Mortarmen

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental Combat Team 5 sergeant major, prepares to take a bite of the birthday cake during a ceremony held in celebration of the 5th Marine Regiment’s 95th birthday her More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Engaru State: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Robert W. Kunda, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Engaru State: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Robert W. Kunda, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Engaru State: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Robert W. Kunda, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Aguilar, USMC Release Status: Rele More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Aguilar, USMC Release Status: Rele More

Cpl. Jonathan Roblespaul, a mortarman and section leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, cleans his 60 mm M224 Lightweight Company Mortar tube aboard Combat Outpost More

A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loosens the collar locking to remove the mortar tube from the base plate while practicing misfire procedures aboard USS Kear More

Soldier ensures safety on range: Sgt. Andrew Harris, a mortar section sergeant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry More

Sgt. Andrew Harris, a mortar section sergeant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, watches as a mortarman More

U.S. Army soldiers with Mortar Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, duck and protect their ears after launching a mortar shell during a live-fire exerci More

Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, brace themselves after launching an 81 mm mortar during a fire support coordination exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentyni More

Second Lt. Adam Staff, a platoon commander with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, communicates with his Marines during a platoon attack at Range 410A on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twe More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Robert J. Powell, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment Police Advisory Team staff non-commissioned officer in charge and native of Watertown, N.Y., assesses a target with an Afghan Local Po More

(Right-left) Army Spc. Matthew Carver, a Gadsen, Ala., native and Army Pvt. Brandon Vitale, a Loganville, Ga., native, both mortarmen assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 41st I More

A section of mortar soldiers from the 1-180th Cavalry of the Oklahoma Army National Guard are seen here preparing to fire a 120mm mortar round during a mortar live fire exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait on Ja More

Marshall, Minn., native Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Merritt, the turret gunner for Truck Four of the mobile section with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, watches his sector while providing security overw More

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, and U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, board a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter near Combat Outpost Torbert here b More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, man an overnight post here, March 23, 2012. The patrol was one of many missions the platoon has conducted since depl More

A policeman with the Afghan Border Police carries a PVC pipe during a patrol through Sre Kala, here March 23, 2012. After Marines and sailors with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 3rd Bn., 3rd Mar More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Fabian Aguilar, an assistant gunner with Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 21-year-old native of Aurora, Colo., and Lance Cpl. Michael Fitch I More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David H. Berger (left), the Task Force Leatherneck, 1st Marine Division (Forward) commanding general, speaks with Lt. Col. Matthew Palma, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marin More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), fellow coalition forces leadership, and Afghan Border Policemen, receive a brief from Lt. Col. George Schreffl More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Derick Clark, a kennel supervisor with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, and 26-year-old native of Hillsdale, Mich., and Yeager, an improvised explosiv More

U.S. Navy Seaman Matthew Charles Dykes, a corpsman with Blue Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 23-year-old native of Paramus, N.J., passes by a local man during a dismounted More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kleber Villalva, a section leader with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, cooks rice with his makeshift kitchen during an overnight mobile post here, April 26, 2012. Vill More

Ace, an improvised explosive device detection dog, sniffs out a possible IED while Cpl. Sean Grady, a dog handler and pointman with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sweeps a chokepoint More

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Aguilera, a platoon sergeant with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Battalion, and 31-year-old native of Los Angeles, performs pull-ups on a makeshift bar during an overnight post More

Pfc. Zachery C. Okerson (left), who serves as an assistant gunner with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, covers his ears after firing t More

U.S. Marine Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the former commander of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, pauses a patrol to check their position during helicopter-borne operations here, May 27, 2012. More

A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment re-inks his signature on a mortar casing fired in memory of Sgt. Frank Zaehringer, a squad leader and native of Reno, Nev., who was killed More

U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner Jr., the commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5, and Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the RCT-5 sergeant major, patrol through a bazaar during the regimental staff's final battle More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Winward, the Regimental Combat Team 5 chaplain, speaks to Marines and sailors with RCT-5 during a brief on Afghan culture and religion here, July 7, 2012. Members of RCT-5 received the brie More

Cpl. David Rohwer, Gun Two leader and Pflugerville, Texas, native, from 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, hikes to a new mortar position June 25. The More

U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers pay tribute to Lance Bombardier James Dwyer at the Camp Dwyer Memorial before it was decommissioned here, July 30, 2012. Dwyer, a British commando with 29th Commando Regiment, More

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Snyder, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., and Pfc. Derek Kilbourne of Spokane, Wash., both mortarmen with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Forc More

Mortar men assigned to 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment set up their mortar system with the new One Tactical Engagement Simulation System, Aug. 22, in the Fort Drum training area.

