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Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, 12 Inch Mortar

Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, 12 Inch Mortar

This photograph depicts a 12 inch mortar at the Watertown Arsenal. Photographs

The great offensive in the West. Heavy mortars are put into position on the battle ground before Ham. March 29, 1918

The great offensive in the West. Heavy mortars are put into position o...

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PFC Jessie Stevens (left), and CPL Norm Campbell inspect their 81mm mortars prior to leaving for maneuvers in the Indian Ocean with the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit

PFC Jessie Stevens (left), and CPL Norm Campbell inspect their 81mm mo...

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

Marines of the 81st Mortar Unit train in firing mortars during a general quarters drill. The Marines are here to participate in a multinational peacekeeping operation

Marines of the 81st Mortar Unit train in firing mortars during a gener...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Robert Feary Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A Soviet-made M-37 82 mm mortar seized during Operation URGENT FURY

A Soviet-made M-37 82 mm mortar seized during Operation URGENT FURY

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

Marines sit against a wall in the town of Grenville during Operation URGENT FURY. They are armed with M16A1 rifles and an M224 60 mm lightweight company mortar, foreground

Marines sit against a wall in the town of Grenville during Operation U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 D. Wujcik Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US military personnel, armed with an M224 60 mm lightweight company mortar, participate in Operation URGENT FURY

US military personnel, armed with an M224 60 mm lightweight company mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Sunberg Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A Soldier adjusts an XM-52 mortar carriage

A Soldier adjusts an XM-52 mortar carriage

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: L.W. Wisenburg Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An M224 60 mm mortar and related equipment

An M224 60 mm mortar and related equipment

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 Hurlbut Release Status: Rele... More

A Marine sets up an M-224 60mm lightweight company mortar during the field training exercise Solid Shield '87

A Marine sets up an M-224 60mm lightweight company mortar during the f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '87 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Sc... More

A Soviet M-1930 120 mm short breech mortar on display at the US Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds

A Soviet M-1930 120 mm short breech mortar on display at the US Army A...

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

A soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-27, stands in a trailer as it is hooked up to an M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) aboard a US Army mechanized landing craft. Second Platoon, reinforced with 81 mm mortars, will proceed to Coco Solo High School, where they will conduct mortar drills within sight of a Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks

A soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-27, stands in a tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Coco Solo State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J. Alan Elliott, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A member of a quick reaction force carrying an M249 squad automatic weapon lies in the grass near an aiming stake during a readiness exercise. The force was brought in to reinforce 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-27, and an attached 81 mm mortar section that was conducting mortar drills within sight of a Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks

A member of a quick reaction force carrying an M249 squad automatic we...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Coco Solo State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J. Alan Elliott, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Lance CPL. B.K. Burway and Lance CPL. B.E. Whitfield of the 1ST Section, 81mm Mortars Plt. Weapons Co., 1ST Bn., 7th Marines, adjust the sights for an M-252 81mm mortar during Operation Desert Shield.

Lance CPL. B.K. Burway and Lance CPL. B.E. Whitfield of the 1ST Sectio...

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

A Marine non-commissioned officer from the 1ST Marine Division kneels beside an M-19 60mm mortar that is part of a display of captured Iraqi weapons and equipment being shown to reporters following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. An AKM rifle and an RPG-7 rocket launcher are at lower left

A Marine non-commissioned officer from the 1ST Marine Division kneels ...

