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U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Adam Brantley, a rifleman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security behind his FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during on a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 29, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Adam Brantley, a rifleman with Weapons Company,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... More

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Adam Brantley, a rifleman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, waits for his convoy to depart on a mission to the Khowst-Gardez Pass, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on Dec. 28, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. James Yarboro) (Released)

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), U.S. Mari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CP... More

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 3rd Class Will Hurley, a Hospital Corpsman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security for the convoy during on a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 31, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), U.S. Navy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... More

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) (shown in rack) and the M16A2 rifle

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT J. W. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) and the M16A2 rifle (shown in rack)

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT J. W. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) and the M16A2 rifle

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT J. W. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) (shown in rack) and the M16A2 rifle

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT J. W. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) (shown in rack) and the M16A2 rifle

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT J. W. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public... More

A member of the Basic School shows the M249 squad automatic weapon to Marine Corps Medal of Honor winners during their visit to the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Shown are Howard V. Lee, William E. Barber, Mitchell Paige, Joseph Foss, General (GEN) Louis Wilson, Jacklyn Lucas, Colonel (COL) Harvey Barnum, and Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Wesley Fox

A member of the Basic School shows the M249 squad automatic weapon to ...

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

A view of an M249 5.56 mm squad automatic weapon (SAW) with a 200 round box of ammunition attached. The SAW was adopted by the Army and Marine Corps in 1982

A view of an M249 5.56 mm squad automatic weapon (SAW) with a 200 roun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A U.S. Marine fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during a live fire demonstration for the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A U.S. Marine fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during a live...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: El Haman Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SGT L.C. Clipper Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, fires an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during a live fire exercise at Range 11

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, fires an M249 squad au...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael G. Lindee Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, reloads an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during a live fire exercise at Range 11

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, reloads an M249 squad ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael G. Lindee Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, fires an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during a live fire exercise at Range 11

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, fires an M249 squad au...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael G. Lindee Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, crouches behind an embankment with an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during a live fire exercise at Range 11

A US Marine officer of Company H, Basic School, crouches behind an emb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael G. Lindee Release Status: Released to P... More

A Marine treks through Norwegian woods during Operation COLD WINTER'87, a NATO-sponsored military exercise. He is armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon

A Marine treks through Norwegian woods during Operation COLD WINTER'87...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL J.D. Gonzales Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A Marine aims an M249 squad automatic weapon at a target during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

A Marine aims an M249 squad automatic weapon at a target during the fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

A Marine armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon peers from behind a tree during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

A Marine armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon peers from behind a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

Marine aims an M249 squad automatic weapon at a target during the field training Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

Marine aims an M249 squad automatic weapon at a target during the fiel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

Secretary of the Navy James H. Webb Jr. looks at an M249 squad automatic weapon, left, and an M60 machine gun on display during his visit to the 3rd Force Service Support Group

Secretary of the Navy James H. Webb Jr. looks at an M249 squad automat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcb, Camp Smedley D. Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Hrycko Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Sergeant (SGT) L.M. Gay, Headquarters and Service Co., 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines, covers an avenue of approach with an M249 squad automatic weapon during Operation SOLAR FLARE

Sergeant (SGT) L.M. Gay, Headquarters and Service Co., 1ST Battalion, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLAR FLARE Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Marines fire M249 squad automatic weapons and M16A2 rifles from fighting positions located between AAVP7 assault amphibian vehicles near the Marine encampment. They are participating in the multinational, joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87

Marines fire M249 squad automatic weapons and M16A2 rifles from fighti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Vincent E. Aldridge Release Status: Released to ... More

US Ambassador to Jordan Paul S. Boeker inspects the new M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during the capabilities exercise portion of Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87. The exercise will evaluate procedures used to deploy US tactical and logistical forces

US Ambassador to Jordan Paul S. Boeker inspects the new M249 squad aut...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Prince Hearns Release Status: Release... More

A member of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry, disassembles and cleans an M249 squad automatic weapon in preparation for the joint service combined arms live fire Exercise CALFEX III at Yukon Range

A member of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry, disassembles and ...

