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Tracer fire illuminates the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad moment."

Tracer fire illuminates the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad ...

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

The Mechanical Shop produced 75 drift tubes on the tracer lathe for the linear accelerator at the Bevatron (part of the modernization program). Alex Comazzi, left and Chuck Trantham. Morgue 1961-46 (P-6) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

The Mechanical Shop produced 75 drift tubes on the tracer lathe for th...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Tracer fire lights up the night sky as Marine recruits engage targets during a live-fire exercise

Tracer fire lights up the night sky as Marine recruits engage targets ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL C. T. Doll, Usmc Rele... More

Sgt. 1st Class Casey Bargar, an Army Reserve Soldier

Sgt. 1st Class Casey Bargar, an Army Reserve Soldier

Sgt. 1st Class Casey Bargar, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., prepares to mount the M2 machine gun to its tripod before qualification at ... More

Tracer rounds light up the sky as a nighttime live-fire exercise takes place during the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. Members of the 8th Security Police Squadron Air Base Ground Defense Team man an armored personnel carrier in the foregr

Tracer rounds light up the sky as a nighttime live-fire exercise takes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Zimm Release Status: Rele... More

Tracer fire and detonating ordnance light the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad moment."

Tracer fire and detonating ordnance light the night sky during a live ...

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

A close-up view of, left to right: a Soviet 9 mm ball round and a Soviet 9 mm tracer round on display

A close-up view of, left to right: a Soviet 9 mm ball round and a Sovi...

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

Rows of 105 mm tank ammunition lie beside one of two US Army M-1 Abrams main battle tanks that are test firing ammunition developed by the Army with the assistance of Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Kentucky. In the front row are M-490 target practice tracer (TP-T rounds; the four rows to the left contain M-724A1 discarding-sabot target practice tracer (TPDS-T) rounds

Rows of 105 mm tank ammunition lie beside one of two US Army M-1 Abram...

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

Tracer fire lights the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad moment."

Tracer fire lights the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad momen...

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

Tracer rounds fired from a US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter strike the target during a live-fire exercise conducted by Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron One Six Five (HMM-165), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC)), training to maintain their combat readiness at the Udairi Range in Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Tracer rounds fired from a US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter strike th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udairi Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Thomas J. Grove, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., fires a M240B machine gun during night qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10,... More

Aerial flares illuminate the range as Marines fire a volley of tracer rounds during a "Mad Moment" at the Basic School

Aerial flares illuminate the range as Marines fire a volley of tracer ...

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: STAFF Sergeant Hickman Release S... More

Tracer fire lights the night sky during a simulated village takeover, part of Silver Flag Alpha, a security police training program emphasizing combat arms training and defense of priority resources on an air base

Tracer fire lights the night sky during a simulated village takeover, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SILVER FLAG ALPHA State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jose Lopez, Jr. Rel... More

Tracer fire and detonating ordnance light the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad moment."

Tracer fire and detonating ordnance light the night sky during a live ...

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

USACAPOC 2016 Best Warrior Competition Night Qualification

USACAPOC 2016 Best Warrior Competition Night Qualification

Spc. Jessie Guerrero, a soldier with the 151st Theater Information Operations Group fires the M16 during night qualification event at the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) ... More

Soldiers with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary),

Soldiers with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary),

Soldiers with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., assemble the M2 machine gun before qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2016. This is to prepare the Soldiers of t... More

A night time test firing of the Phalanx Mark 15 Close In Weapons System (CIWS) located on the port side forward on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). In the background can be seen the tracer fire from the port stern CIWS

A night time test firing of the Phalanx Mark 15 Close In Weapons Syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Central Pacific Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dale W. Novotasky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Tracer rounds ricochet off of a tank as security police heavy weapons specialists fire a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) mounted .50 caliber machine gun at the Air Mobility Warfare Center. Published in AIRMAN Magazine July 1996. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Tracer rounds ricochet off of a tank as security police heavy weapons ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Angela Stafford Release Status: Releas... More

Tracer rounds and explosions pierce the deserts night sky as US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel engage multiple ground targets with their FNMI 7.62 mm M240 Machine Guns, M203 Grenade Launchers and Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles, during live fire training

Tracer rounds and explosions pierce the deserts night sky as US Marine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United Arab Emerites (UAE) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Don L. Maes, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

U.S. Staff Sgt. Gildardo Pelcastre, 55th Signal Company

U.S. Staff Sgt. Gildardo Pelcastre, 55th Signal Company

U.S. Staff Sgt. Gildardo Pelcastre, 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), fires tracer rounds during night fire training on Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Aug. 11, 2011. Pelcastre has to successfully hit each illuminated ... More