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

Members of the 1ST, 506th Infantry Battalion load an 81mm mortar during a live fire training exercise at Typhoon Range

Members of the 1ST, 506th Infantry Battalion load an 81mm mortar durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LIVE FIRE Base: Yang-Gu Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Sebastian Sciotti Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Shot of a 60mm mortar shell inside a warehouse at Government ordnance Facility #4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

Shot of a 60mm mortar shell inside a warehouse at Government ordnance ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC James Gordon, USA Release Status: Released ... More

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Aeron Banks, 51st Security Forces Squadron, sights in coordinates for a simulated mortar fire mission, during the 2001 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Aeron Banks, 51st Security Forces Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cesar Rodriuez, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Two Afghani prison guards one armed with a 5.45mm AK-74 assault rifle sit inside the prison at Sherberghan, Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. An Arsenal 7.62mm PK Kalashnikov machine gun and several mortars are positioned on the table to the left

Two Afghani prison guards one armed with a 5.45mm AK-74 assault rifle ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sherberghan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: army Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ce... More

Weapons cache, an assortment of 81 mm mortar bomb, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), and mortar tube, found near A'Namaneah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Weapons cache, an assortment of 81 mm mortar bomb, Rocket Propelled Gr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: A'Namaneah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Mace M. Gratz, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A Croatian LMB 82 mm M93 mortar; part of a weapons cache found in a sports arena US Marines secured and setup a camp in during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Croatian LMB 82 mm M93 mortar; part of a weapons cache found in a sp...

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

A large cache of 60mm, 82,mm and 120mm mortars and various other ammunitions found in a parking garage near the Imam Ali Shrine during a raid to eradicate the forces of Muqtada Al-Sadr from their strong points in the city of An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A large cache of 60mm, 82,mm and 120mm mortars and various other ammun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Matthew S. Richards, USMC Release Status: Released ... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Mortar Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, deploy a M252 81mm Medium Extended Range Mortar in the Gayan District of Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Mortar Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 27th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gayan District Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jerry T. Combes, USA Release Sta... More

Soldiers from HHC, 2-7 Cav, 2nd BCT, 1ST Cav Div send some mortar rounds down range during combat operation in Fallujah on Nov. 12, 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class Johancharles Van Boers) (Released)

Soldiers from HHC, 2-7 Cav, 2nd BCT, 1ST Cav Div send some mortar roun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV Scene Camera Operator: ... More

Iraqi Army Soldiers armed with 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles and U.S. Marine Corps Marines armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles provide security for a mobile bucket-lift truck, as Iraqi civilian contracted workers in Fallujah, Iraq, on December 11, 2004, make repairs to the 132 kilo-vote electrical power substation, damaged in a mortar attack three days prior. The Iraqi people are working extra hard to restore power to the city so that the citizens of Fallujah can return to their homes. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)

Iraqi Army Soldiers armed with 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles and U.S. M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Theresa M. Medina, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A massive weapons cache was found by U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1-327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky., on Dec. 27, 2005. Approximately 280 mortars, 200 fuses and 200 14.5 mm rounds were extracted from a undergound pipe near Alsalana, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Timothy Kingston) (Released)

A massive weapons cache was found by U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Plato...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBOR... More

U.S. Army SGT. Joshua Walter (back), PFC. Alfredo Albrenica (middle), and PFC. Bill Schroeder (front) from Charlie Company, 1-32 Infantry, prepare a M120 mortar for firing in the Pech Valley, Afghanistan on Apr. 10, 2006.(U.S. Army photo by CPL. Joshua Balog) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Joshua Walter (back), PFC. Alfredo Albrenica (middle), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDURING FREEDOM Base: Pech Valley Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76 Scene Camera Operator: SPC J... More

U.S. Army PFC. Bill Schroeder from Charlie Company, 1-32 Infantry, prepare a M120 mortar round for firing in the Pech Valley, Afghanistan on Apr. 10, 2006.(U.S. Army photo by CPL. Joshua Balog) (Not Released)

U.S. Army PFC. Bill Schroeder from Charlie Company, 1-32 Infantry, pre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDURING FREEDOM Base: Pech Valley Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76 Scene Camera Operator: SPC J... More

Marines of 81 mm mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

Marines of 81 mm mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

Marines of 81 mm mortars platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, fire mortars down range during an exercise designed to qualify forward observers, at Range 106 Feb. 3.

