 24th Inf. Div., performs maintenance on an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during the field training exercise Quick Thrust

SGT Do Lim, 8 Trp., 2nd Bn., 9th Cav., 24th Inf. Div., performs mainte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: QUICK THRUST Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Geo... More

Private Dennis Swift of Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 37th Field Artillery, sights an M60 machine gun during Exercise BRIMFROST '83

Private Dennis Swift of Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 37th Field Artillery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIMFROST '83 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 ... More

Sergeant Ron Morrisey of the 5th Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, sights an M60 machine gun during Exercise BRIMFROST '83

Sergeant Ron Morrisey of the 5th Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIMFROST '83 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 ... More

SPECIALIST Fourth Class Richard Pannell (L) instructs Private First Class Robert Roots on how to load and operate the M-2 machine gun mounted on an M-88A1 armored recovery vehicle. Both men are from the 4/37th Armor

SPECIALIST Fourth Class Richard Pannell (L) instructs Private First Cl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh D. Clare Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A .50-caliber machine gun crew from Company B, 1ST Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, fire their weapon against attacking Blue Forces during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83

A .50-caliber machine gun crew from Company B, 1ST Battalion, 5th Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Chipyong-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released ... More

An airman fires an M60 machine gun equipped with the multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) during Exercise CROWN DEFENDER. In the foreground is an M16A1 rifle also equipped with the MILES

An airman fires an M60 machine gun equipped with the multiple integrat...

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

Aviation ordnancemen load 20 mm machine gun ammunition into a linkless ammunition loading system (LALS) transporter in the weapons spaces aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

Aviation ordnancemen load 20 mm machine gun ammunition into a linkless...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Steven C. Hurd Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Members of an M-60 machine gun crew from Co. A, 1/506th Infantry, fire their weapon during an Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP) exercise at Range 42

Members of an M-60 machine gun crew from Co. A, 1/506th Infantry, fire...

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

A US serviceman, armed with an M16A1 rifle, stands inside a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as it lands during Operation URGENT FURY. Visible to the left is a .30 -caliber Browning machine gun mounted on the helicopter

A US serviceman, armed with an M16A1 rifle, stands inside a CH-46 Sea ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Sundberg Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A gunner mans a window-mounted M60 machine gun aboard a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY

A gunner mans a window-mounted M60 machine gun aboard a US Army UH-60 ...

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

A member of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, participates in a live-fire training near Chunchon during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. He is armed with an M60 machine gun and is carrying 7.62 mm ammunition for the gun

A member of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Div...

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

AIRMAN 1ST Class Joseph Devenney, a flight engineer assigned to the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, mans an M-60D machine gun mounted in the doorway of an HH-3C helicopter. He is participating in a search-and-resuce (SAR) operation during the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT `84

AIRMAN 1ST Class Joseph Devenney, a flight engineer assigned to the 33...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Alex Taningco Release Status: Released to Public... More

US Army personnel man a .50-caliber machine gun, left, and an M-60 machine gun aboard and M-48A5 main battle tank, during the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84

US Army personnel man a .50-caliber machine gun, left, and an M-60 mac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 4 Long Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A US Marine mans an M60 machine gun as Republic of Korea and US Forces secure the beach during TEAM SPIRIT '84. TEAM SPIRIT is a joint/combined operation designed to test and improve techniques to defend the Republic of Korea Peninsula and increase combat readiness of Republic of Korea and US armed forces

A US Marine mans an M60 machine gun as Republic of Korea and US Forces...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Tok Sok Ri Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Felimon Barbante Release ... More

General John A. Wickham, US Army CHIEF of STAFF, visits a tank crew of the Third Republic of Korea Army in the field, during the joint South Korean/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. The tank is equipped with a Browning .50-caliber machine gun

General John A. Wickham, US Army CHIEF of STAFF, visits a tank crew of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 4 Long Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A member of Company A, 1ST Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, fires an M60 machine gun toward the Blue Forces during the joint South Korean/US Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. He is acting as a member of the Orange Forces

A member of Company A, 1ST Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Div...

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

Private Norman Jack of the 25th Military Police Company uses an M60 machine gun to guard the entrance to the 25th MP Company's Tactical Operations Center during Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 at the Pohakuloa Training Area

Private Norman Jack of the 25th Military Police Company uses an M60 ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC John May Releas... More

An infantryman aims an M60 machine gun during Exercise REFORGER '85

An infantryman aims an M60 machine gun during Exercise REFORGER '85

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

Members of the Navy ROTC examine an M-60 machine gun during a visit to the Marine Corps Development and Education Command

Members of the Navy ROTC examine an M-60 machine gun during a visit to...