Visitors examine an E-1 Tracer and other aircraft near the island of the Aircraft Carrier USS YORKTOWN (CV 10), at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.  Decommissioned in 1970, the World War II carrier has been on display at the museum since its opening in 1974

Visitors examine an E-1 Tracer and other aircraft near the island of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Ac) Scott Allen, USN Release Status: R... More

Standing on a packing crate at a firing range is an M-724A1 discarding-sabot target practice tracer (TPDS-T) round. Two US Army M-1 Abrams main battle tanks are test firing 105 mm ammunition developed by the Army with the assistance of Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Kentucky

Standing on a packing crate at a firing range is an M-724A1 discarding...

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

Response force members with the 354th Security Forces

Response force members with the 354th Security Forces

Response force members with the 354th Security Forces Squadron load magazines to shoot during a low-light qualification course Nov. 4, 2015, at the Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, combat arms training range. A ... More

A Delta launch vehicle carrying an active magnetospheric particle tracer explorer satellite lifts off from the launch pad 17A at the Kennedy Space Center

A Delta launch vehicle carrying an active magnetospheric particle trac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Tracer fire illuminates the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad moment."

Tracer fire illuminates the night sky during a live fire exercise"mad ...

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

Flares and tracer rounds illuminate the night sky during a combined arms live fire Exercise (CALFEX)

Flares and tracer rounds illuminate the night sky during a combined ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Boyce Re... More

A nighttime view of tracer fire illuminating members of Co. B, 2nd Bn., 17th Infantry, at the start of the joint service combined arms live fire Exercise CALFEX III at Yukon Range

A nighttime view of tracer fire illuminating members of Co. B, 2nd Bn....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX III Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MA... More

Tracer rounds and illumination flares light up the night sky above the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Tracer rounds and illumination flares light up the night sky above the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Joel A. Chaverri, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Tracer fire and detonating ordnance light the night sky during a live fire Exercise"MAD MOMENT."

Tracer fire and detonating ordnance light the night sky during a live ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MAD MOMENT Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Relea... More

A nighttime view of tracer fire illuminating members of Co. B, 2nd Bn., 17th Infantry, at the start of the joint service combined arms live fire Exercise CALFEX III at Yukon Range

A nighttime view of tracer fire illuminating members of Co. B, 2nd Bn....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX III Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MA... More

A close up shot of 0.50 Caliber (12.7 mm) Browning Ball M33 Ammunition loaded onto a Browning M2 HB 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun sits ready to be fired at a live firing range in the Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. Note the red tipped rounds are tracer rounds. TANDEM THRUST is a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military training exercise

A close up shot of 0.50 Caliber (12.7 mm) Browning Ball M33 Ammunition...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Lock, US... More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Lewis (right) and Sgt. Christopher

Staff Sgt. Christopher Lewis (right) and Sgt. Christopher

Staff Sgt. Christopher Lewis (right) and Sgt. Christopher Bigelow (left), Army Reserve Soldiers with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., set up the tripod for a M2 machi... More

190613-N-PO203-0232 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0232 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0232 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) A Sailor assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-s... More

A tracer round fired from an M240 mounted into a Common

A tracer round fired from an M240 mounted into a Common

A tracer round fired from an M240 mounted into a Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station (CROWS) hits a target downrange during 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion's CROWS range on Nov. 13, 2015, at Fort Wainwrigh... More

Tracer fire lights the night sky during a live fire Exercise"MAD MOMENT."

Tracer fire lights the night sky during a live fire Exercise"MAD MOMEN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MAD MOMENT Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Relea... More

Senior Airman Brian Walker, a 354th Security Forces

Senior Airman Brian Walker, a 354th Security Forces

Senior Airman Brian Walker, a 354th Security Forces Squadron response force member, gives instructions on how to adjust the fit of night vision goggles (NVGs) to Airman 1st Class Hannah Janicki, Nov. 4, 2015, a... More

190613-N-PO203-0122 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0122 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0122 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sp... More

190613-N-PO203-0259 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0259 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0259 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) A Sailor assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-s... More

A tracer round streaks through the snowy combat arms

A tracer round streaks through the snowy combat arms

A tracer round streaks through the snowy combat arms training range Nov. 4, 2015, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The tracers, along with night vision goggles, flashlights and laser sights, were used during ... More

Spc. Yojan Dejesus, a transportation specialist with

Spc. Yojan Dejesus, a transportation specialist with

Spc. Yojan Dejesus, a transportation specialist with the 655th Regional Support Group out of Middletown, Conn., picks up shell casings following a night fire that ended after a tracer round ignites part of the ... More