U.S. Army soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade along with Iraqi soldiers from the 3rd Iraqi Army Division prepare to set up equipm... More

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion , 5th Marine

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion , 5th Marine

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion , 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, fire a Shoulder-launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon during a crew-served weapons competition aboard Mount B... More

Abrams Tank on patrol during Idaho training

Abrams Tank on patrol during Idaho training

An Abrams M1A1 Tank and its crew with the Minnesota Army National Guard plows through thick dusty roads at the Orchard Training Center, Idaho during tank maneuver engagement training for the 3rd Battalion, 116t... More

M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles road march back to their

M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles road march back to their

M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles road march back to their tactical assemble area after a situational training exercise lane as a part of Combined Resolve VI at Hohenfels, Germany May 16. Combined Resolve VI is a ... More

Mortarmen with Alpha Troop, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry

Mortarmen with Alpha Troop, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry

Mortarmen with Alpha Troop, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division set up a 120mm mortar system March 7, 2017 at Fort Stewart, Ga. Soldiers completed call fo... More

U.S. Army soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters

U.S. Army soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, load rounds onto a M1129 Stryker Mortar Carrier at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Bemowo Piskie, Poland, on June 6, 2017. S... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody Enriquez (left) and Sgt.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody Enriquez (left) and Sgt.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody Enriquez (left) and Sgt. Cavel Hylton, Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Gunners with 3rd LAAD Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38 (MACG-38), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) lock... More

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment,

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment,

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division fire mortar rounds during a training event in Nineveh Province, Iraq on Aug. 3, 2019. Coalition training pr... More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment load a 120 mm during a live-fire exercise in Syria, August 10, 2019. Indirect fire is essential support to Combined Joint Task Force - Opera... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Emily Elledge (left), the air

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Emily Elledge (left), the air

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Emily Elledge (left), the air officer for 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and Capt. Patrick Hassett, the company commander of bravo company, 1/6, wait for air support during a force-... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Benjamin Oswalt with Bravo

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Benjamin Oswalt with Bravo

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Benjamin Oswalt with Bravo Company 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (V18), 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), observes a target location during a fire and support range at Camp Lejeu... More

Spc. Samuel Mitchell with Crazy Troop, 1st Squadron,

Spc. Samuel Mitchell with Crazy Troop, 1st Squadron,

Spc. Samuel Mitchell with Crazy Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment,4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division prepare to fire 120mm mortars during a live fire exercise with the Iraqi Army in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 6. ... More

An Iraqi mortarman of 1st Battalion, 11th Brigade,

An Iraqi mortarman of 1st Battalion, 11th Brigade,

An Iraqi mortarman of 1st Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, fires an 81 mm mortar round down range during a live-fire exercise at Destiny Range in Ninewa province, Iraq, Jan. 25. U.S. soldiers o... More

Mortarmen from the Puerto Rico National Guard 296th

Mortarmen from the Puerto Rico National Guard 296th

Mortarmen from the Puerto Rico National Guard 296th Infantry Battalion, 101st Troop Command, hone their skills during the 2012 Annual Training at Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center. Here, Pfc. Edward ... More

A team of soldiers from Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2nd Battalion,

A team of soldiers from Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2nd Battalion,

A team of soldiers from Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st AB CT, 1st Infantry Division, duck and cover as they launch a M931 120 mm Full Range Training Round on July 30 during the uni... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/2,

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/2,

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), work together to load a 120mm mortar system into an amphibious assault vehicle during sustainment training in the U.S. ... More

First Lt. William Neely (kneeling), a scout platoon

First Lt. William Neely (kneeling), a scout platoon

First Lt. William Neely (kneeling), a scout platoon leader, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Jankowski (left), a scout team leader, both with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, obs... More

U.S. Army Spc. Walter Bates, Spc. Matthew Leighton,

U.S. Army Spc. Walter Bates, Spc. Matthew Leighton,

U.S. Army Spc. Walter Bates, Spc. Matthew Leighton, Spc. Doug Richardson, and Spc. Craig Smith, all with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, duck while firi... More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John R. Fischer, right, mortarman

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John R. Fischer, right, mortarman

