Infiltration Course at Camp McCoy in 1950
During the Infiltration Course, exploding mines and overhead machine-gun fire make combat training realistic for the men of the 887th Field Artillery Battalion. The soldiers crawl for 15 to 20 minutes through ... More
The M240B is a variant of the M240, used by the U.S.
The M240B is a variant of the M240, used by the U.S. Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines. It comes configured for ground combat with a buttstock and bipod, though it can also be mounted on tripod, ground vehicl... More
Body-mounted camera view of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Duane
Body-mounted camera view of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Duane A Gamble, Commander of 22st Theater Sustainment Command, engages targets with the M2 .50-caliber machine gun during the convoy live fire exercise as part of... More
A Rare Find, US Army Photo
Staff Sgt. Alexander Thompson, a native of New Albany, Ind. hands down a rare find to Englewood, Oh., native, Capt. Jeffrey Stukey - a M1919 Browning machine gun, Oct 8, 2008. The Browning was commonly used in... More
An Afghan Border Police officer fires the NSV 12.7mm
An Afghan Border Police officer fires the NSV 12.7mm heavy machine gun. ABP officers received familiarization training on weapons such as the AK-47 assault rifle, PKM machine gun and the RPG-7 anti-tank rocket ... More
Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry (2nd,
Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry (2nd, 106th) of the Illinois National Guard's 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team complete training with Humvee-mounted M2 .50-caliber machine guns Oct. 18, 2018, on... More
President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to
President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. William Shemin, accepting on his behalf are his daughters Elsie Shemin-Roth (middle) and Ina Bass (left), in the East Room of the White House, June... More
Two UH-60 Black Hawks with the 1-150th Aviation Battalion,
Two UH-60 Black Hawks with the 1-150th Aviation Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, land at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., for M60 machine gun training at the Fort Dix ranges Dec. 7, 2002. (U.S.... More
Transportable Port Security Boat Course
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Jackson, gunner's mate, Mobile Security Unit-3, Detachment 31, engages opposing forces role players with his M60 machine gun during a night operations exercise as part of the Transp... More
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, US Coast Guard Photo
PERSIAN GULF (Mar. 12, 2003)--Petty Officer 3rd Class, Branden E. Capps, 21, of Kill Devil Hills, NC., stands next to a 50. caliber machine gun ammunition tray onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Wrangell, ho... More
United States Coast Guard photo - Machine Gun
Boatswain Mate Second Class Harry Pinti, 28, of Haverhill, Mass., prepares a MK 38 25 mm machine gun onboard the Coast Guard cutter Wrangell, homeported in Portland, Me., before departing for patrol Wednesday, ... More
US COAST GUARD SECURITY ZONE, Norfolk, Virginia
NORFOLK, Va. (May 29, 2003)--Food Specialist 2nd Class Keith Brown of Coast Guard Cutter Albacore scans the horizon beyond the starboard .50-caliber machine gun during escort operations supporting the return of... More
US COAST GUARD GENERAL QUARTERS
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 13, 2005) A crewman mans a machine gun in an underway general quarters drill on the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance. USCG photo by PA3 L.F. Chambers
BEAR AFRICA DEPLOYMENT - ATLANTIC
ROTO, Spain (May 25, 2005)--Petty Officer 1st Class (GM) Sam Sprenkle trains crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear on maintenance of the M-240 machine gun aboard the cutter May 25. USCG photo by PA2 Andrew Shinn
Senior Airman Kevin C. Allmann Jr., 177th Security
Senior Airman Kevin C. Allmann Jr., 177th Security Forces Squadron, 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, arranges 5.56 and 7.62 ammunition for both M249 squad automatic weapons and M240B general-p... More
Port Security Unit 313, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
SEATTLE - Petty Officer 3rd Class Daviel O'Neill tutors Seaman Brent Erwin on proper use and maintenance of a 240B machine gun, during Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 training. As part of the training, the ... More
Soldiers from the Chillicothe-based 1194th Engineer
Soldiers from the Chillicothe-based 1194th Engineer Company practice firing the M2 Browning machine gun during a drill weekend at Fort Knox, Ky.
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Northcott, a crew
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Northcott, a crew chief with Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-773, test fires the Gun Aircraft Unit-17 machine gun before conducting surveillance in a UH-1N Huey in the ... More
Iraqi police special weapons and tactics members find
Iraqi police special weapons and tactics members find a variety of weapons including mortars, rockets and explosives in an extremist's house in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Jan. 4.
