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Private First Class Ernest J. Williams is boosted onto a roof by SPECIALIST, Fouth Class Howard Griffin and STAFF Sergeant James A. Jordan during a security exercise...The men are members of the Special Reaction Team (SRT)

Private First Class Ernest J. Williams is boosted onto a roof by SPECI...

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

General Crosbie E. Saint, left, Commander, United States Army Europe and 7th Army, talks with an officer as he tours the scene of a simulated chemical accident during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

General Crosbie E. Saint, left, Commander, United States Army Europe a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A soldier wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask directs the driver of a forklift as a simulated chemical artillery round is brought in for disposal during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A soldier wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An Army video cameraman films a planning conference for Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

An Army video cameraman films a planning conference for Operation CROC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bill Hansen, 242nd Combat Communication Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, helps to disassemble an OE-361 Quick Reaction Antenna at Royal Thai Air Force (RTAFB), Korat for redeployment after Exercise COBRA GOLD 2000

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bill Hansen, 242nd Combat Communication Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey Clonkey, US... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 608th Air Communications Squadron (ACOMS), Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (LA), assemble an OE-361 Quick Reaction Antenna (QRA) in preparation for Exercise BLUE FLAG 02-4

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 608th Air Communications Squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BLUE FLAG 02-4 Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 608th Air Communications Squadron (ACOMS), Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (LA), hand cranks the support stand on an OE-361 Quick Reaction Antenna (QRA) being set up during Exercise BLUE FLAG 02-4

A US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 608th Air Communications Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BLUE FLAG 02-4 Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Justin M. Layman, Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), provides cover as he practices a squad rush drill while conducting a daytime Quick Reaction Force (QRF) training exercise at Bagram Air Base (AB), Parvan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. LCPL Layman has participated in both daytime and nighttime QRF training in case he is needed to support perimeter security

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Justin M. Layman, Headqua...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Douglas, USMC Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Justin M. Layman, Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), practices a squad rush drill while conducting a daytime Quick Reaction Force (QRF) training exercise at Bagram Air Base (AB), Parvan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. LCPL Layman has participated in both daytime and nighttime QRF training in case he is needed to support perimeter security

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Justin M. Layman, Headqua...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Douglas, USMC Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) members cover USMC Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (not in image), both playing the role of perpetrators who had taken a hostage, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC SRT could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) members cover U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines remove a captured simulated terrorist away from a parked van while participating in a simulated terrorists holding hostages situation during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines remove a ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Major General (MGEN) Kimizuka (center, facing camera), Commanding General (CG), 1ST Combined Brigade, and US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Brad Turner (right, back to camera), CHIEF of STAFF, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster, discuss the simulated hostage rescue by a USMC Special Reaction Team (SRT) during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Butler. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Major General (MGEN) Kimizu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Richard Limon (role-playing an enemy aggressor), Special Reaction Team (SRT), USMC Provost Marshals Office (PMO), Marine Palms, hides in the closet as CPL Joeseph Gaydeski (right), SRT, PMO, clears the room during a nighttime breaching exercise being conducted aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGGC) / Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) (MCAGCC/MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA). (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Richard Limon (role-playing an e...

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 Patrick Green, USMC Release ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT), USMC Provost Marshals Office (PMO), Marine Palms, is caught in a firefight inside a building during a nighttime breaching exercise being conducted aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGGC) / Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) (MCAGCC/MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA). (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT), USMC Provost Mar...

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 Patrick Green, USMC Release ... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) carry their gear and rucksacks as they tread through and board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The CJTF76 QRF conducted an exercise with their International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) counterparts near Kabul, Afghanistan (AFG), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joshua Balog, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A member of a decontamination team picks up a metal canister used to store leaking chemical artillery rounds as the cleanup of a contaminated area begins during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A member of a decontamination team picks up a metal canister used to s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

After completing the previous steps in the personal decontamination process, a soldier steps into a shower before being tested for exposure to chemical agents. The soldier is participating in Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

After completing the previous steps in the personal decontamination pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant N. Mcbride Release Status: Released to ... More