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John R. Fischer, right, mortarman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, loads a M224 mortar while conducting final protective fires during the mechanized assault course ... More

Sgt. Dave Simpson fires an M327 mortar during a live-fire

Sgt. Dave Simpson fires an M327 mortar during a live-fire

Sgt. Dave Simpson fires an M327 mortar during a live-fire training event at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 21, 2017. Live-fire training events prepare Marines to face situations they may encounter in a combat environ... More

Mortarmen with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,

Mortarmen with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,

Mortarmen with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, go over setting up a M224 60mm Mortar during Exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 7, 2018. Northern Strike’s mission is to exercise particip... More

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade prepare an 81mm mortar round during Exercise Eagle Sokol 19, at Pocek Training Area, Slovenia, March 26, 2019. E... More

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment,

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment,

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division fire mortar rounds during a training event in Nineveh Province, Iraq on Aug. 3, 2019. Coalition training pr... More

U.S Marines with India Company, Infantry Training Battalion,

U.S Marines with India Company, Infantry Training Battalion,

U.S Marines with India Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, send rounds downrange during an M252 81 mm mortar live-fire range at Range 208C on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif... More

Soldiers deployed to At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, fire

Soldiers deployed to At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, fire

Soldiers deployed to At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, fire an 81 mm mortar weapon system during a readiness exercise on April 22, 2020. Coalition forces and our partner the Maghaweir al-Thowra remain united and determi... More

Pfc. Forest Weinheimer (right) with Company A, 1st

Pfc. Forest Weinheimer (right) with Company A, 1st

Pfc. Forest Weinheimer (right) with Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fires a mortar from the M224-A1 mortar system as part of a combined joint live-fire exercise with t... More

A Polish soldier assigned to the Polish army's 6th

A Polish soldier assigned to the Polish army's 6th

A Polish soldier assigned to the Polish army's 6th Airborne Brigade inserts a practice round into a U.S. mortar system during a weapons familiarization exercise July 3, 2015 near Nowa Dęba, Poland. During the t... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Spencer Knudson, vehicle commander

U.S. Marine Cpl. Spencer Knudson, vehicle commander

U.S. Marine Cpl. Spencer Knudson, vehicle commander with the Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, scouts for various avenues of approach and egress points on Al Asad Ai... More

A Marine with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine

A Marine with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine

A Marine with Weapons Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, maintains a log of firing missions for mortar team one at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 8, 2017. The Marines fired off red phosphorous and high explosiv... More

Spc. Aaron Champney (left), a gunner and Sgt. Reese

Spc. Aaron Champney (left), a gunner and Sgt. Reese

Spc. Aaron Champney (left), a gunner and Sgt. Reese Park, his squad leader, members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantr... More

Marines prepare a 120mm round during a live-fire mortar

Marines prepare a 120mm round during a live-fire mortar

Marines prepare a 120mm round during a live-fire mortar range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 23, 2017. Live-fire training events prepare Marines to face situations they may encounter in a combat environment. The M... More

UM HATTAH, Qatar – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Little,

UM HATTAH, Qatar – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Little,

UM HATTAH, Qatar – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Little, an indirect fire infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Armor Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Tas... More

An 81-mm mortar round fires from the M252A1 mortar

An 81-mm mortar round fires from the M252A1 mortar

An 81-mm mortar round fires from the M252A1 mortar during training conducted by Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division on Oct. 9, 2020, at... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander Duckett, a rifleman assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander Duckett, a rifleman assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander Duckett, a rifleman assigned to Blackhawk Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior provides security a... More

HHC, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, South

HHC, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, South

HHC, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, South Carolina National Guard soldier, prepares a 120mm mortar in the towed position for convoy movement, Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 9.

An Afghan National Army mortar team leader greets a

An Afghan National Army mortar team leader greets a

An Afghan National Army mortar team leader greets a commanding officer before a demonstration of firing high explosive mortars on Combat Outpost Narizah, Khowst province, Afghanistan, July 8, 2012.

