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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey A. Salter Release Statu More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Laird Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Garten Release S More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Corporal (CPL), Daniel Morrison, USMC, 26TH Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Camp Lejeune, NC armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 assault More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 assemble an M-2HB automatic machine gun on the Sierre del Retin weapons range. NMCB 74 recently completed a three-day live-fire exercise using M-2HB an More

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Fox, automatic rifleman, fires a parachute flare from an M203 40mm grenade launcher, Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, July 15. Fox is a member of Provincial Reconstruction T More

Army Staff Sgt. Wendell Gee, Security Forces Assistance team, navigates his all-terrain vehicle through a ravine during a combat patrol to the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Aug. 6 More

A mine resistant all terrain vehicle drives to the far end of the off-base firing range near forward operating base Mehtar Lam to ensure it is safe to practice firing their weapons Sept. 3. Members from the PRT More

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Harlan Glinski, left, 35th Security Forces Squadron logistics and resources officer, watches as Staff Sgt. Quentin Gray, 35 SFS combat arms instructor, demonstrates how to hold and fire a More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Quentin Gray, left, 35th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, loads a 40mm practice round into a M203 grenade launcher for 2nd Lt. Harlan Glinski, 35 SFS logistics and reso More

U.S. airmen from the 35th Security Forces Squadron fires M203 grenade launchers during qualification training at Draughon Range, Japan, May 16, 2012. A total of nine airmen were out on the range to maintain the More

A coalition force member fires a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle system during weapons practice on a range in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2013. Coalition force members test fire various weapons systems More

Afghan commandos from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak fire a 60mm indirect fire system during weapons practice on a range in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2013. Commandos are mentored by th More

An 11th Security Forces Group airman opens a box of 7.62 mm ammunition for a M240B Medium Machine Gun for heavy weapons qualification March 4, 2013, at Marine Corps Base Quantico firing range, Quantico, Va. Air More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Wilson, a security forces airman with 11th Security Forces Squadron, cradles a belt of 7.62mm rounds as it feeds into Airman 1st Class Michael Brewer's M240B medium machine gun durin More

Spc. Brandon Jinks takes aim at a qualification target with his M203 grenade launcher, April 19, at the Camp Perry Joint Training Center near Port Clinton. Jinks is a member of the Chillicothe-based 1194th Engi More

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group prepares to throw an M-69 training grenade on a grenade range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2013. Service members More

Spc. Michael Rhoden, a human intelligence collector with Bravo Company, 48th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, conducts a volley fire exercise with a M203 grenade launcher while at the 48th Infantry Brigade Com More

Private First Class Alex Garcia, rifleman, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and a native of Modesto, Calif., provides security during an integrated exercise on Range 600 here, Oct. 15, 2013. Th More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Todd A. Christopherson, public affairs noncommissioned officer in charge with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires an M9 Beretta while at the weapons ra More

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander J. Suggs, a cavalry scout with the Personal Security Detachment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to fire an M203 Grenade Launcher, while being p More

Lance Cpl. Luis Maganapetrana, crewman, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and a native of Merced, Calif., throws a practice M67 fragmentation grenade during a live-fire exercise on Rang More

A Marine serving with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, carries his M240B machine gun during unknown distance live-fire training here, Nov. 24, 2013. The Marines familiarized themselves with th More

Lance Cpl. Alex R. Vieira fires an M-240B machine gun during a two-day field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, March 6, 2014. Vieira is a gunner with Battery B, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion.

Spc. Nina Bray, intelligence analyst, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 204th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fixes her hair bun before putting on her bod More

Cpl. Sierra K. Tilson, rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, loads a 40 mm grenade into an M203 grenade launcher during a live-fire range at the Verona Loop training More

Spc. Robert Silva, right, a water treatment specialist and Spc. Manuel Espinoza, a food service specialist, both with the 968th Quartermaster Company, perform rifle adjustments during battle training assembly o More

Senior Airman Lionel McCall, 90th Security Forces Group armorer, removes an M4 rifle from a rack in the SFG armory, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., March 9, 2015. The armory is responsible for managing more t More

A grenadier with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, prepares to shoot the M203 grenade launcher during their semi-annual qualification aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 18, 2015 More

Lance Cpl. Benadam M. Pettit, a rifleman with Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, fires an M203 grenade launcher during a non-lethal weapons training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2015. The Ma More

Lance Cpl. Jaylyn Bush, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires the M203 rifle-mounted grenade launcher during a live-fire range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 9, 2015. The M203 is a single- More

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire a 40 mm hand-held mortar during a range at Fort Pickett, Va., April 15, 2015. Fox Company conducted the live More

Second Lt. Andrew Horgan, a platoon commander with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Delmar, N.Y., native, explains the scheme of maneuver for the live-fire training the unit was conductin More

Pfc. Jquan Richardson, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires his M203 rifle-mounted grenade launcher during a M203 qualification aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 5, 2015. The M203 grenade l More

Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy receive instruction on the M203 grenade launcher from a range coach aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 4, 2015. The midshipmen received instruction and hands-on expe More

KUWAIT (Aug. 24, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Daniel Davis coordinates machine gun fire with amphibious assault crewmen during mechanized squad attack training. Davis is a squad leader with Kilo Company, Battalion La More

KUWAIT (Aug. 25, 2015) U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Alexander Bosco, left, and Cpl. Dakota Thomas-Nye rehearse machine gun drills during sustainment training. Bosco and Thomas-Nye are both machine gunners with Kilo More

KUWAIT (Aug. 25, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Willie Stevens engages targets during mechanized squad attack training. Stevens is a team leader with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regim More

KUWAIT (Aug. 26, 2015) U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Maurice Gardner, left, and Lance Cpl. Gary Gomez engage targets more than 500 meters away with an M224A1 60 mm mortar system during call-for-fire training. Gardner More

KUWAIT (Aug. 26, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Potter engages multiple targets at various distances during a machine gun marksmanship qualification course. Potter is a machine gunner with Kilo Company, Bat More

KUWAIT (Aug. 28, 2015) U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, clear a room of threats during military operations in urban terr More

KUWAIT (Aug. 28, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeffery Salois aims at a target while conducting mechanized squad attacks in an urban environment. Salois is a team leader with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd B More

KUWAIT (Aug. 30, 2015) U.S. Marine Cpl. Andrew Scott fires a special application scoped rifle at a target during a sniper shoot. Scott is a scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battali More

A Soldier with 545th Transportation Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, fires a M2 .50-caliber machine gun from the deck of Logistical Support Vessel-2, the CW3 Harold C. Clinger, during waterborne gunner More

An Airman assigned to the 107th Security Forces Squdraon, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., engages targets with a M240B machine gun during heavy weapons training at Camp Grayling, MI., May 21, 2016. The More

Defenders from the 5th and 91st Security Forces Squadrons engaged in M-203 grenade launcher firing at the Combat Arms Training and Maintenance range at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 15. Prior to firing, the More

U.S. Marines assigned to Company F, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, maneuver with combat rubber raiding craft while participating in an amphibious night raid o More

U.S. Marines assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force prepare to demonstrate immediate-action drills to French Marines aboard the French ship Mistral, in the Mediterranean Sea, March 3, 2017, as part of the exerc More

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots the M249 in a certification range aboard Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 30, 2017. This range provided the Marines hands on experience with More

A Marine prepares an M72 light anti-armor weapon during a fire team training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 9, 2017. The exercise focused on fire team tactics to enhance their combat abilities in both day More

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pfeiffer, 374th Security Forces Squadron Advanced Combat Skills Assessment team lead, attempts to maneuver out of a head lock during a combatives training course, May 11, 2017, at Yokota More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS –Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Ground Combat Element, fire an M203 40mm grenade launcher during a live-fire More

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division observe the downrange area during a live-fire range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 19, 2017. During the training, team leaders su More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a 40mm grenade launcher live-fire shooting range on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 16, 2018. More

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires a M203 grenade launcher during a live fire exercise at G-27 infantry squad battle course range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C More

The Romanian army welcomes NATO allies during the opening ceremony of Exercise Platinum Eagle at Babadag Training Area, Romania, Feb. 12. Black Sea Rotational Force’s participation in Platinum Eagle allows trai More

Sergeant Tyler Stokes, a field radio operator with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, engages targets while operating an M249 light machine gun during a live More

Master Sgt. Anthony Foor, a 911th Security Forces Squadron member, shows Staff Sgt. Caleb Baumcratz, a fire team leader with the 911th SFS, which target to fire at during M203 grenade launcher training in Burge More

Lance Cpl. Jesse J. White, a U.S. Marine rifleman with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1, estimates the range of a notional target through the sight of an M32 multi-shot grenade launcher during a basic skills cou More

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 unload ammunition at a range at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 16, 2018. MWSS 171 trained with the M203 grenade launcher, MK19 aut More

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA — Lance Cpl. Christian Shreve, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (3/5), performs a rocket battle drill during a combined arms exercise range a More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, prepare to fire the M203 grenade launcher during a live-fire training exercise as part of the Basic Rifleman Course at Ra More

A Chilean cadet from the Bernardo O'Higgins Military School, Chile, takes part in an M9 pistol range in preparation for the 51st Sandhurst Military Skills Competition in West Point, New York, April 12-13. Sandh More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon Lujan, a military policeman with Bravo Company, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fires an M203 grenade launcher during weapons famil More

Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, drop an 81 mm mortar into an M252 mortar tube at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 10, 2020. The M252 81 mm morta More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kyle Spear, a supply administration specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, sights down-range with an M240B medium machine gun at Camp Sch More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Walker, a motor transport operator assigned to Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, fires an M2 .50 caliber machine gun at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, More