Medical team personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks place a simulated casualty on a stretcher during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Medical team personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) prote...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Members of a decontamination team seal up two metal canisters containing simulated chemical artillery rounds during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Members of a decontamination team seal up two metal canisters containi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Smoke grenades are ignited to simulate an exploded chemical artillery round at a chemical weapons storage site during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Smoke grenades are ignited to simulate an exploded chemical artillery ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant N. Mcbride Release Status: Released to ... More

960605-M-7232C-009 Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF), wash down an M-93 FOX vehicle, a Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance System, during an exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any NBC occurrence worldwide. Official Marine Corps PHOTO by LCPL. C. D. Clark, 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit

960605-M-7232C-009 Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological Inter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. C. D. Clark Release Status: Re... More

Major T. E. Little shows Marines from Special Reaction Teams, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, California, the setup of shape charges during a breeching exercise in Western Turkey

Major T. E. Little shows Marines from Special Reaction Teams, Marine C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT P. D. Bishop, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Three US Army B Co., 9th Engineers, one armed with an M16A2 rifle and leading two others using a fireman carry, evacuate a simulated casualty across snow-covered ground during a Quick Force Reaction exercise being carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Three US Army B Co., 9th Engineers, one armed with an M16A2 rifle and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brcko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jennifer Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the Montana Army National Guard (MTANG) lifts off with a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) participating in a Weapons of Mass Destruction exercise at Ft. Harrison, Montana (MT). The joint exercise including both Army and Air National Guard personnel, are training to respond to natural and manmade disasters

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the Montana Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Harrison State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air National Guard Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Special Reaction Team (SRT), USMC Provost Marshals Office (PMO), Marine Palms, covers a simulated dead aggressor during a nighttime breaching exercise being conducted aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGGC) / Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) (MCAGCC/MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA). (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Special Reaction Team (SRT), USMC Pro...

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 Patrick Green, USMC Release ... More

Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), 240th Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS), McEntire Air National Guard Station (ANGS), South Carolina (SC) setup a AN/TSC-94A quick reaction satellite antenna (QRSA) as part of an operational readiness exercise (ORE)

Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), 240th Combat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Caycee R. Watson, USAF Releas... More

Soldiers wearing Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks carry a simulated artillery round out of the woods for disposal during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Soldiers wearing Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) protective suits an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Mcbride Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

West German soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks prepare to place markers around a contaminated area during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

West German soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protect...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A West German soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask carries a tank of decontamination solution on his back during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A West German soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) prot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant N. Mcbride Release Status: Released to ... More

West German soldiers wearing full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks decontaminate the area around a simulated chemical artillery round before disposing of the round during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

West German soldiers wearing full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

West German soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks cover a simulated chemical artillery round with a sheet after coating it with a decontaminant during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

West German soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protect...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A simulated casualty is carried to a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter by personnel of the 763rd Hospital Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A simulated casualty is carried to a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) hel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Base: Pirmasens Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant N. Mcbride Release Sta... More

Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF) cut the clothing off of a victim of chemical attack during decontamination proceedings. The exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any Nuclear Biological Chemical occurrence worldwide

Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological International Reaction F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. C. D. Clark ... More

US Army medics load a stretcher-borne simulated casualty on to an US Army HMMWV M997 Maxi-Ambulance, parked on the snow-covered roadside, during a Quick Force Reaction exercise being carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

US Army medics load a stretcher-borne simulated casualty on to an US A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brcko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jennifer Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

960605-M-7232C-010 Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF), wash down an M-93 FOX vehicle, a Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance System during an exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, NC.  The exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any NBC occurrence worldwide.  Official Marine Corps PHOTO by LCPL. C. D. Clark, 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit

960605-M-7232C-010 Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological Inter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. C. D. Clark Release Status: Re... More

A Reaction Force made up of Portuguese Army, Operational Reserve (OPRES) Forces dressed in personal protective armor respond to an angry mob during a simulated riot and crowd control exercise at Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), during Exercise JOINT RESOLVE 26