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: MS... More

A Marine armed with an M249 5.56 mm machine gun stands guard during Exercise VALIANT USHER 88

A Marine armed with an M249 5.56 mm machine gun stands guard during Ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT USHER 88 Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Ron Bayles, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division teaches a Honduran soldier how to fire an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) during Operation GOLDEN PHEASANT

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division teaches a Honduran soldier how ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SPECIALIST Prince Hearns Iii Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A Marine demonstrates use of a M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) mounted on a vehicle during Scout World/Armed Forces Day'88

A Marine demonstrates use of a M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) mount...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Ken Klien, USN Release St... More

A Marine demonstrates use of a M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) mounted on a vehicle to a youngster during Scout World/Armed Forces Day'88

A Marine demonstrates use of a M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) mount...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Ken Klien, USN Release St... More

Two soldiers on the crest of a hill guard an approach during an XVIII Airborne Corps exercise at the National Training Center. Members of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and 1ST Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, are particpating in the exercise. The soldier at left is armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon, the soldier at right with an M16A2 rifle

Two soldiers on the crest of a hill guard an approach during an XVIII ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Two soldiers guard an approach from atop ahill during an XVIII Airborne Corps exercise at the National Training Center. Members of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and 1ST Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, are particpating in the exercise. The closer soldier is armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon, the other with an M16A2 rifle

Two soldiers guard an approach from atop ahill during an XVIII Airborn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Soldiers of the 6th Infantry Division pause in their advance through the brush beside a road during Exercise BRIM FROST '89. The soldier at right carries an M249 squad automatic weapon

Soldiers of the 6th Infantry Division pause in their advance through t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC J... More

Some of the types of small arms used by Marines in Panama are stacked in the grass. They are, clockwise from upper right, an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher, an M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW), two M16A2 rifles and two Mossburg 500 12-gauge shotguns

Some of the types of small arms used by Marines in Panama are stacked ...

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

Sergeant 1ST Class G. Simon III, from Headquarters, Jungle Operations Training Center, instructs soldiers using M249 squad automatic weapons on a quick fire range

Sergeant 1ST Class G. Simon III, from Headquarters, Jungle Operations ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Sherman Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Lem Robson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

A soldier from Company D, 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division loads blank rounds into his M249 squad automatic weapon while attempting to qualify for the expert infantryman badge

A soldier from Company D, 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jamie L. Wiechert Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A camouflaged SPECIALIST (SPC) Lorin Hess guards his post using an M249 squad automatic weapon

A camouflaged SPECIALIST (SPC) Lorin Hess guards his post using an M24...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lou Rivera Release Status: Released to P... More

Marines with M16A2 rifles and M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) in prone position at base of sandy hill

Marines with M16A2 rifles and M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) in pro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Peru (PER) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Earl Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Marine carrying an M249 squad automatic weapon moves down a trail through the tall grass during Operation CHEYENNE, a reconnaissance patrol in the jungle area west of Howard Air Force Base. The Marine is from Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion

A Marine carrying an M249 squad automatic weapon moves down a trail th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CHEYENNE Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

A member of a quick reaction force carrying an M249 squad automatic weapon lies in the grass near an aiming stake during a readiness exercise. The force was brought in to reinforce 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-27, and an attached 81 mm mortar section that was conducting mortar drills within sight of a Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks

A member of a quick reaction force carrying an M249 squad automatic we...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Coco Solo State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J. Alan Elliott, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Two soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division, Orange team, take up fighting positions. The soldier on the left is armed with an M16 rifle with an M203 grenade launcher. The soldier on the right is equipped with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)

Two soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division, Orange team, take up fighting...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Musumak Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Sebastian Sciotti Release Status: Released t... More