Pfc. Brandon Swanger, (center) a mortarman with 1st

Pfc. Brandon Swanger, (center) a mortarman with 1st

Pfc. Brandon Swanger, (center) a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, half loads an 81 mm mortar into the weapons system as he waits for the “fire” command during a live-fire mortar range aboard C... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Isaac Bautista, a mortarman assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Isaac Bautista, a mortarman assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Isaac Bautista, a mortarman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, loads an M252 81mm Medium Weight Mortar System during Exercise Sky Soldier 16, March 4,... More

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an M120 120mm mortar system is fired during the mortar fire portion of a combined arms training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 26, 2016. The combined arms exer... More

Cpl. John Glomba, left, and Pfc. Luis Steponovich,

Cpl. John Glomba, left, and Pfc. Luis Steponovich,

Cpl. John Glomba, left, and Pfc. Luis Steponovich, both with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a .50-caliber Browning machine gun during ... More

An Iraqi security forces member looks through the viewfinder

An Iraqi security forces member looks through the viewfinder

An Iraqi security forces member looks through the viewfinder at a simulated target during mortar training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2017. Camp Taji is one of four CJTF - OIR building partner capacity locatio... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Zachary Fries, left, and Spc. Enrique

U.S. Army Pfc. Zachary Fries, left, and Spc. Enrique

U.S. Army Pfc. Zachary Fries, left, and Spc. Enrique Revelo, both mortarmen assigned to to 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepare to fire a 120mm morta... More

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle at a target during a squad supported attack at the Kaneohe Bay Range Tra... More

Army Pvt. Vincent Myers, left, and Sgt. Kevin Collins,

Army Pvt. Vincent Myers, left, and Sgt. Kevin Collins,

Army Pvt. Vincent Myers, left, and Sgt. Kevin Collins, assigned to Baker Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army... More

Pvt. Christopher McDonald, an indirect fire infantryman

Pvt. Christopher McDonald, an indirect fire infantryman

Pvt. Christopher McDonald, an indirect fire infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, drops a 120mm mortar round down the tube Nov. 9 at Forward Opera... More

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers participate

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers participate

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers participate in a live-fire and movement range as part of exercise Dawn Blitz. The live-fire range implements small arms, recoiless rifle and mortar support to overtak... More

Cpl. Jacklyn Dean, left, and Sgt. Rebecca Rutherford,

Cpl. Jacklyn Dean, left, and Sgt. Rebecca Rutherford,

Cpl. Jacklyn Dean, left, and Sgt. Rebecca Rutherford, right, both mortar men with Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, fire an M224 60mm light-weight mortar during a Ma... More

Mortar men with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Mortar men with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Mortar men with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assist an ally from 1st Brigade Estonian Defense Force as he hangs a mortar into a tube dur... More

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black

U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, Bulgarian and Romanian Forces conduct a joint exercise utilizing Bulgarian and U.S. main battle tanks, indirect fire, mechanized infantry... More

First Lt. Mark Antonio, a fire support officer assigned

First Lt. Mark Antonio, a fire support officer assigned

First Lt. Mark Antonio, a fire support officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, points to a target downrange while training soldiers to call for fire during a... More

A mortar unit with the U.S. Marines Fox Company, 2nd

A mortar unit with the U.S. Marines Fox Company, 2nd

A mortar unit with the U.S. Marines Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines of the 23rd Marine Regiment of the 4th Marine Division prepares a mortar position while conducting trench warfare training at Fort Mc... More

Soldiers with Ukraine’s 1st Airmobile Battalion, 79th

Soldiers with Ukraine’s 1st Airmobile Battalion, 79th

Soldiers with Ukraine’s 1st Airmobile Battalion, 79th Air Assault Brigade fire a mortar during a live-fire exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, n... More

U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense

U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense

U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operate M252 81mm medium weight mortar systems with eachother Aug. 13, 2017, in Chitose, Japan, during Northern Viper 2017. The service members s... More