A Reaction Force made up of Portuguese Army, Operational Reserve (OPRE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT RESOLVE 26 Base: Trebinje Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Scott Wagers, USAF Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Pual Shyne (upper), and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Hamlet Arutynov, both Satellite, Wideband and Telemetry Systems Apprentices, prepare to assemble an OE-361 Quick Reaction Satellite Antenna at the Landstuhl Army Training Site for exercise Golden Divide, held at Kaiserslautern, Germany

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Pual Shyne (upper), and U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Landstuhl State: Kaiserslautern Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), conduct a daytime Quick Reaction Force (QRF) training exercise at Bagram Air Base (AB), Parvan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. These Marines are participating in both daytime and nighttime QRF training in case they are needed to support perimeter security

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 6th Mari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Douglas, USMC Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, are briefed by Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Kevan Kvenlog, Provost Marshal, MCB Camp Foster, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX), which is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines, Camp Foste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Bradley E. Turner, CHIEF of STAFF, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Major General (MGEN) Eiji Kimizuka, Commanding General (CG), 1ST Combined Brigade, watch MCB Camp Foster Special Reaction Team (SRT) Marines perform a hostage rescue situation demonstration during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) at Camp Foster. This exercise is a base wide event designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Bradley E. Turner, CHIEF of STAFF...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers, seated on bleacher seats, observe a Special Reaction Team (SRT) control a simulated terrorists holding hostages situation during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers, seated on bleache...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing prepares to take while raining during an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on Oct. 29, 2004. The wing practiced generating forces to an alert posture and launching aircraft at minimum intervals to demonstrate quick reaction combat capability during the ORE. (USAF PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joe Laws) (Released)

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joe Laws, USAF Release Status: ... More

U.S. Army SPC. Ryan Moffenbier, 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 4th Infantry Division, inspects underneath a truck as U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Joshua Barnett, 37th Security Forces Squadron, monitors the area during a Quick Reaction Force exercise at Lackland Air Force Base, TX, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Derrick C. Goode) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Ryan Moffenbier, 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 4th Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Derrick C. Goode, USAF Release Sta... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG), sharpen their skills during a Quick Reaction Force exercise at the East River Range near Bagram, Afghanistan (AFG), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 141st Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Harold Fields, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Prior to conducting a joint exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan (AFG), US Army (USA) Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) coordinate communications through a field phone, with their Portuguese counterparts assigned to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Prior to conducting a joint exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan (AFG), US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joshua Balog, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter carrying a quick reaction force turns toward the beach. As part of a readiness exercise, the reaction force will reinforce 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-27, which is conducting mortar drills within sight of a Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks near Coco Solo High School

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter carrying a quick reaction fo...

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

Medical personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks treat a simulated casualty during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Medical personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Z. Rockett Release Status: Released to P... More

Chemical reaction team personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks seal a canister after placing a simulated chemical artillery round inside during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Chemical reaction team personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Z. Rockett Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask backs his forklift away from a container during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A truck equipped with cranes is used to remove a container from the trailer of a disabled vehicle during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A truck equipped with cranes is used to remove a container from the tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An Army officer speaks during a planning conference for Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

An Army officer speaks during a planning conference for Operation CROC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A simulated casualty is loaded into a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter by personnel of the 763rd Hospital during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A simulated casualty is loaded into a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant N. Mcbride Release Status: Released to ... More

A soldier wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask steadies a metal container as a simulated chemical artillery round is lowered into it during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A soldier wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Z. Rockett Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A convoy of 37th Transportation Company M915A1 14-ton tractor trucks pulling flatbed trailers enters a chemical weapons storage compound during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A convoy of 37th Transportation Company M915A1 14-ton tractor trucks p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Z. Rockett Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A staff sergeant calls in the location of a disabled tractor-trailer that had to drop out of a convoy during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A staff sergeant calls in the location of a disabled tractor-trailer t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

U.S. Army personnel take part in a teamwork exercise on the leadership reaction course

U.S. Army personnel take part in a teamwork exercise on the leadership...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Seneca Army Depot, Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released ... More

Gary Long, a scientist working with the Navy Medical Research Institute (NMRI) works to detect DNA strands in biological weapons used against victims during the Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF) exercise. The exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any Nuclear Biological Chemical occurrence worldwide

Gary Long, a scientist working with the Navy Medical Research Institut...