Operation Raider Harvest Sweeps Diyala Province
A machine gunner in 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., pulls security during the clearing of a village... More
M-240 machine gun, US Navy Photogrpah
Lance Cpl. Dominikk Tsosi, a supply clerk with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, untangles 7.62 mm rounds while training on an M-240 machine gun at a firing range in Anbar province. (U.S Marine photo/Lanc... More
Iraqi army soldiers stand next to a 14.5 mm machine
Iraqi army soldiers stand next to a 14.5 mm machine gun discovered in the village of Hussein al Hamadi, Iraq, Feb. 12, during Operation Lions Attack. Numerous weapons and explosives were found in the former al-... More
USS John C. Stennis Sailors stand watch while getting underway
Weapons department Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis stand force protection .50 caliber machine-gun watch as the ship pulls out of San Diego. John C. Stennis and embarked Carr... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Koontz, from Naval Mobile
Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Koontz, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, disassembles a .50 caliber machine gun for maintenance at the Camp Shields Armory in Okinawa. NMCB-133 is on a seven-month de... More
Kalispell, Montana native, Pfc. Duane Cooper, a canon
Kalispell, Montana native, Pfc. Duane Cooper, a canon crew member for Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, mans the .50 caliber machine gun for... More
Aviation ordnanceman Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory
Aviation ordnanceman Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Wolfe, assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron 213, cleans the rotor of the M61-A2 20 mm Gatling gun of an F/A-18F Super Hornet, onboard USS... More
Reinstalling a gun aboard the USS John C. Stennis
Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Owens, from Baton Rouge, La., reinstalls an M-61A1 20mm Gatling gun in the gun bay of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Blue Diamonds" of Strike Fighter Squadron 146 aboard the N... More
G-3 Air rises to the occasion for 10th Mountain
A UH-60 Black Hawk flies over southern Baghdad July 19 during a mission coordinated by the G-3 Air cell for the Multi-National Division - Center
Chief Master Sgt. Pablo Valverde ensures the 20mm M61-A1
Chief Master Sgt. Pablo Valverde ensures the 20mm M61-A1 Gatling gun is properly made safe on an F-16 Fighting Falcon after the pilot of the aircraft made an emergency landing at Baghdad International Airport, ... More
Senior Airman Kevin Vogel cleans a M2 .50-caliber machine
Senior Airman Kevin Vogel cleans a M2 .50-caliber machine gun at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 15. The weapon requires weekly cleaning to keep it dust free and operating correctly. Vogel, a security forces patro... More
Machine gun maintenance aboard USS San Antonio
Personnel specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class Timothy Sidial and fire controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class Rodregous Johnson perform maintenance on a .50 caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious transport dock sh... More
Sgt. 1st Class Brad A. Martin, logistics non-commissioned
Sgt. 1st Class Brad A. Martin, logistics non-commissioned officer for his Military Transition Team in Mosul, Iraq, mounts and inspects his truck's .240 cal. machine gun before heading to the Forward Operating B... More
Lance Cpl. David Stout, from Ft. Worth, Texas, aligns
Lance Cpl. David Stout, from Ft. Worth, Texas, aligns a GE M61A 20mm gatling gun into place on an F-A/18C Hornet from the "Death Rattlers" of Marine Strike Fighter Squadron 323 in the hangar bay aboard the Nimi... More
From right: Staff Sgt. Jeremy Illy, a native of Virginia
From right: Staff Sgt. Jeremy Illy, a native of Virginia Beach, Va. and Spc. Dillon Cortereal, a native of Sandwich, Mass.; both infantryman with Eagle Troop, Task Force 2-7 Infantry, based in Rukla, Lithuania ... More
Lithuanian Soldiers display military equipment for
Lithuanian Soldiers display military equipment for local citizens during a cultural exchange event in Jonava, Lithuania, June 13, 2015. The Soldiers are participants of Saber Strike, a long-standing U.S. Army E... More
An A-10C Thunderbolt II jet aircraft flies over to
An A-10C Thunderbolt II jet aircraft flies over to simulate a bombing run in support of ground troops during exercise Saber Strike, near Rukla, Lithuania, June 12, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Arm... More
An infantryman with the Grand Dutches Birute Uhlan
An infantryman with the Grand Dutches Birute Uhlan Battalion, Lithuanian Armed Forces, patrols the woods for mock enemy troops during exercise Saber Strike at a training area near Rukla, Lithuania, June 15, 201... More
German and Lithuanian Army, tactical air control party
German and Lithuanian Army, tactical air control party and joint terminal attack controller personnel, plot mock enemy positions in preparation to call in air support during training exercise Saber Strike near ... More
From left: Pvt. Tomas Guntulis, a radioman and Pvt.