A Marine in prone firing position is loading his M249 squad automatic weapon in the desert. A second Marine aims his M16A2 rifle in the background

A Marine in prone firing position is loading his M249 squad automatic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: D.N. Crosser Release Status: Released to ... More

Members of the 24th Infantry Division take a break while a C-5A Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Airlift Wing stands on the flight line in the background during the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '92. The men are armed with M-16 rifles and an M249 squad automatic weapon is in the foreground. They will be boarding the Galaxy for transportation to another area during the exercise

Members of the 24th Infantry Division take a break while a C-5A Galaxy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

Right side profile of two US Army Soldiers for Alpha Company, 315th In...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II Base: Range 6 Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT G. Robinson Release Status: Released t... More

US Army PFC Mathew Baldoni, a Soldier with the 3rd Combat Engineering Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia, lies in the prone position and fires his M249 Assault Weapon during a training exercise on RANGE-6. The range is on a secluded area of beach on the coast of Somalia. Baldoni hails from Hamden, Connecticut. He is deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Army PFC Mathew Baldoni, a Soldier with the 3rd Combat Engineering ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II Base: Range 6 Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SGT G. Robinson Release Status: Released t... More

Members of the 75th Rangers (Airborne), Fort Benning, Georgia, armed with M16 rifles with M203 grenade launcher (kneeling) and M249 SAW light machine guns (prone position), perform weapons training in the desert of Egypt during Operation BRIGHT STAR '94

Members of the 75th Rangers (Airborne), Fort Benning, Georgia, armed w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '94 Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kenneth J. Riley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A Marine automatic rifleman from India Company, Third Battalion, Eighth Marines lies prone and ready to fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. His weapon is equipped with a blank firing apparatus and bipod. The Marine is covered between large snow covered rocks while on an ambush patrol. His is aimed at the kill zone during cold weather training at Silver Creek

A Marine automatic rifleman from India Company, Third Battalion, Eight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. K.H. Hart Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A Marine automatic rifleman from India Company, Third Battalion, Eighth Marines lies prone and ready to fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) with an attached blank firing apparatus and bipod. He takes cover between large snow covered rocks as he waits to ambush an objective during cold weather training at Silver Creek

A Marine automatic rifleman from India Company, Third Battalion, Eight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. K.H. Hart Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A Recruit from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, fires a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) at Alpha Range on Edson Range

A Recruit from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, fires a M249 Squ...

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 Donald E. Nelson, Usmc... More

A Marine from Fox Company 2/2 takes a position on the ground behind his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). He is moving in to confiscate weapons from police headquarters in Grand Riviere Du Nord to support of Operation Uphold Democracy. A crowd of Haitians moves in the background

A Marine from Fox Company 2/2 takes a position on the ground behind hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Grand Riviere Du Nord Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: CPL P.S. Royston (Usmc) Release Sta... More

Soldiers from A Company, 4th Battalion, 87th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii, walk through the river Esthere Bambou on the morning of the 3rd of March 1995. They are walking to the pick-up zone, wearing their backpacks with bedrolls, M85 Kevlar-lined helmets, and carrying M16A2 rifles and M249 squad automatic weapons (SAW), so they can be flown to Cap-Haitien. They have just completed their mission of patrolling LeBorgne, Haiti, and surrounding smaller towns, to deter violence and maintain a safe and secure environment, in support of Operation Uphold Democracy

Soldiers from A Company, 4th Battalion, 87th Infantry, 25th Infantry D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Leborgne Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Kyle Davis (USA) Release Status: Released to... More

A soldier loads rounds into an M249 squad automatic weapon during Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) training

A soldier loads rounds into an M249 squad automatic weapon during Expe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Lemke Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A soldier assembles the M249 squad automatic weapon during Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) training

A soldier assembles the M249 squad automatic weapon during Expert Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Lemke Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), positioned in a foxhole aim down field with M16 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons during a breaching exercise

Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), posit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LIBERTY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft... More

Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), positioned in a foxhole keep watch during a breaching exercise. The soldiers are armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and M16 rifles

Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), posit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LIBERTY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft... More

An M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) rests on a pile of sandbags as STAFF SGT. Stout Stewart, (hometown Tyler, TX) hammers down a pole identifying fields of fire in front of Post 5 overlooking the front of the US Embassy. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Liberia, a II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) unit from Camp Lejeune, NC, takes on the security mission at the US Embassy from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The SPMAGTF is commanded by COL. Tony L. Corwin

An M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) rests on a pile of sandbags as ST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED RESPONSE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. A. Olguin Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A member of the Central Asian platoon, Company 3, prepares to put rounds down range with a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), during the live fire portion of Situational Training Exercise -3 (STX-3)

A member of the Central Asian platoon, Company 3, prepares to put roun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

Forward sentries keep a watchful eye at the Joint Readiness Training Center. The sentries, standing in a trench, uses a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon with a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) attached

Forward sentries keep a watchful eye at the Joint Readiness Training C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Raymond A. Barnard Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A US Marine instructor from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines watches a Polish Army Soldier as he prepares to fire an 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) at Range L-5 during the live fire portion of Situational Training Exercise-3 (STX-3) held at Camp Lejeune, NC during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96

A US Marine instructor from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines watches a Polis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles "equipped to fire blanks" and 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) demonstrate the proper spread on a 5-ton cargo truck for security measures during convoy operations. This demonstration is part of Situational Training Exercise1 (STX-1), at Camp Lejeune, NC during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides security for a fallen comrade", while patrolling through the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility, during Situational Training Exercise 2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that is conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, ...

A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides security for a fallen comrade", while patrolling through ... More

A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides cover fire for his platoon members during Situational Training Exercise 2, Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that is conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 ...

A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A Canadian soldier armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon provides cover fire for his platoon members during Situational Tra... More

A US Army soldier armed with a 5.56 M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) is on duty inside a sandbagged fortified bunker located behind barbed concertina wire

A US Army soldier armed with a 5.56 M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Brian Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

A Participant in COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon stands ready to defend his post during Final Training Exercise (FTX) III. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance

A Participant in COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 armed with an M249 squad automa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

It's meal time at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Soldiers wearing rain gear and camouflaged fatigues chat among themselves as they eat their Meals Ready to Eat (MREs). A M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) is lying next to one of the soldiers

It's meal time at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Soldiers wearin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Raymond A. Barnard Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Brigadier General Sergio Arnoldo Camargo Murralles, CHIEF of STAFF, Guatemalan Army during a visit to U.S. Army Southern Command's DOL Weapon Repair Section is briefed on the operational capabilities of the "Squad Automatic Weapon" (SAW), M249 from Mr. Gilberto Marrero-Camacho

Brigadier General Sergio Arnoldo Camargo Murralles, CHIEF of STAFF, Gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: James J. Aguila Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Lance Corporal Eric Davis (l), armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and Corporal Jason Greer, with an M16A2 with attached M203 40mm Grenade Launcher, from 2nd Platoon, "C" Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, provide security for the northern section of the US Embassy housing complex in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife

Lance Corporal Eric Davis (l), armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weap...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Tim Shearer, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

US Army, Private First Class (PFC)Thomas Brazil and SPECIALIST (SPC) Terry Millender, A Company, 299th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, tests out the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) to properly zero in a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during the Advanced Warfighting Experiment (AWE) at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. More than 6,000 soldiers took part in the six-week exercise that capped nearly two years of training. The AWE tested 72 initiatives ranging from new computer equipment like the Applique to reorganization of unit structure, 24 March 1997

US Army, Private First Class (PFC)Thomas Brazil and SPECIALIST (SPC) T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jacqueline Griggs, USA Release Status: Rele... More