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: Lance CPL. C. D. Clark ... More

Wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear, PV2 Ruben Gutierrez (second from left), PVT Patrick O'Neal and PFC Damien Wainright (third and fourth from left), all assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, are briefed by SSGT Nathaniel Williams on their reaction to a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp. The chemical attacks are executed, using Russian helicopters, by members of Optec Threat Support Activity based at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas as part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear, PV2 Rube...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

Personnel assigned to the 242nd Combat Communication Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, disassemble an OE-361 Quick Reaction Antenna at Royal Thai Air Force (RTAFB), Korat for redeployment after Exercise COBRA GOLD 2000

Personnel assigned to the 242nd Combat Communication Squadron, Washing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey Clonkey, US... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jaroslaw Kostecki adjusts the wave guide detector for a OE-361 quick reaction antenna. SSGT Kostecki is the assistant Noncommissioned Officer of Satellite Communications for the 31st Air Expeditionary Force Package, 31st Communication Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy. The 31st AEFCP is deployed to Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, to provide Siprnet, DSN, Internet and Intrasite communications capabilities from air to ground to land mobile radio during Exercise AFRICAN EAGLE. African Eagle is a bi-annual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air to air training with the Royal Moroccan Air Force

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jaroslaw Kostecki adjusts the wave guide d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AFRICAN EAGLE Base: Sidi Slimane Air Base Country: Morocco (MAR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A. Castillo, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 608th Air Communications Squadron (ACOMS), Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (LA), prepare to set up an OE-361 Quick Reaction Antenna (QRA), during Exercise BLUE FLAG 02-4

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 608th Air Communications Squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BLUE FLAG 02-4 Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier, 29th Infantry Division (light) (ID (Light)), Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Fort Belvoir, Virginia (VA), provides cover with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, while his team rescues a civilian during an air insertion train exercise in Mount Vis, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The exercise included two platoons from the QRF where one played the rescuers and the other played the opposing forces during Operation JOINT FORGE

A US Army (USA) Soldier, 29th Infantry Division (light) (ID (Light)), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mount Vis State: Bosniac-Croat Federation Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Jake Ruiz, USA Release Status: Rele... More

The US Air Force (USAF) Quick Reaction Launch Vehicle (QRLV) lifts off the pad at the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), Kodiak, Alaska, during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE

The US Air Force (USAF) Quick Reaction Launch Vehicle (QRLV) lifts off...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Lee O. Tuck... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8) on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), practice emergency reaction drills in and out of Zodiac assault craft. The training, at Marine Base Ternate, is part of the MARINE INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (MIX), a bilateral training exercise involving the US Marines of 3/8 and the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew J. Anderson, USMC Release Statu... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8) on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), and Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Marines, 3rd Battalion (BN) 32nd and 33rd Marines (MAR), practice emergency reaction drills in and out of Zodiac assault craft. The training, at Marine Base Ternate, is part of the MARINE INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (MIX), a bilateral training exercise involving the US Marines of 3/8 and the PMC

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines Scene Camera ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8) on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), and Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Marines, 3rd Battalion (BN) 32nd and 33rd Marines (MAR), practice emergency reaction drills in and out of Zodiac assault craft. The training, at Marine Base Ternate, is part of the MARINE INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (MIX), a bilateral training exercise involving the US Marines of 3/8 and the PMC

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines Scene Camera ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (standing right) and Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (standing left) play the role of a perpetrators who have taken a hostage during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC Special Reaction Team (SRT) could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (standing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) moves into the hostile area as they participate in a simulated terrorists holding hostages situation during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) moves into the ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing deploys its parachute while landing during an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on Oct. 29, 2004. The wing practiced generating forces to an alert posture and launching aircraft at minimum intervals to demonstrate quick reaction combat capability during the ORE. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN Alicia M. Schnerre) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Alicia M. Schnerre, USAF Releas... More

U.S. Army SPC. Ryan Moffenbier, 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 4th Infantry Division, reports the coordinates of his unit during a Quick Reaction Force exercise at Lackland Air Force Base, TX, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Derrick C. Goode) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Ryan Moffenbier, 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 4th Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Derrick C. Goode, USAF Release Sta... More

Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016

Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016

Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016 participants celebrate after completing a leadership reaction course obstacle March 22, 2016, at Fort Bliss, Texas. This exercise provides training across the sp... More

1504017-N-XG464-147 GULF OF ADEN (April 17, 2015) -

1504017-N-XG464-147 GULF OF ADEN (April 17, 2015) -

1504017-N-XG464-147 GULF OF ADEN (April 17, 2015) - Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) practice using oleoresin capsicum spray during security reaction force training. ... More

A van assigned to the 144th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit stands by in support of the 519th Military Police Battalion during Exercise ORBIT SUNSET, designed to test the base conterterrorism plan (SPECTO). The exercise will test readiness and reaction to a staged car bomb threat at the consolidated mess hall and a hostage situation

A van assigned to the 144th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit stands by...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ORBIT SUNSET Base: Fort Meade State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Long ... More

A quick reaction package van from the 3rd Combat Communications group is set-up for sending classified information during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR'87.  The US Central Command exercise represents a Joint Chiefs of STAFF effort to eva

A quick reaction package van from the 3rd Combat Communications group ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons, USAF Release Status: Released... More

Members of a decontamination team place a simulated chemical artillery round in a buried metal canister to prevent further contamination during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Members of a decontamination team place a simulated chemical artillery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An Army video cameraman films an M915A1 14-ton tractor truck pulling a flatbed trailer as it moves through the town as part of a convoy during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

An Army video cameraman films an M915A1 14-ton tractor truck pulling a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Marines from the Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF) prepare to wash down after a training exercise at Camp Lejeune, NC. The CBIRF unit is designed to respond to any Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical (NBC) occurrence, which poses a threat to US Forces worldwide

US Marines from the Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (...

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: LCPL C.D. Clark Releas... More

Three US Army medics work on a simulated casualty lying on one of two stretchers, located on top of the snow-covered ground immediately behind a parked US Army HMMWV M997 Maxi-Ambulance, during a Quick Force Reaction exercise being carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Three US Army medics work on a simulated casualty lying on one of two ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brcko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jennifer Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Matthew Dickinson (Left) and A1C Joshua Price, 603rd Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, test the antenna of the Quick Reaction Satellite. The 603rd ACS is preparing for the joint NATO Exercise TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY 2000

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Matthew Dickinson (Left) and A1C Joshu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY 2000 Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Suzann... More

The Marco Oil Recovery Vessel, Rapa, and other smaller vessels position containment barriers behind the MSA Brolga, Royal Australian Navy, during a simulated oil spill. The Marco Oil Revovery team in conjunction with the Royal Australian Navy test their reaction time and recovery capabilities in the event of an oil spill during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of ...

The Marco Oil Recovery Vessel, Rapa, and other smaller vessels positio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The Marco Oil Recovery Vessel, Rapa, and other smaller vessels position containment barriers behind the MSA Brolga, Royal Austr... More

A German Army H-53 Helicopter assigned to the Stabilization Force (SFOR) lands to extract a Reaction Force made up of Portuguese Army Soldiers dressed in personal protective armor, during a riot control exercise at Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), during Exercise JOINT RESOLVE 26

A German Army H-53 Helicopter assigned to the Stabilization Force (SFO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT RESOLVE 26 Base: Trebinje Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maria J. Lorente, USAF R... More

A Multi-National Reaction Force made up of Portuguese Army Soldiers dressed in personal protective armor, followed by Spanish Soldiers aboard a BMR-600 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), conduct a riot control exercise at Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), during Exercise JOINT RESOLVE 26

A Multi-National Reaction Force made up of Portuguese Army Soldiers dr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT RESOLVE 26 Base: Trebinje Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maria J. Lorente, Uaf Re... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) member (standing) provides cover as two other USMC SRT members secure USMC Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (lying prone, left) and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (not in image), both playing the role of perpetrators who had taken a hostage, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC SRT could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) member (standing)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) member (center) escorts USMC Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (left, hands secured) and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (right, hands secured), both playing the role of perpetrators who had taken a hostage, along a asphalt walkway during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC SRT could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) member (center) e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) sniper rifle sits on display during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) conducted on MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler / Camp Foster. The FPEX was held to test and improve base security at MCB Camp Butler from March 29 to April 1, 2004

