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US Army (USA) Soldiers set up their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) for a security position at an unidentified Base Camp located in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers set up their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew P. Roufs, USMC Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Two U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment run to their security position after being inserted by CH-47 helicopter near their target objective during Operation Swarmer in the area Northeast of Samarra, Iraq, March 16, 2006. The soldiers of the 187th and the 4th Iraqi Army Division air assaulted in the area Northeast of Samarra to find weapon caches and Anti-Iraq Forces as part of Operation Swarmer. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

Two U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment run...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA) Scene... More

An Iraq Army Soldier armed with a 5.56mm Tabuk assault rifle mans a security position outside a Mosque while conducting offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr

An Iraq Army Soldier armed with a 5.56mm Tabuk assault rifle mans a se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL J.A Chaverri, USMC Release Sta... More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Justin Gang (center), Bravo Company (B Co), 3rd Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 187th Infantry Regiment (1/187th), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), takes up a security position with other members of his unit as they wait for the go-ahead to enter and search a hotel in Bayji, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), for suspected Iraqi insurgents and possible explosive devices during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Justin Gang (center), Bravo Company...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Willoughby, 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE) mans an FNMI 7.62 mm M240B machine gun, at a security position on the streets of Al Hawijah as part of Operation Bayonet Lightning during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Bayonet Lightning is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Willoughby, 173rd Airborne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

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

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

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

Near a US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter, an infantryman with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) carries a full combat load, including an FNMI 7.62 mm M240 Machine Gun, while moving into a security position after seizing a forward operating base in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Near a US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter, an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Joseph R. Chenelly, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

Republic of Philippine Marines Corporal (CPL) Percival V. Suco, mans a security position armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, while participating in tactical personnel and aircraft recovery training at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

Republic of Philippine Marines Corporal (CPL) Percival V. Suco, mans a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2004 Base: Fort Masaisai Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Cory Yenter, USMC Release Status: ... More

An Iraq Army Soldier armed with a 5.56mm Tabuk assault rifle mans a security position inside a Mosque as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 1ST Marine Division and Iraqi Army Forces (IAF) conduct offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr. (SUBSTANDARD)

An Iraq Army Soldier armed with a 5.56mm Tabuk assault rifle mans a se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL J.A Chaverri, USMC Release Sta... More

Marine LCPL J. T. Eimer (foreground) of Echo 2/2 stands his security position with his M-16A2 rifle with M-7 bayonet attached during Operation Uphold Democracy. Other marines also line the street to maintain security during the Haitian parade in Cap Haitien supporting President Aristide

Marine LCPL J. T. Eimer (foreground) of Echo 2/2 stands his security p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C. S. Fowler (Usmc) Release Status: Rele... More

A US Marine from Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, lays in the prone position and takes a security position while aiming his M16A Rifle, with M203 Grenade Launcher attached, down range. This mission is in direct support of Operation Sea Horse Wind at Fort Hunter Liggett in Jolon, California

A US Marine from Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, lays in the prone po...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA HORSE WIND Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

Marines of Echo 2/2 stand their security position with their M-7 bayonet equipped M-16A2 rifles during the Haitian parade showing support for President Aristide in Cap Haitian during Operation Uphold Democracy

Marines of Echo 2/2 stand their security position with their M-7 bayon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C. S. Fowler (Usmc) Release Status: Rele... More

A US Marine from the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, Headquarters Company, takes a security position during a simulated Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) attack in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear during Exercise Sea Horse Wind at Fort Hunter Liggett in Jolon, California. The Marine's M16A is equipped with a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) attachment on the barrel of the rifle

A US Marine from the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, Headquarters Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA HORSE WIND Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

US Army (USA) Charlie Company armored M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (BFVS) speeds by to take up a security position during a re-supply mission out of Patrol Base Volunteer, for a unit that has taken fire in Sadr City, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) Charlie Company armored M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Sy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ashley Brokop, USAF Release Status:... More

An Iraq Army Soldier armed with a 7.62mm Al-Quds machine gun mans a security position outside a Mosque while conducting offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr

An Iraq Army Soldier armed with a 7.62mm Al-Quds machine gun mans a se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL J.A Chaverri, USMC Release Sta... More

The Breech Element from the 326th Engineering Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, retreat to their security position after inserting a Bangalore Device (Not shown) to break the wire (Not shown) at Range 55, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

The Breech Element from the 326th Engineering Battalion, 101st Airborn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marshall Woods, USA Civilian Release Status: R... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, armed with 5.56mm M4 carbines and a 7.62mm M240E4 machine gun, set up a security position in the mountains located near Narizah, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric Hughes, USA Release Status: Releas... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Payne, 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE) mans an FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) at the security position atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) (not shown) as part of Operation Bayonet Lightning during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Bayonet Lightning is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Payne, 173rd Airborne Brig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