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: Lance CPL. Quintero Release Stat... More

A US Air Force security policeman fires an M16 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher as another stands ready with an M60 machine gun during Exercise VOLANT SCORPION 85. Both weapons are equipped with multiple integrated laser engagement systems (MILES)

A US Air Force security policeman fires an M16 rifle equipped with an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION 85 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camer... More

A soldier feeds ammunition as another fires an M60 machine gun during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85

A soldier feeds ammunition as another fires an M60 machine gun during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Na... More

A member of the 20th Special Operations Squadron fires an M-134 7.62mm machine gun from the rear of an HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter during a gun test

A member of the 20th Special Operations Squadron fires an M-134 7.62mm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Matt Gildow Release Status: Release... More

A Marine uses a field radio to receive instructions after constructing a nest for an M2 .50-caliber machine gun

A Marine uses a field radio to receive instructions after constructing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CDR Frank Arlinghaus Jr. (Usnr) Release Status: ... More

A member of the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron services an M134 machine gun mounted on a helicopter. He is participating in the joint Ecuadorian and US counterinsurgency Exercise BLUE HORIZON '85

A member of the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron servic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BLUE HORIZON '85 Base: Guayaquil Country: Ecuador (ECU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kenrick R. Thomas Release Status: Releas... More

A U.S. Marine aims an M-60 machine gun while participating in a beach assault during the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85

A U.S. Marine aims an M-60 machine gun while participating in a beach ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Lono Kollars Release Status: Release... More

Aerial starboard view of the foredeck of the Soviet nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser KIROV. Visible are the locations of 20 SS-N-19 cruise missiles, 12 SA-N-6 surface-to-air missile (SAM) launchers, four single 30 mm gatling guns, and a twin SS-N-14 antisubmarine warfare/surface-to-surface missile launcher

Aerial starboard view of the foredeck of the Soviet nuclear-powered gu...

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

U.S. Marine officers of Co. H, Basic School, cool down the barrel of an M-60 machine gun during a live fire exercise at Range 11

U.S. Marine officers of Co. H, Basic School, cool down the barrel of a...

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

A soldier of the 1ST Bn., 14th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., armed with an M-60 machine gun, defends a position during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '86

A soldier of the 1ST Bn., 14th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., armed with an M-6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Mandeul Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brent Pruet and Lance Corporal (CPL) A. Coley cover their sector of fire with an M60 machine gun during a field exercise at Camp Robinson

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brent Pruet and Lance Corporal (CPL) A. Coley co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT G.D. Bieber, Usmc Release Status: Released ... More

Spec. 4 Carlos Lebaron and Pvt. Cole P. Kean man an M-60 machine gun while providing security for the Seward shipping docks during Exercise Brim Frost '87

Spec. 4 Carlos Lebaron and Pvt. Cole P. Kean man an M-60 machine gun w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '87 Base: Seward State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt. Jimmie D... More

A Marine prepares to fire an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during Operation Cold Winter '87, a NATO-sponsored military exercise

A Marine prepares to fire an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during Operat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER '87 Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. J. D. Gonzales Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A gunner's mate stands by a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33).  The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A gunner's mate stands by a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the dec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crewman looks through binoculars while standing watch at an M2 .50-caliber machine gun station aboard a US Navy ship on convoy duty in the gulf.  The reflagged tanker GAS KING and the guided missile cruiser USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (CG 32) are in the background

A crewman looks through binoculars while standing watch at an M2 .50-c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members stand watch at an M2 .50-caliber machine gun station aboard a US Navy ship on convoy duty in the gulf

Crew members stand watch at an M2 .50-caliber machine gun station aboa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. A boatswain's mate seaman stands lookout watch next to an M60 machine gun aboard the dock landing ship USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD 39)

Persian Gulf. A boatswain's mate seaman stands lookout watch next to a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A front view of a Mark 19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher on a Mark 64 Mod 4 machine gun mount

A front view of a Mark 19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher on a Mark 6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Ordnance Station, Louisville State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rudolph Spencer Release Sta... More