From left: Pvt. Tomas Guntulis, a radioman and Pvt. Andrius Miniachmetovas, an infantryman; both with Birute Battalion, Lithuanian army, discuss defense tactics before a mock raid during exercise Saber Strike, ... More
Soldiers with Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, Armed
Soldiers with Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, Armed Forces of Germany, search the area for mock enemy troops from a Wiesel A2 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) track vehicle during exercis... More
Dave Hallaran (left), Curtis Debord (middle), both
Dave Hallaran (left), Curtis Debord (middle), both with U.S. Ordnance, McCarran, Nev., and Josh Chansley, from U.S. Machine Gun Armory, Park City, Utah, prep .50 caliber rounds prior to weapons demonstrations a... More
Onboard USS Wasp, Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Stevenson,
Onboard USS Wasp, Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Stevenson, a gunner's mate of Tampa, Fla., readies 7.62 mm rounds before the start of a M240B machine gun shoot July 28 in which 32 Sailors earned their qualific... More
A Special Forces soldier from the Polish 1st Special
A Special Forces soldier from the Polish 1st Special Forces Regiment fires an M2 .50 cal Heavy Barrel Machine Gun while a Special Forces soldier from the 1-10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)(SFG(A)) observes... More
Pfc. Joshua Dryain, (right) chemical biological radiological
Pfc. Joshua Dryain, (right) chemical biological radiological nuclear operations clerk, 73rd Transportation Company, 10th Transportation Battalion, instructs Isaac, whose mother serves in the Navy, on the proper... More
USS Pearl Harbor, US Navy Photogrpah
The sun sets behind a mounted .50-caliber machine gun aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is part of Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and th... More
Lt. Cmdr. William Lewis of Maritime Expeditionary Security
Lt. Cmdr. William Lewis of Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 12 charges a .50-caliber machine gun while a range safety officer provides oversight and instruction during crew-served weapons familiarizatio... More
Sgt. First Class John White, an Engineer NCO with the
Sgt. First Class John White, an Engineer NCO with the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, makes his way through the tutorial portion of the new .50-caliber individual gunnery trainer on Sept. 15, 2010, at the 27... More
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush play a game of dominos in the ship's galley. George H.W. Bush is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin J. Steinberg)
Soldiers from the Chillicothe, Ohio, based 1194th Engineer
Soldiers from the Chillicothe, Ohio, based 1194th Engineer Company fire the M2 machine gun, Oct. 2, at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The soldiers were taking part in a yearly qualification to test their weapons proficiency.
Seaman Christopher Jensen, assigned to Naval Mobile
Seaman Christopher Jensen, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 Alfa Company, scans his sector of fire with a 240B automatic machine gun and night vision goggles during the battalion’s Field Train... More
Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Gareth Erasmus fires
Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Gareth Erasmus fires the Mk 38 25mm machine gun aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter during a practice fire exercise. Porter is part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike... More
Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st
Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), attach a .50 caliber machine gun to the top of an M1A1 Abrams tank before a firing range exercise at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 201... More
Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, Ground Combat
Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, Ground Combat Element, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Forward, III Marine Expeditionary Force, in amphibious assault vehicles train with smoke grenades here Feb. 11, 201... More
USS Ronald Reagan action
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Marton, aviation ordnanceman, from Reno, Nev., conducts maintenance on an M61A2 gun system in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The M61A2 gun system is a 2... More
Pfc. Jacob Adams, a mine resistant ambush protected
Pfc. Jacob Adams, a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle gunner for Company Alpha, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, cleans a .50 calib... More
Pvt. Michael Hill, a Dalton, Ga., native, now an infantryman
Pvt. Michael Hill, a Dalton, Ga., native, now an infantryman with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Pfc. William Vivas, a Miami native, now an infantryman... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Ruch, gunner's mate, explains
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Ruch, gunner's mate, explains 25 mm machine gun operation to Harvey Oltman, aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Roosevelt. Oltman is participating in the friends and family crui... More
Spc. John York, an infantryman and a Tulsa, Okla.,
Spc. John York, an infantryman and a Tulsa, Okla., native, with Bravo Company, 163rd Combined Arms Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, sets up his... More
Staff Sgt. Thomas S. Williams, training chief, Combat