200305-N-VF045-1064 PHILIPPINE SEA (Mar. 5, 2020) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Marquize Weaver, from Phenix City, Ala., prepares to fire a flare with an M203 grenade launcher during a flare training exercise aboard More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M203 grenade launcher during a weapons familiarization training range at Range 7, Okinawa, Japan, June 18, 2020. More

U.S. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, assigned to 3rd Marine Division under the Unit Deployment Program, fire at targets during a high-explosive weapons range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Training Platoon, 4th Marine Division, take part in a M203 and M32A1 grenade launcher range at Camp Shelby, Miss., July 16, 2020. The unit conducted this training with More

Lance Cpl. John Campbell Jr., a reconnaissance Marine with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Training Platoon, 4th Marine Division, familiarizes himself with the M32A1 grenade launcher on Camp Shelby, Miss., July 16, 20 More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Training Platoon, 4th Marine Division, take part in a M203 and M32A1 grenade launchers range on Camp Shelby, Miss., July 16, 2020. The unit conducts this training to i More

Lance Cpl. Jacob Maze, a field radio operator with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Training Platoon, 4th Marine Division participates in a water survival screening at Camp Shelby, Miss., on July 19, 2020. This trainin More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Rapalo, bulk fuel specialist with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, relays orders to fire team during M203 grenade launcher range at Kangaroo Flats T More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl.s Mark Brites and Dillon Bates, infantry riflemen with Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, observe during Light Anti-armor Weapon live-fire training at Kangaroo More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Bradley Deskis conducts the sequence of fire during pistol qualifications on Range 8, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2020. The intent of this range was to maintain skills with the More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gregory Allam, a construction mechanic assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, Alfa Company, transports an M-2HB automatic machine gun's receiver group to the Sierre del Reti More

Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffery Needham, staff platoon sergeant attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, draws his M-9 pistol while practicing at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base M More

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, pulls security while the team prepares their weapons at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar L More

Soldiers of the 316th ESC participate in small arms training while at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., April 14, 2012. The Primary Marksmanship Instruction the soldiers of the 316th ESC receive while at Regional T More

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Harlan Glinski, 35th Security Forces Squadron logistics and resources officer, fires a 40mm practice round from a M203 grenade launcher during qualification training at Draughon Range, Ja More

Afghan commandos from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak fire a 60mm indirect fire system during weapons practice on a range in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2013. Commandos are mentored by th More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Wilson, a security forces airman with 11th Security Forces Squadron, cradles a belt of 7.62mm rounds as it feeds into an M240B medium machine gun during predeployment qualification e More

An 11th Security Forces Group airman fires an M240B on top of a Humvee during heavy weapons qualification March 4, 2013, at Marine Corps Base Quantico firing range, Quantico, Va. SF airmen qualify in heavy weap More

Spc. Brandon Jinks looks down range to see if he hit the target with his M203 grenade launcher, April 19, at the Camp Perry Joint Training Center near Port Clinton. Jinks is a member of the Chillicothe-based 11 More

Sgt. Christopher A. Derrick, the operations non-commissioned officer for Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pulls another Marine with the unit to safety after an M-69 tr More

Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, patrol during an integrated exercise on Range 600 here, Oct. 15, 2013. The training helped Marines identify how multiple elements of an attack work More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Todd A. Christopherson, public affairs noncommissioned officer in charge with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires an M4A1 Carbine while at the weapons More

U.S. Army Maj. Kamil Sztalkoper, public affairs officer for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to fire an M203 Grenade Launcher, while being photographed by Sgt. Justin More

Private First Class Michael De Vries, rifleman, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and a native of Rhinebeck, N.Y., teaches a Marine basic infantry skills during a live-fire exercise on More

Lance Cpl. Brett Cowles, a machine gunner serving with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, fires his M240B machine gun during unknown distance live-fire training here, Nov. 24. The Marines famili More

U.S. Army Sgt. Drew Garver, assigned to 615th Military Police (MP) Company, 18th MP Brigade, loads a 40mm practice round into a M203 grenade launcher at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafe More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose Mejia, assigned to 615th Military Police (MP) Company, 18th MP Brigade, fires a M203 grenade launcher practice round down range at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command More

Marines with Battery B, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, prepare to fire the M-240B machine gun during live-fire training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune March 6, 2014. Each Marine fired 152 7.62mm rou More

Spc. Nina Bray, intelligence analyst, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 204th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speaks with her company commander, Capt. Rob More

Cpl. Sierra K. Tilson, rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, fires the M203 grenade launcher during a live-fire range at the Verona Loop training area, near Marine C More

Spc. Manuel Espinoza, a food service specialist with the 968th Quartermaster Company, zeroes his rifle during battle training assembly on Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 7, 2015. Soldiers of the 968th QM Company condu More

The Air National Guard’s 113th Security Forces Wing, D.C. Air National Guard, joint base Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs Md. conducted training with M-240B and M-203 weapon systems at Townsend Bombing Rang More

Senior Airman William Young, 90th Security Forces Group armorer, checks to make sure an M4 rifle is clear before issuing it to a defender March 10, 2015, in the 90th SFG armory, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. More