JORDAN (April 21, 2018) – U.S. Marines assigned to

JORDAN (April 21, 2018) – U.S. Marines assigned to

JORDAN (April 21, 2018) – U.S. Marines assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire an M224A1 60MM mortar system duri... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (June 9, 2018) - Afghan

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (June 9, 2018) - Afghan

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (June 9, 2018) - Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps mortar instructor explains to an ANA mortarmen where to aim during a live-fire range at Camp Shorabak. The Afghan National D... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (June 27, 2018) – A U.S.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (June 27, 2018) – A U.S.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (June 27, 2018) – A U.S. Marine Corps advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) observes Afghan National Army 215th Corps soldiers providing suppressive fire during a live-fire rang... More

U.S. Army Pvt. Donald Baker, an indirect fire infantryman

U.S. Army Pvt. Donald Baker, an indirect fire infantryman

U.S. Army Pvt. Donald Baker, an indirect fire infantryman assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, conducts a... More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Christopher Nelson, mortarman,

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Christopher Nelson, mortarman,

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Christopher Nelson, mortarman, with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aligns his sights on a M224 A1 mortar system at Lava Viper in Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Jan. 2... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Benson with Weapons

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Benson with Weapons

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Benson with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 fires a 120mm mortar during a battle sight zero for a 120mm mortar system on forwar... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding general,

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding general,

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, places a round in the mortar tube after receiving a short training session at Combat Outpost Monti, Aug. 5, 2012. ... More

Soldiers of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed

Soldiers of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed

Soldiers of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, load the empty mortar containers to take them back to the ammunition handling area after a field training exercise at Adazi Tra... More

A solider from Latvia observes the mortar round impact

A solider from Latvia observes the mortar round impact

A solider from Latvia observes the mortar round impact as U.S. soldiers from the Scout Platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment look on at Adazi Training Area, Latvia o... More

Battle Group Poland’s Eagle Troop validated its readiness

Battle Group Poland’s Eagle Troop validated its readiness

Battle Group Poland’s Eagle Troop validated its readiness and capability as part of its Squad Live Fire exercise at Bemowo Piskie Training Area July 16-20. Squads were observed and evaluated as they conducted t... More

Cpl. Eric Piscatella, a squad leader with Battalion

Cpl. Eric Piscatella, a squad leader with Battalion

Cpl. Eric Piscatella, a squad leader with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, checks the aim of an 81mm mortar system before firing at range W-174, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 19, 2017. BLT 1/1 is the ... More

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SYRIA – A U.S. Marine with Weapons

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SYRIA – A U.S. Marine with Weapons

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SYRIA – A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Central Command provides security ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Slavik, a mortarman with

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Slavik, a mortarman with

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Slavik, a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 3rd Marine Division under the Unit Deployment Program, writes adjustments during a live-fire 61mm m... More

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, with Black Sea Rotational Force 14.2, fire an M252 81 mm mortar system during live-fire training part of Platinum Lion 14-1 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulg... More

Marines engage simulated targets with an M224 mortar

Marines engage simulated targets with an M224 mortar

Marines engage simulated targets with an M224 mortar system during a company supported, live-fire assault as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynin... More

Pvt. Michael Drolet, an Iron Troop infantryman with

Pvt. Michael Drolet, an Iron Troop infantryman with

Pvt. Michael Drolet, an Iron Troop infantryman with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, originally from Winter Park, Orlando, Fla., covers his sector of fire with an M249 mach... More

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HAWAII -- Pfc. Fernando Santana,

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HAWAII -- Pfc. Fernando Santana,

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HAWAII -- Pfc. Fernando Santana, a grenadier with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fires his M203 grenade launcher at the objective during a squad live-fire event at P... More

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 8th Marine

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 8th Marine

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fire a 60mm mortar during a live-fire range as part of Fuji Viper 21.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 14, 2021. Durin... More

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