Staff Sgt. Thomas S. Williams, training chief, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, teaches poolees about the M240G machine gun at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 16. Poolees from recruiting ... More
Erick Morales, 13, of Powell, Wyo., is carried off
Erick Morales, 13, of Powell, Wyo., is carried off of a Pilots for Christ plane by his respite care giver Whitney Marsh, and escorted by his mother Maria Morales, April 21, 2011, at the Guernsey Army Airfield, ... More
Staff Sgt. Billy Roth prepares a .50-caliber machine
Staff Sgt. Billy Roth prepares a .50-caliber machine gun for use during a troop extraction mission in support of operations in southwestern Afghanistan, April 27. Roth, a native of Anthony, Kan., is a CH-53D cr... More
Finding Leadership: First Lt. Tyrie Carroll, left,
Finding Leadership: First Lt. Tyrie Carroll, left, platoon leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, and Spc. ... More
PATROL BASE FULOD, Helmand province, Islamic Republic
PATROL BASE FULOD, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Pfc. Thomas R. Seneika, a machine gunner for Weapons Platoon attached to 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, loads ... More
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Tortuga don protective equipment prior to conducting a machine gun live-fire drill May 23. Marines with Weapons Platoon, Landing Force Company, familiarized... More
MTACS-18 Marines visit Iwo Jima
Chris Majewski, Marine Corps Community Services tour guide, gives Marines of Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron 18 a brief overview of the Battle of Iwo Jima near the remains of a World War II-era Japanese ma... More
Indonesian Marines from 6th Battalion, 2nd Brigade,
Indonesian Marines from 6th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Korps Marinir, demonstrate kicks to U.S. Marines and sailors with Landing Force Company during martial arts training May 27. Landing Force Company, comprised ... More
Marines, sailors finish training with Indonesian Korps Marinir
Marines and sailors with Landing Force Company conduct stretching exercises with Marines with Korps Marinir, 2nd Marines, 6th Brigade, Tentara National Indonesia May 27, their first day of bilateral training. T... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Gill, aviation ordnanceman,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Gill, aviation ordnanceman, left, and Airman Jon Blankenship, aviation ordnanceman, perform maintenance on an M61A-2 Vulcan 20 mm Gatling gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS George ... More
The MK-75 76mm mounted gun aboard the guided-missile
The MK-75 76mm mounted gun aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Thach is fired during a live-fire exercise off the coast of Chile. Thach is deployed to South America in support of Southern Seas 2011. (Navy pho... More
Staff Sgt. Jessica Ray signals to her team chief that
Staff Sgt. Jessica Ray signals to her team chief that the .50-caliber machine gun is ready during range qualification at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., June 7. Ray recently became the first female i... More
Malaysian Rangers with Charlie Company, 8th Royal Ranger
Malaysian Rangers with Charlie Company, 8th Royal Ranger Regiment, Malaysian Army Rangers, and U.S. Marines with the Landing Force Company conduct military operations in urban terrain training June 13. The trai... More
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS,
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Shon Roegge, Regimental Combat Team 5 Task Force Power officer-in-charge, gives a brief before conducting a machine gun range... More
Lance Cpl. JuanCarlos Aglugub, a light armored vehicle
Lance Cpl. JuanCarlos Aglugub, a light armored vehicle crewman at 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., shows a young Cardinal fan where to aim from on top the ... More
Company D soldiers provide security for Contingency Operating Base Spe...
Spc. Eric South, an infantryman with Company D, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, mans an M2 .50-caliber machine gun at an entry control point on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Ira... More
Weapons live-fire exercise aboard USS Anzio
An MK38 25 mm machine gun fires during a weapons live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68). Anzio is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national, mission-based task force ... More
Afghan National Army recruits fire the .50 cal. Heavy
Afghan National Army recruits fire the .50 cal. Heavy Machine Gun during a night exercise held at the Infantry Branch School, Camp Julien, July 19. The exercise is the last live heavy weapons fire before gradua... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Boettger, assigned
Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Boettger, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable, fires a Mark 38 25 mm machine gun during a training exercise. Frank Cable conducts maintenance and support of submarin... More
Cpl. Zachary Painter, left, a Lima, Ohio, native, and
Cpl. Zachary Painter, left, a Lima, Ohio, native, and Sgt. Michael Saltalamacchia, a New Castle, Pa., native, both Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 40 aircraft gun systems technicians, assemble a 25mm GAU-12/... More
Cpl. Timothy A. Loper, a gunner for the 2nd Low Altitude
Cpl. Timothy A. Loper, a gunner for the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, demonstrates the operation of the M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun to Navy Junior Officer Training Corps cadets.