Soldiers Conduct Night Live Fire Exercise on Camp Edwards

Soldiers Conduct Night Live Fire Exercise on Camp Edwards

JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. – Soldiers from the 1058th Transportation Company, Massachusetts National Guard, conduct a night base defense live-fire during the Combined Arms Exercise: Patriot Crucible, here, Augu... More

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., fires the M2 machine gun during qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2016.... More

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jordan Fitzgerald, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., observes Soldiers firing their M240B machine guns during night qualification at ... More

190613-N-PO203-0186 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0186 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0186 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sp... More

Sgt. 1st Class Casey Bargar, an Army Reserve Soldier

Sgt. 1st Class Casey Bargar, an Army Reserve Soldier

Sgt. 1st Class Casey Bargar, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., loads the M2 machine gun before qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2... More

An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle from Company D, 1st

An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle from Company D, 1st

An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle from Company D, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires tracer rounds from its M242 Bushmaster 25mm chain gun, April 28... More

190613-N-PO203-0147 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0147 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0147 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sp... More

190613-N-PO203-0218 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0218 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0218 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sp... More

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., fires the M2 machine gun during qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2016.... More

Master Sgt. Anthony Mosher, the 354th Security Forces

Master Sgt. Anthony Mosher, the 354th Security Forces

Master Sgt. Anthony Mosher, the 354th Security Forces Squadron superintendent of standards and evaluation, adjusts his night vision goggles (NVGs) during a low-light shooting course Nov. 4, 2015, at the Eielson... More

151002-N-GR120-270
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 2, 2015) – A

151002-N-GR120-270 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 2, 2015) – A

151002-N-GR120-270 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 2, 2015) – A aircraft director signals an E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the Tigertails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 during flight operations aboard the a... More

A response force member of the 354th Security Forces

A response force member of the 354th Security Forces

A response force member of the 354th Security Forces Squadron aims into a dark range using a laser sight and tracer rounds to qualify during a low-light shooting course Nov. 4, 2015, at the Eielson Air Force Ba... More

Pfc. Ilya Adveyenkov prepares to leave a firing range

Pfc. Ilya Adveyenkov prepares to leave a firing range

Pfc. Ilya Adveyenkov prepares to leave a firing range after a tracer round ignites part of the hillside. Adveyenkov, who represented the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), was among 10 competitors doing... More

171103-N-RC734-073 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 3, 2017)

171103-N-RC734-073 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 3, 2017)

171103-N-RC734-073 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 3, 2017) Cpl. William Norwood, assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the San Antonio... More

Airman 1st Class Hannah Janicki, a 354th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Hannah Janicki, a 354th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Hannah Janicki, a 354th Security Forces Squadron response force member, mixes tracer rounds with traditional ammunition to shoot during a low-light qualification course Nov. 4, 2015, at the Eie... More

Sgt. Christopher Bigelow, a public affairs noncommissioned

Sgt. Christopher Bigelow, a public affairs noncommissioned

Sgt. Christopher Bigelow, a public affairs noncommissioned officer with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., documents Soldiers qualifying on the M2 machine gun at Fort H... More

190613-N-PO203-0082 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0082 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13,

190613-N-PO203-0082 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (Jun. 13, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Center for Security Forces detachment in Chesapeake, Va., demonstrate the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions-sp... More

Sailors with Detachment 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

Sailors with Detachment 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron

Sailors with Detachment 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, engage targets with 7.62mm tracer fire during a close air support exercise while forward deployed to the Middle East, Dec. 14, 2016. The training wa... More

Airman 1st Class Daniel Reyes, a 354th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Daniel Reyes, a 354th Security Forces

Airman 1st Class Daniel Reyes, a 354th Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires a tracer round at a paper silhouette target while using a laser sight during a low-light shooting course Nov. 4, 2015... More

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with

Spc. Jeremy Branthoover, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., fires the M2 machine gun during qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2016.... More

An Army Reserve Soldier looks down range before qualifying

An Army Reserve Soldier looks down range before qualifying

An Army Reserve Soldier looks down range before qualifying with the M240B machine gun during night qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2016. This is to prepare the Soldiers of the 316th during their prede... More

Cpt. Michael Webb, an Army Reserve Soldier with the

Cpt. Michael Webb, an Army Reserve Soldier with the

Cpt. Michael Webb, an Army Reserve Soldier with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of Coraopolis, Pa., fires a M240B machine gun during night qualification at Fort Hood, Tx., Oct. 10, 2016... More

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