Admiral (ADM) Carlisle A.H. Trost, chief of naval operations, examines a Mark 68 20 mm gun mount installed aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63)

Admiral (ADM) Carlisle A.H. Trost, chief of naval operations, examines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Terry Cosgrove Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines, in camouflaged battle dress, man the ship's .50-cal. machine gun stations as the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) sails through the canal

Marines, in camouflaged battle dress, man the ship's .50-cal. machine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Suez Canal Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Robert A. Sabo Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry, advance into the field carrying M60 machine guns during combined Army-Air Force Live Fire Exercises (CALFEX IV) at the Yukon Command Training Site

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry, advance into the field ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Greg A. Suhby Release Status: Relea... More

During a training operation a security policeman mans a M60 machine gun mounted on a fast moving High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).Exact Date Shot Unknown

During a training operation a security policeman mans a M60 machine gu...

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

Location: Persian Gulf. A Marine instructor watches over three sailors firing M60 machine guns from the stern of the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD 1) during a weapons familiarization class. The RALEIGH and other Navy ships are in the gulf to provide security for US-flagged shipping

Location: Persian Gulf. A Marine instructor watches over three sailors...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Raleigh (LPD 1) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crew member aboard a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 8 (HS-8) SH-3H Sea King helicopter prepares to fire a 7.62mm M-60D machine gun during a training mission. The Sea King is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64)

A crew member aboard a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 8 (HS-8) SH-...

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

Marines from the 9th Expeditionary Brigade fire M60 Machine Guns on the range during a field operation

Marines from the 9th Expeditionary Brigade fire M60 Machine Guns on th...

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

SPEC. 4 Brian Bates mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun on an M-113 armored personnel carrier during the joint service Exercise Nimrod Dancer

SPEC. 4 Brian Bates mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun on an M-113 a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NIMROD DANCER Base: Albrook Air Force Station State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Her... More

A Marine manning a sandbagged machine gun position talks on a field phone during a field exercise. An M-60E3 7.62mm lightweight machine gun is in the foreground

A Marine manning a sandbagged machine gun position talks on a field ph...

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

A partial close-up view of the underside of a Soviet Mi-28 Havoc helicopter on display at the 38th Paris International Air and Space Show at Le Bourget Airfield reveals its chin-mounted machine gun

A partial close-up view of the underside of a Soviet Mi-28 Havoc helic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Paris Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Dave Casey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Armed with an M60E3 machine gun, STAFF Sergeant Neil Porter of the 51st Security Police Squadron (51st SPS) waits in ambush during the air base ground defense Exercise FOAL EAGLE '89. The 51st SPS is acting as the aggressor force during the exercise. Air Force security police personnel from various United States and Pacific commands are taking part in the exercise

Armed with an M60E3 machine gun, STAFF Sergeant Neil Porter of the 51s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '89 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Val Gempis Relea... More

A soldier from 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt. 101st Airborne Div., fires an M-60 machine gun during a live-fire exercise

A soldier from 2nd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt. 101st Airborne Div., fires an...

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

A gunner in a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 5 (HS-5) SH-3H Sea King helicopter mans an M-60 machine gun as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) transits the Suez Canal below. The EISENHOWER is proceeding toward the Mediterranean Sea following a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield

A gunner in a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 5 (HS-5) SH-3H Sea Ki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Marquart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A view of an Avenger air defense system deployed with Btry. A, 2nd Bn., 6th Air Defense Artillery Bde., during Operation Desert Shield. The Avenger consists of a four-tube Stinger anti-aircraft missile launcher mounted on each side of an operator's station on a pedestal carried by an M-998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). A .50-caliber machine gun can be mounted beneath the right side Stinger launcher

A view of an Avenger air defense system deployed with Btry. A, 2nd Bn....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A sergeant first class with the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) explains the process of disassembling an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun to some of his soldiers during Operation Desert Shield

A sergeant first class with the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A member of the 24th Infantry division mans a .50-caliber machine gun atop an M-1 Abrams tank during Operation Desert Shield

A member of the 24th Infantry division mans a .50-caliber machine gun ...

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

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., take a break before conducting M-60A1 machine gun drills during Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne D...

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

With his M-60 machine gun slung across his chest, a machine gunner with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) holds several boxes of ammunition as he waits to board an aircraft with his unit to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

With his M-60 machine gun slung across his chest, a machine gunner wit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Renne L. Sitler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A Marine Corps M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives through a camp in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. The vehicle has an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on its roof

A Marine Corps M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)...