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) Eugene Voegele of Weapons Squad, 2nd Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 504 Parachute Infantry, 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, assists a member of the Haitian National Police Special Weapons and Tactics unit in firing the 5.56 mm M249 Squad Assault Weapon (SAW) during a weapons familiarization exercise at a range on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 April 1997

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) Eugene Voegele of Weapons Squad, 2nd Platoon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Jean-Marc Schaibke, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Six US Army soldiers, four armed with 5.56 mm M16 rifles and one with an 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, after air assaulting from UH-60 Blackhawks, head for Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where they will receive training in the mission of Task Force 1-77 (1ST Battalion - 77th Armor), force protection, and setting up a temporary checkpoint. Operation JOINT GUARD, 30 April 1997,

Six US Army soldiers, four armed with 5.56 mm M16 rifles and one with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Mcgovern Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Tracey L. Hall-Leahy, USA ... More

U S Army soldiers, three with 5.56 mm M16 rifles and one with a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Delta Company, 1ST Battalion, 41st Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, guard the entrance of a tunnel, suspected to be a Serbian weapons storage site, while it is being inspected by fellow soldiers. The tunnel is located in the town of Zvornick, Bosnia-HJerzegovina. Operation JOINT GUARD, 5 May 1997

U S Army soldiers, three with 5.56 mm M16 rifles and one with a 5.56 m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GURAD Base: Zvornik Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Dwight Chaney, USA Release Stat... More

Marines from Landing Support Battalion (identified by red patch) move in towards RED BEACH, Camp Pendleton, California, as they took the beach during exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97'. The Marine's weapon is a 5.56mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle. He is draped with 5.56mm blank ammo for the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), M249 Light Machine Gun. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Marines from Landing Support Battalion (identified by red patch) move ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 97' Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Marines from the 1ST Landing Support Batallion (LSB) (identified by red patch) work their way down Red Beach on D-day during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The Marine in background is armed with the 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) light machine gun, while his aid gunner (foreground) carries extra SAW ammo over his flack vest and around his helmet. KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Marines from the 1ST Landing Support Batallion (LSB) (identified by re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Soldiers from the 3d Infantry Battalion, 160th Regiment, US Army National Guard, engage in Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) ions at Camp Pendleton, California during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The prone soldiers are armed with the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on ional/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault...

Soldiers from the 3d Infantry Battalion, 160th Regiment, US Army Natio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Soldiers from the 3d Infantry Battalion, 160th Regiment, US Army National Guard, engage in Military Operations in Urban Terrain ... More

US Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, two with 5.56 mm M249 Squad Autromatic Weapons (SAW) wait in a slit trench before a night live fire exercise at Range 74 during a Joint Readiness Training Exercise at Fort Bragg, NC, 15 July 1997

US Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry, 3rd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT READINESS TRAINING Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

Latvian Soldiers take a "time out" in training to examine the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), a weapon that is used only by American soldiers. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the US will participate in the second PfP land exercise conducted in the Baltic region

Latvian Soldiers take a "time out" in training to examine the M249 Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Baltic Challenge '97 Base: Paldiski Country: Estonia (EST) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL. J. R. Adkins Release Status: Release... More

Nigth Scope PHOTO: US Army, Private First Class (PFC) Juan Manrique, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, sits behind a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) while on guard duty at the main gate on Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Operation JOINT GUARD, 22 July 1997

Nigth Scope PHOTO: US Army, Private First Class (PFC) Juan Manrique, C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Eagle Base State: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Cory Montgomery... More

A soldier zeros in an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during testing of the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) 2000

A soldier zeros in an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during testing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft, Dac Release Status: Released to Public... More

A U.S. Marine, avoiding concertina wire and armed with a M249 Squad Automatic WEapon, hurries to retrieve a casualty at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies. The experiment is being conducted by the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Experimental) from Quantico, Va and Charlies Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines from Camp Lejeune

A U.S. Marine, avoiding concertina wire and armed with a M249 Squad Au...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