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) sniper rifle sits...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines (standing), Special Reaction Team (SRT), USMC Provost Marshals Office (PMO), Marine Palms, detain USMC STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Faaborg, role-playing an enemy aggressor, during a nighttime breaching exercise being conducted aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGGC) / Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) (MCAGCC/MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA). (SUBSTANDARD)

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines (standing), Special Reaction Team (...

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 Patrick Green, USMC Release ... More

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing prepares to take off in the rain during an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on Oct. 29, 2004. The wing practiced generating forces to an alert posture and launching aircraft at minimum intervals to demonstrate quick reaction combat capability during the ORE. (USAF PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joe Laws) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joe Laws, USAF Release Status: ... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) compound .  Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) conducted an exercise with their ISAF counterparts near Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 10, 2005.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Joshua Balog) (Released)

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands at the International Security Assista...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76 Scene Came... More

U.S. Army CAPT. Edward Delatejera of the Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) discusses plans with his Portugese counterpart from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).  CJTF76 QRF conducted an exercise with their ISAF counterparts near Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 10, 2005.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Joshua Balog) (Released)

U.S. Army CAPT. Edward Delatejera of the Combined Joint Task Force 76 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76 Scene Cam... More

U.S. Air Force GEN. Gene Renuart (left), Commander, United States Northern Command, Becky Skillman, Indiana Lieutenant Governor, and LT. GEN. H. Steven Blum (center, right), CHIEF, National Guard Bureau, attend a briefing with the National Guard Public Affairs Rapid Reaction Team at Muscatatuck Training Center, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on May 12, 2007, during Exercise Vigilant Guard, a joint military and civilian training exercise simulating the detonation of nuclear devices in a metropolitan area.  (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Jim Greenhill) (Released)

U.S. Air Force GEN. Gene Renuart (left), Commander, United States Nort...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Atterbury State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jim Greenhill, USA Release Status: Release... More

An Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016

An Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016

An Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016 participant falls in the water while attempting to cross a leadership reaction course obstacle March 22, 2016, at Fort Bliss, Texas. This exercise provides tr... More

Members of the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 346th Transportation Corps Battalion act as a ready reaction force guarding the tactical operations center. They are participating in an annual field training exercise at Camp Santiago

Members of the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 346th Transpo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Salinas State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Orlando Hernandez Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Members of the 2nd Combat Information Squadron compete in the quick reaction package competition during Exercise COMBAT CHALLENGE'86

Members of the 2nd Combat Information Squadron compete in the quick re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT CHALLENGE Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

A soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask helps a fellow soldier remove his protective boots at a personnel decontamination station during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. N. Mcbride Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A west German soldier wearing a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask sprays a fellow soldier with a decontamination solution during Operation Crocodile, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A west German soldier wearing a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) prot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Mcbride Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An Army video cameraman films a planning conference for Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

An Army video cameraman films a planning conference for Operation CROC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC D. Jackson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks begin the process of decontamination after leaving a contaminated area during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

Soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Z. Rockett Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A soldier is hoisted over a barrier as a U.S. Army personnel participate in an exercise on the leadership reaction course

A soldier is hoisted over a barrier as a U.S. Army personnel participa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Seneca Army Depot, Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released ... More

Three US Army B Co., 9th Engineers, one armed with an M16A2 rifle and leading two others using a fireman carry, evacuate a simulated casualty across snow-covered ground during a Quick Force Reaction exercise being carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Three US Army B Co., 9th Engineers, one armed with an M16A2 rifle and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SPC Gerald James Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

An US Army B Co., 9th Engineer, using an AN-19/2 Mine Detector, searches for mines buried in the snow-covered ground to clear a path to a simulated casualty during a Quick Force Reaction exercise being carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

An US Army B Co., 9th Engineer, using an AN-19/2 Mine Detector, search...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SPC Gerald James Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

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