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

A combat photographer takes a shot of a Marine kneeling behind the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted atop an M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle other members of the Marine's unit go about their business nearby. The Marines are in a camp in northern Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Storm

A combat photographer takes a shot of a Marine kneeling behind the M-2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Ed Bailey, Usnr Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An Air Force security policeman atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) mans a 7.62mm M-60 machine gun as he guards a Military Airlift Command M-141B Starlifter aircraft which has transported military personnel and equipment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

An Air Force security policeman atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpos...

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

Marine Lance CPL. Patrick Ericson mans an M-60 general-purpose machine gun mounted on an M-998 high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle at Kuwait International Airport after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

Marine Lance CPL. Patrick Ericson mans an M-60 general-purpose machine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David Mcleod Release Status: Released ... More

A left front view of a ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun that was captured during Operation Desert Storm. An AML-90 light armored car is at left

A left front view of a ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun that was captur...

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

An M-2 .50-caliber machine gun teams of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Brigade, ready their weapons during a training exercise at the Central Training Area (CTA)

An M-2 .50-caliber machine gun teams of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Schawalder Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) parked on a small embankment on the side of a road. A Marine stands by the right rear corner of the vehicle and another Marine mans the M60 Machine Gun mounted on top of the vehicle. An UH-1N Huey helicopter is seen flying in the background. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) parked on a sm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Daniel Hart Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Marines of the Security Force Company patrol in a V-150 Commando armored vehicle mounted with an M-60E3 lightweight machine gun during training in guarding the special weapons area of the submarine base

Marines of the Security Force Company patrol in a V-150 Commando armor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Laurie Hughes-Smith Releas... More

A Kuwaiti soldier mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun atop an M-113 command and reconnaissance vehicle during Operation Desert Shield.

A Kuwaiti soldier mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun atop an M-113 co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. H. H. Deffner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A convoy of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) is parked in a column on the side of a road in a wooded area. The lead M998 has a Marine crewman with an M60 machine gun and an M151 TOW anti-tank weapon. A small group of Marines converse in area

A convoy of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) i...

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: Briscoe Release Status... More

Members of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5 take up defensive positions on the beach after coming shore in an inflatable boat during a press demonstration. The SEALSs are armed with M-4 carbines and a 7.62mm M-60 machine gun, background

Members of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5 take up defensive positions...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Charles Stover Release... More

US Army Military Policemen from the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York, stand guard at the entrance to one of the estimated 38 weapons bunkers discovered just north of Mogadishu, Somalia; near the small town of Afgoi. Two Soldiers in the background stand near the entrance of the bunker and three other soldiers are with their M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). One of those soldiers stands up in the back manning a M60 Machine Gun. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Army Military Policemen from the 511th Military Police Company, For...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgoi Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Carmen Yebba Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Using their truck as a vantage point, US Marines equipped with M-60 machine guns and M-16A2 rifles stay on the alert for snipers as they surround the weapons cantonment area of Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed. GEN. Aideed's compound seized by the Marines was an early morning raid

Using their truck as a vantage point, US Marines equipped with M-60 ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

Low angle shot looking up at US Army PFC Steven Battle holding a M60 Machine Gun in his right arm. He's pointing it in the air. Battle, a 10th Mountain Division Soldier from Rochester, New York, keeps a close watch on a road leading to the intersection he is posted at during a sunset raid on the Somali village of Afgooye. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Low angle shot looking up at US Army PFC Steven Battle holding a M60 M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgooye Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A high angle shot looking down into the back of a military truck loaded with varying types of confiscated machine gun, rifle and mortar rocket parts. Botswana Defense Force Soldiers and members of the US Marine's 11th Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, California, on the Bakara Market in Mogadishu, rounded up the weapons during a raid. Members of the military are not shown. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

A high angle shot looking down into the back of a military truck loade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bakara Market, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R. Oriez Release Status: Relea... More

Sergeant Moore from Company "B", 1ST Battalion 52nd Infantry Division is preparing an M-60 machine gun for battle exercises at the National Training Center

Sergeant Moore from Company "B", 1ST Battalion 52nd Infantry Division ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Ord State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marjorie Lehman Release Status: Released to Publi... More