A Marine scans the area for the "enemy" with a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies. The experiment is being conducted by the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Experimental) from Quantico, Va and Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines from Camp Lejeune

A Marine scans the area for the "enemy" with a M249 Squad Automatic We...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

A SAW (M249 Squad Automatic Weapon) gunner from Charlie through a window for opposing force members at the MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) facility during LOE 1 (Limited Objective Experiment 1). Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies

A SAW (M249 Squad Automatic Weapon) gunner from Charlie through a wind...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

MGEN Philip R. Kensinger, Jr. (left), Commander, U.S. Army South, and visitor MGEN Wilfredo Jose Guerrero Zerpa (second from left, with beret) of the Venezuelan Army look at equipment and weapons, including an M249 machine gun and MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) accessories displayed by Bravo Company, 5-87th Infantry Battalion

MGEN Philip R. Kensinger, Jr. (left), Commander, U.S. Army South, and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Bayonet Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: Marshall Esquina, Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A soldier from B Co., 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry crawls up hill with a M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) towards the village of Simpsonville during a live fire exercise in support of NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. In addition to the winter attire he is also wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on his body as well as on the helmet. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer

A soldier from B Co., 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry crawls up hill with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '98 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC. C... More

Member of the 81st Security Forces Squadron wearing a MCU 2A/P Gas Mask with proactive hood, and brandishing an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), guards the perimeter during Exercise CONEX

Member of the 81st Security Forces Squadron wearing a MCU 2A/P Gas Mas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONEX Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ro... More

CPT Richmond (left) of 5-87th Infantry Battalion (light) displays night vision equipment as well as some weapons such as the M240 (right) and M249 (left) to visiting BGEN Julio Cerda (second from left), Commander in CHIEF, V Infantry Division, Chilean Army, and MGEN Philip Kensinger, Jr. (third from left), Commander, U.S. Army South

CPT Richmond (left) of 5-87th Infantry Battalion (light) displays nigh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: Marshall Esquina, Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Tommy Tallent, 43rd Security Forces Squadron, gives a thumbs-up as he operates his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) on perimeter patrol at Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina, during Exercise GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01. His partner SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Partick Junge, mans the M249 Squad automatic weapon on top of the HMMWV

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Tommy Tallent, 43rd Security Forces Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Cam... More

Private (PVT) Brian Horn, US Army (USA), A/Company, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division mans his 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon while guarding a security checkpoint at Orote Point, Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99

Private (PVT) Brian Horn, US Army (USA), A/Company, 1ST Battalion, 17t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDME THRUST 99 Base: Orote Point State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Penn... More

Corporal Daniel Krug US Army (USA), 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division mans his 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon as he secures an area at Orote Point, Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99

Corporal Daniel Krug US Army (USA), 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Divis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 99 Base: Orote Point State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Penn... More

US Army soldiers, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry, one with a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) assume defense positions on a beach, Tinian Island, during Operation TANDEM THRUST '99. Soldiers are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear

US Army soldiers, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry, one with a 5.56 mm M24...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST '99 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Penny Surdukan, Usm... More

Members of the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, deployed to Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, run over desert terrain. Personnel are armed with 5.56mm M16 rifles and a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). All weapons have blank firing attachements, 23 April 1999

Members of the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air Nati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gerold O. Gamble, USAF Rel... More

A STAFF Sergeant from the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, deployed to Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, sights over a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). M249 has a blank firing attachment, 23 April 1999

A STAFF Sergeant from the 169th Security Police Squadron, South Caroli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gerold O. Gamble, USAF Rel... More

Straight on shot of a US Marine from the 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, Echo Company, 3rd Platoon laying in the prone position in tall grass. He aims a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) down range. This mission is in direct support of Operation Kernel Blitz '99

Straight on shot of a US Marine from the 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Batt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Two US Marines with 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, Echo Company, 3rd platoon posts security during Kernel Blitz '99. The Marine in the foreground is aiming his 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) down range. Kernel Blitz '99 was a amphibious assault beach landing conducted primarily by 1ST Marine Division