‘Bulldog’ Brigade is first Army unit to receive M2A1 machine gun
Soldiers of 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, learn the new M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun. The brigade is slated to take the weapon to Afghanistan when it deploys this month.
U.S. Army Pfc. Alexis Ocasio with the 1014th Sapper
U.S. Army Pfc. Alexis Ocasio with the 1014th Sapper Company, Task Force Roughneck, Task Force Sword, a combat engineer from Puerto Rico, checks the headspace of his machine gun during mission preparation, Aug. ... More
Newly promoted Spc. John A. Gatling, a Virginia Army
Newly promoted Spc. John A. Gatling, a Virginia Army National Guard 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team soldier from Hampton, Va., is “smoked” at his own promotion ceremony for being late. “Smoked” is Army slang... More
Long-distance capable sites; new optic enhances heavy machine guns
Lance Cpl. Matthew D. Khamsihong, a motor transport operator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, fires the MK19 while using a new optic system Aug. 14. The system is designed to inc... More
A Soldier assigned to the 201st Battlefield Surveillance
A Soldier assigned to the 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to fire a .50-caliber machine gun during a qualification range, Sept 23, here. Soldiers qual... More
Capt. Brooks Hayward, the assistant administration
Capt. Brooks Hayward, the assistant administration officer for the New Hampshire National Guard’s 54th Troop Command, from Epsom, N.H., fires a M240B machine gun as part of a familiarization fire course at Fort... More
Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship
Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown and Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit launch a combat rubber raiding craft from the stern gate during an amphibious integration ... More
USS George H.W. Bush action
Airman Laticia Workman, aviation ordnanceman, performs an inspection on an M61A-2 Vulcan 20 mm Gatling gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. George H.W. Bush is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet ar... More
USS George Washington action
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Rogers, aviation ordnanceman, center, from Jacksonville, Fla., supervises Airman Aaron Deskins, left, from Pittsburgh, and Airman Tyler Tassio, aviation ordnanceman, from Beaumo... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, work together to assemble a .50-caliber machine ... More
U.S. Army Capt. Tim Beecher, of St. Louis, Mo., 82nd
U.S. Army Capt. Tim Beecher, of St. Louis, Mo., 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, mans the machine gun on the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk as it and another Black Hawk fly over the Tora Bora area near the Pakistan bo... More
Ohio National Guard - MK19 fire, US Army Photo
Spc. Patrick L. Noel of Cincinnati, Ohio, continues to fire as his assistant gunner, Spc. Philip J. Gavin of Newark, Ohio, personal security detail soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37... More
Soldiers of the Virginia Army National Guard 116th
Soldiers of the Virginia Army National Guard 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Forward Operating Base Lagman, Afghanistan, send their thanks to all who have sent care packages and support. Pictured... More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lindsey Bakke, a
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lindsey Bakke, a master at arms with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah 13-15, engages targets with a MA-2 .50-caliber machine gun during a training range at Camp Atterbury, ... More
Sailors participate in a .50-caliber machine gun during
Sailors participate in a .50-caliber machine gun during a live fire training exercise aboard San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde is deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibi... More
Chief Gunner's Mate Dion Eisman performs a maintenance
Chief Gunner's Mate Dion Eisman performs a maintenance check on an MK 38 MOD 2 25mm machine gun system aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey in preparation for a live-fire exercise. ... More
Sgt. Nathanial Durbala, Financial Management
Sgt. Nathanial Durbala, Financial Management Technician/Budget Analyst, for the G8, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), prepares a .50 cal machine gun during the 103rd ESC's Best Warrior Competition, Mar... More
Spc. Seth A. Ankrom, personal security detail soldier
Spc. Seth A. Ankrom, personal security detail soldier assigned to Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, takes his shot with the G36 German service rifle as a German soldier counts Ankrom's hi... More
U.S. Army Spc. Maurice Bethel of Alpha Company, 173rd
U.S. Army Spc. Maurice Bethel of Alpha Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team ties down an ammunition can used for his .50-caliber automatic machine gun before a convoy dur... More
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Christina Marsh, left, fires
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Christina Marsh, left, fires the MK-38 25 mm machine gun while Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Justin R. McKay acts as a safety observer aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer U... More
A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires
A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires a dual-mounted .50 caliber machine gun at a target aboard a Riverine Command Boat off the coast of Virginia during a live-fire exercise. RIVRON 2 is condu... More