U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, "Gimlets" 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare and resupply 120 mm mortar rounds prior to a fire mission More

Sergeant Ronny Pool, a platoon sergeant with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, was on his usual commute home to Hemet, Calif., when he jumped into action and used hi More

Pvt. Richard Blair, right, an ammunition bearer with C Troop, 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, hands Pfc. Jordan Hayes, assistant mortar gunner, a long More

Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the More

Staff Sgt. Ryan Sotelo, a platoon sergeant serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, holds the Afghanistan Campaign Streamer during a battle colors rededication ceremony at the Camp San More

The 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, celebrated their 96th birthday at a ball held here, June 6, 2013. The Fighting Fifth is recognized as the most decorated regiment in the Marine Corps. Marines and s More

Marines serving with Bravo Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, march toward a demolition pit at Range 108 here, June 19, 2013. The company conducted a demolition training range where Marines learned about t More

Sergeant Nate Kerr, a reconnaissance Marine serving with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, calls out the distance and locations of enemy objectives during a raid exercise here, July 10, 2013. Kerr, 2 More

Sergeant Aaron Ligon, a reconnaissance Marine serving with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, provides security as his team prepares to breach the enemy's concertina wire obstacle during a raid exerci More

First Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit mortarmen adjust and aim an M224 mortar system during a field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 24, 2013, in preparation More

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, gather during the night before training on Range 400 here, Oct. 22, 2013. The Marines conducted a company attack on fortified positions to conclud More

Lance Cpl. Michael Shriver, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Dundee, N.Y., plots grid coordinates during the fire direction control portion of the infantry mortars 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

Pfc. Kyle Blignaut, a Lafayette, Ind., native, and assistant mortar gunner with Company B, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, poses in front of a M112 More

A 4th Brigade, 201st Afghan National Army Corps soldier prepares a 60mm mortar round for firing just outside Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Jan. 8, 2014, during the culminating exercise of a month-long class t More

Royal Thai and U.S. Marine mortarmen fire illumination rounds from the 81mm mortar system Feb. 13 at Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold. The purpose of the night’s training was to bet More

A U.S. Marine Corps mortarman with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), laughs with Portuguese navy sailors while explaining the Corps’ 60mm mortar sy More

A U.S. Marine Corps mortarman with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), laughs with Portuguese navy sailors while explaining the Corps’ 60mm mortar sy More

Philippine and U.S. Marines discuss the differences between their mortar systems May 5, 2014 in Crow Valley, Philippines during exercise Balikatan 2014. Marines from both countries conducted a dry-run in prepar More

Mortar teams with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, discuss tactics on the usage of the M252 81mm Mortar System between fire missions in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Ranges, Calif., near Marine Corps More

A mortar team with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, conducts live-fire training during exercise Scorpion Fire in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Ranges, Calif., near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz More

Royal Australian Artillery Lance Bombadier Aaron Costas, right, U.S. Marine Capt. Aaron Brusch, center, and U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Sean M. Swallen, left, work together to radio in a 10 digit grid during a company More

Lance Cpl. Palmer L. Perkins posts perimeter security for a stand-to drill August 24 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, during Exercise Koolendong 14. The focus of KD-14 is to estab More

Mortarmen of Portsmouth-based 2nd Battalion, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team fire a precision registration mission Oct. 4, 2014, at Fort Pickett, Va. A registration mission prepares m More

Lance Cpl. Patrick A. Johnson, center left, amphibious assault vehicle crewman, and Sgt. Thomas M. Kutka, center right, AAV crew chief, with the AAV Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task For More

Lance Cpl. Andrew Stair, left, mortarman, Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, and Sgt. Elizabeth Dollinger, right, mortarman, Mortar Platoon, Weapons Co., GCEITF, load More

Mortarmen with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a round from an M224 60 mm mortar at a live-fire range ashore in the U.S. 5th Fleet a More

U.S. Marines with India Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move water jugs to clear room on the flight deck of the USS Essex (LDH 2) during Compo More

Polish soldiers bore-sight a mortar tube May 21, 2015, at Camp Konotop, Poland. Working with Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, the s More

U.S. Soldiers prepare to raise the American flag at the opening ceremony of Saber Strike 15, a multinational training exercise, June 8, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland. Saber Strike is a l More