An airman maintains his security position as members of the 485th Tactical Missile Wing conduct a simulated missile launch of the BGM-109G ground launched cruise missile. The transporter-erector-launcher, pulled by an M-1014 German MAN tractor, stands in the background. The soldier, wearing an M-17 gas mask, is armed with an M-16 rifle equipped with a blank firing device

An airman maintains his security position as members of the 485th Tact...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Belgium (BEL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A recruit from the 2nd Battalion, H Company, Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego takes up a security position as the other recruits negotiate their way up the Skyscraper, one of the obstacles in the "Crucible" at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, California

A recruit from the 2nd Battalion, H Company, Marine Corps Recruit Depo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCRD/WRR SD Scene Cam... More

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Thomas McKean, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1ST Infantry Division, holds a security position from behind an M2 .50 caliber machine gun while at the hatch of an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Scunion, Khalis Province, Iraq, on Sept. 11, 2004, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPEC. James B. Smith) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Thomas McKean, Headquarters and Headquarters Comp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Scunion State: Khalis Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC James B. Smith Jr. Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Navy (USN) Hospitalman Third Class (HM3) Nicholas Herrera, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, Kilo Company, 2nd Platoon, 1ST Squad, is armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle as he mans a security position near the Euphrates River, in Zaidon, Iraq, during Operation Scimitar. USMC Marines assigned to the 2nd Marine Division are conducting counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Hospitalman Third Class (HM3) Nicholas Herrera, assigned...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew Hutchison, USMC Release ... More

U.S. Army SPC. Fred Burch from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division takes a security position during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Fred Burch from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Mara State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION Scene Camera Op... More

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide cover during room-clearing training in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious ass... More

An airman wearing an M-17 gas mask maintains his security position as a transporter-erector-launcher for the BGM-109G ground launched cruise missile is readied for a simulated launch in the background. The exercise is being conducted by members of the 485th Tactical Missile Wing

An airman wearing an M-17 gas mask maintains his security position as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Belgium (BEL) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marine LCPL J. T. Eimer of Echo 2/2 walks his security position with his Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during Operation Uphold Democracy. He is providing security for the Haitian parade that is showing support for President Aristide in Cap Haitien

Marine LCPL J. T. Eimer of Echo 2/2 walks his security position with h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL C. S. Fowler (Usmc) Release Status: Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jeffery Pioszak (left) and USMC Private First Class (PFC) Khristopher Williams, armed with5.56mm M16A2 rifles, man a bunkered security position a the entrance to the ammunition re-supply at Camp Coyote in Northern Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jeffery Pioszak (left) and USMC ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Kilo 3/4 Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jonathan Simic, assigned to 2/6 Echo Company, Marine Aircraft Group Three Six (MAG-36) mans a security position armed with a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), while participating in Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) training at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jonathan Simic, assigned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2004 Base: Fort Masaisai Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Cory Yenter, USMC Release Status: ... More

US Navy (USN) Builder Third Class (BU3) Raymond Grindle, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1), maintains a security position armed with a 7.62 mm M240G machine gun, at an air field near Hattiesburg, Mississippi (MS), while battalion air detachment members unload equipment from a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft. NMCB-1 Seabees are deployed for their upcoming field exercise, "Operation Steel Shanks", which will sharpen the battalion's combat and contingency construction capabilities

US Navy (USN) Builder Third Class (BU3) Raymond Grindle, assigned to N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hattiesburg State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Dennis J. Herring, Usn Release Status: Re... More

Z Company, 45 CDO, British Royal Marines, set up their camouflaged BV-206D tracked vehicle for a security position

Z Company, 45 CDO, British Royal Marines, set up their camouflaged BV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: ... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) James Garner, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), sets up a security position with a 7.62 mm M240G machine gun on a balcony at one of Saddam Husseins palaces in Baghdad. The Marines are taking over the complex during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marines Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) James Garner, 1ST Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. ... More

US Marines Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) James Garner, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), sets up a security position with a 7.62 mm M240G machine gun on a balcony at one of Saddam Husseins palaces in Baghdad. The Marines are taking over the complex during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marines Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) James Garner, 1ST Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. ... More

US Navy (USN) Hospitalman Third Class (HM3) Nicholas Herrera, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, Kilo Company, 2nd Platoon, 1ST Squad, is armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle as he mans a security position at a pumping station near the Euphrates River, in Zaidon, Iraq, during Operation Scimitar. USMC Marines assigned to the 2nd Marine Division are conducting counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Hospitalman Third Class (HM3) Nicholas Herrera, assigned...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew Hutchison, USMC Release ... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Rueen Mariano, Bravo Company (B Co), 2nd Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 187th Infantry Regiment (1/187th), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), takes up a security position in the brush while on patrol along the Tigris River in Bayji, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Rueen Mariano, Bravo Compa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

U.S. Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group

U.S. Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group

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

Security position, US Army Photo

Security position, US Army Photo

A U.S. Army Soldier sets up a defensive position while on a field training exercise during an Infantry Advanced Leader Course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 21, 2017. The course, which is taug... More

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides cover during room-clearing training in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious a... More

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