Two US Marines with 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, Ec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Right side, rear view of US Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST of the 9th Cavalry, 1ST Cavalry Division laying on the ground, in the prone position. The soldier on the left fires an M16 Rifle with a M203 Grenade Launcher attachment. The soldier on the right fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) downrange while conducting "Headhunters" Infantry Tactics Procedures training (HITP) at Fort Hood, Texas' Owl Creek assault course on May 19th, 1999

Right side, rear view of US Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John Byerly Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

LCPL Diaz from India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Twenty-Nine Palms, California, splices communication lines between Howitzer sites near Mount Fuji and a few feet from his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)

LCPL Diaz from India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Twenty-Nine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mount Fuji Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan Ledoux Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Using the M16A2 rifle and an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Marines from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, return fire against an aggressor during NORTHERN APPROACH, a NATO exercise.Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) are here in Turkey to participate in the NATO exercise with amphibious forces from the United Kingdom and host nation Turkey

Using the M16A2 rifle and an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Marine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Saros Bay Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele... More

U.S. Marine Private First Class Joe Gould from Battalion Landing Team 1/5, Bravo Company, holding an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), looks for aggressor targets during a live fire exercise. U.S. and Australian Forces are joining together to take part in exercise Crocodile '99 in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia

U.S. Marine Private First Class Joe Gould from Battalion Landing Team ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Danie... More

Corporal (CPL) Jason F. Stewart, armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and Lance Corporal (LCPL), David G. Lambert, armed with an M16A2 assault rifle both USMC, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, get in position during the main assault on Marine Base Ternate during Exercise BALIKATAN 2000. BALIKATAN 2000 is a joint combined field training exercise held between US and Philippines forces, and is the largest of its kind since 1995

Corporal (CPL) Jason F. Stewart, armed with an M249 Squad Automatic We...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SGT... More

Corporal (CPL) Jason F. Stewart, armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and Lance Corporal (LCPL), David G. Lambert, armed with an M16A2 assault rifle both USMC, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, take part in amphibious assault training at Marine Base Ternate during Exercise BALIKATAN 2000. BALIKATAN 2000 is a joint combined field training exercise held between US and Philippines forces, and is the largest of its kind since 1995

Corporal (CPL) Jason F. Stewart, armed with an M249 Squad Automatic We...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SGT... More

Left side front view close-up facial shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Greg Gwyn defends a remote airbase on Fort Dix, New Jersey, with a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). SrA Gwyn was part part of a class of 220 taking part in a Phoenix Readiness Course. The course is designed to train Air Force personnel in Air Mobility contingency operations. This includes setting up defensive positions in remote locations worldwide. The mission of the 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, is to formulate doctrine and develop tactics. The 421 GCRS standardizes training to enhance Air Mobility Command's ability to support National Command Authority taskings ...

Left side front view close-up facial shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Left side front view close-up facial shot as US Air Force Senior Airman Greg Gwyn defends a remote airbase on Fort Dix, New Jer... More

Lance Corporal Gregory Hughes a SAW GUNNER with Third Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/1, 13TH Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (13th MEU (SOC)), holds security at Arturo Island Beach Landing Zone during a Humanitarian Assistance Operation, East Timor, September 2000. The M249 SAW carried over Hughes right shoulder is a 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon. Marines and Sailors from Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group spent three days in East Timor providing Medical and Community Relations Services to help rebuild the war torn nation

Lance Corporal Gregory Hughes a SAW GUNNER with Third Platoon, India C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arturo Island Country: East Timor (TMP) Scene Major Command Shown: 13TH MEU (SOC) COMBAT CAMERA Scene Camera Operator: CPL Branden P. O'Brien, Us... More

A US Marine from 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapons Company, armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) lays in the prone position during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii

A US Marine from 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapons Company, armed wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Simon Martin, Usmc Release Status... More

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