German soldiers unload military vehicles June 8, 2015 at a railhead at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland. The soldiers are participating in Saber Strike, a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led coopera More

A German Panzerhaubitze 2000 awaits orders from the fire direction center June 11, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland as German and U.S. artillery and mortar units train together during Saber More

A Boeing C-17 airdrops a M119 105mm Towed Howitzer for an airborne operation June 15, 2015, at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland during Saber Strike 15, a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperat More

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade assault and seize an airfield June 16, 2015, at Swidwin Air Base in Poland as part of Exercise Saber Strike 15. Encompassing more tha More

Soldiers with C Battery, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, fire Paladin M109A6 Artillery Systems June 18, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland during Saber Strike 15. Encompassing m More

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 159th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade prepare to take off in a Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter June 18, 2015, in Mirosławiec, Poland, during Saber S More

Soldiers participating in Saber Strike 15 conduct a combined arms live fire exercise June 19, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland. Encompassing more than 6,000 participants from 13 different n More

KUWAIT (Aug. 23, 2015) U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to their launch point during a live-fire training exercise More

KUWAIT (Aug. 25, 2015) U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary, watch an illumination round from an M224 60mm lightweight mortar tak More

ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 18, 2015) U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, throw punches during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program More

U.S. Army Spc. Walter Bates, a mortarman with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, prepares a 120-mm round to be fired fro More

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Weapons Company, 81mm Platoon, Fire Direction Center plots points on a map during a live-fire exercise at Camp Lejeune N.C., July 14, 2016. The unit conducted t More

Observer coach/trainers with 1st Battalion, 335th Infantry Regiment conduct an after action review following a mortar firing exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Aug. 12, 2016. The exercise was part of an ARNG pro More

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Rarang, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, fires an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System during training at Forward Operating Base Dahlke, Afgha More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jaquez Jones, infantryman and acting range safety, observes as Paratroopers (not photographed), all assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, use a sm More

RABKUT, Oman (Feb. 20, 2017) U.S. Marines and Sailors with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire an M252 81mm mortar system during a live-fire More

Ukrainian forward observers from 1st Battalion, 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade verify that mortar rounds are landing on the intended target during a combined-arms battalion live-fire exercise held at the Yavo More

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, shows Maj. Gen. John Love, the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division, the objective for range G-29C, the newest range at Camp Leje More

U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Joshua Rogers, 19, a native of Rose Bud, Arkansas, and student at the Infantry Training Battalion, participates in Military Occupational Specialty Physical Standards training at the Schoo More

A Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 18.1 executes a security halt during reconnaissance selection and occupation of a mortar firing position training at Vaernes Garnison, Norway, April 6, 2018. The mor More

Sgt. Connor Snow, a squad leader with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, speaks with a fellow Marine before simulated tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel at Camp Hansen More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct real-time training with an advanced mortar protec More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Best Mortar Team 1 from 1st Armor Division treats a simulated casualty during a combat life saver assessment April 9, 2019, for the Best Mortar Competition hosted by 198th Infantry Training More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A Soldier in Best Mortar Team 11 from 82nd Airborne Division maneuvers under barbed wire during an obstacle course event April 9, 2019, for the Best Mortar Competition hosted by 198th Infant More

3rd Infantry Division mortarmen participate in a combined-arms live-fire exercise (CALFEX) at West Point, New York, June 11, 2019. The annual summer training exercise teaches cadets maneuver tactics within a co More

3rd Infantry Division mortarmen participate in a combined-arms live-fire exercise (CALFEX) at West Point, New York, June 11, 2019. The annual summer training exercise teaches cadets maneuver tactics within a co More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, receive a brief during Integrated Training Exercise 5-19 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 26, 2 More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division fire a 60mm Mortar during live-fire and maneuver training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Aug. 5, 2019. The annual training for 3/23 is More

An M252 Alpha 2 Mortar system is set up in the snow for notional fire mission drills during exercise Northern Viper on Hokudaien Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 25, 2020. Northern Viper is a regularly sche More

U.S. Marines from 4th Marines Ordnance Section, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (UDP), and the Maintenance Platoon, 4th Regiment, 5th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, introduce each other be More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conduct a live fire range on Assault Amphibious Vehicles during exercise Northern Viper 2020 at Hokudaien Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, More

U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conduct a live-fire range at Hokudaien Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 31, 2020. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled t More

Col. Jason Perry, the commanding officer of 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Maj. Gen. Kose, the commanding officer of 5th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, talk before a live fire demonstr More