PFC. Dominic Betbeze (L) and SGT. David Curtis, (R) 3rd platoon, 325th Charlie Company, Airborne Combat Team (ABCT), Southern European Task Force (SETAF), Infantry Brigade, US Army, Vicenza, Italy, sit in a bunker reading a M-60 machine gun manual. PFC. Betbeze is armed with an M-16 rifle. The bunker is located on the roof of the airport's terminal building

PFC. Dominic Betbeze (L) and SGT. David Curtis, (R) 3rd platoon, 325th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kigali Country: Rwanda (RWA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Marvin Krause Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Light Infantry Brigade, Fort Drum, New York, simulate assault tactics onboard the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) in support of Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. The soldiers are armed with an M60 machine gun and M16 rifles

US Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Light Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Martin Maddock, USN Release Status: Releas... More

U.S. Army military policemen defend their position with an M-60 machine gun during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise Reforger '85

U.S. Army military policemen defend their position with an M-60 machin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAL GUARDIANREFORGER '85 Base: Colbe Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Boyd Belcher Release ... More

Heavy armor and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), on patrol at the Joint Readiness Training Center. The HMMWVs are equipped with .50 caliber machine guns mounted on top

Heavy armor and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), o...

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

A Ukrainian Marine armed with an AKSU-74 sub-machine gun in a line during civil disturbance operations, Situational Training Exercise 4, Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. An AK-74 assault rifle can be seen on the left side of the image. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 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 ...

A Ukrainian Marine armed with an AKSU-74 sub-machine gun in a line dur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A Ukrainian Marine armed with an AKSU-74 sub-machine gun in a line during civil disturbance operations, Situational Training Ex... More

The severely damaged left front wheel unit and radiator of the 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1026 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier (basic armor and carrying a 7.62mm M60 Machine Gun) that struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The severely damaged left front wheel unit and radiator of the 3/5 Cav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Benjamin A. Lebron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2d Marines begin their assault on the MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) facility, Camp Lejeune. This rehearsal was for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise. The kneeling Marine is armed with the M16A2 assault rifle, prone Marine has the M240G medium machine gun, which replaced the M60E3 in the Marine Corps

Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2d Marines begin their assa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Mout Facility, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Sc... More

Marines from Landing Support Battalion, First Service Support Group take a MK19 Mod-3 40mm Grenade Machine Gun up the hill to set up a defensive position during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Marines from Landing Support Battalion, First Service Support Group ta...

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

1ST Lieutenant Mark Bolz attached to Charley Company 1ST Tanks mans the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun of his Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) during the beach assault of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 at Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

1ST Lieutenant Mark Bolz attached to Charley Company 1ST Tanks mans th...

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

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robert J. Horton, with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, mounts a .50 caliber machine gun on a 5 ton truck during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robert J. Horton, with Kilo Battery, Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFEX 1-98 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C... More

A Marine surveys the area using a sighting device on a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on top of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The Marines are protecting the Advanced Surgical Suite for Trauma Casualties (ASSTC) medical tent at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during LOE 1 (Limited Objective Experiment #1). 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. The ASSTC is a portable medical unit designed to bring resuscitative surgery to forward areas

A Marine surveys the area using a sighting device on a 50 caliber mach...

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

MGEN Philip R. Kensinger, Jr. (left), Commander, U.S. Army South, and visitor MGEN Wilfredo Jose Guerrero Zerpa (second from left, with beret) of the Venezuelan Army look at equipment and weapons, including an M249 machine gun and MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) accessories displayed by Bravo Company, 5-87th Infantry Battalion

MGEN Philip R. Kensinger, Jr. (left), Commander, U.S. Army South, and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Bayonet Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: Marshall Esquina, Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Marines, Special Operations Capable, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) receive weapons training, on the M2 HB (Heavy Barrel).50 caliber heavy machine gun, while the ship moves closer to the Persian Gulf. The GUAM deployed to the gulf as part of an increased military presence in response to a US Central Command (US CENTCOM) request for additional forces, 10 February 1998

US Marines, Special Operations Capable, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Guam (LPH 9) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Rich Williams, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Poster for Exercise NEON SPARK '98. Photos include a Bahrain sailor manning a 7.62 mm MAG general purpose machine gun

Poster for Exercise NEON SPARK '98. Photos include a Bahrain sailor ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEON SPARK '98 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey S. Viano, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

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