Photos from September, 2002

  • Paratroopers from the Southern European Task Force's 173rd Airborne Brigade jump into Poland's Miroslawiec air base during an airfield seizure mission during the joint V Corps-Polish forces exercise Victory Strike III, Sept. 30. (Photo by Spc. Rebecca Burt) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Paratroopers from the Southern European Task Force's 173rd Airborne Brigade move from the safety of a bunker to a new fighting position at at Poland's Miroslawiec air base during the joint V Corps-Polish forces exercise Victory Strike III, Sept. 30. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey S. Mullett, 207th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Denver, Colorado) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Saab Training Systems Program Manager pounds in a stake to anchor down a Distance Acquisition Network antenna. This network Base Station seen in the background comes with a 21-meter high antenna system capable of transmitting battlefield information to headquarters control stations. (Photo by Sgt. Vincent Picard) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A sergeant 1st class of V Corps' F Troop, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, 1st Armored Division, helps the "wounded pilot," CWO2 Shaun Cusic of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation, into a Black Hawk helicopter during a combat search and rescue training exercise conducted near Miroslawiec Air Base, Poland, during the joint corps-Polish forces exercise Victory Strike III. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Mullett) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A crew chief signals a Black Hawk helicopter from V Corps' C Company, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, for takeoff from Miroslawiec Air Base, Poland, at the start of a combat search and rescue exercise as part of the joint corps-Polish forces exercise Victory Strike III. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Mullett) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Darek Sierostawski and Spc. Chris Collier, Company A, 94th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, apply plaster as part of the renovation of the Drawsko Pomorskie (Poland) hospital. (Photo by Sgt. Vincent Picard) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A specialist of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop of V Corps' 6th Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry grounds one of his unit's AH-64 Apache Longbow attack helicopters prior to refueling, during a Forward Arming and Refueling Area Refueling Point exercise during the corps' exercise Victory Strike III in Poland. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Lek Mateo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A refueling team from the support platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop of V Corps' 6th Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry moves into position to fuel an AH-64 Apache Longbow attack helicopter at a Forward Arming and Refueling Point near Brzeziny, Poland, during a refueling exercise as part of exercise Victory Strike III. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Lek Mateo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • An AH-64 Apache Longbow attack helicopter from V Corps' 6th Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry takes off from a Forward Arming and Refueling Point near Brzeziny, Poland, after refueling, during a refueling exercise as part of exercise Victory Strike III. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Lek Mateo) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Two 494th Fighter Squadron F-15 Strike Eagles from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, park shortly after arriving at Waterkloof Air Force Base, South Africa, on Sept. 17. More than 200 members from RAF Mildenhall, RAF Lakenheath, England, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., and the Oklahoma Air National Guard are participating in the first bilateral exercise between the air forces of South Africa and the United States. The exercise runs Sept. 23 to 28. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Bonnie A. White) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • More than 500 Sailors and Marines assemble on the flight deck of the USS Belleau Wood to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. Their formation spells out the now famous Todd Beamer quote, “Let’s Roll.” (Photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Steven L. Cooke) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Rescue workers unfurl the American Flag over the Pentagon. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A Multiple Launch Rocket System gunner with Babenhausen, Germany's Battery B, 1st Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, guides preparations of his MLRS launcher, "Bushmaster," during a live-fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr (Germany) Training Area, Sept. 4, 2002. (Photo by Bill Roche) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • The Bushmaster -- a Multiple Launch Rocket System launcher from Battery B of V Corps' 1st Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade in Babenhausen, Germany -- sends a training rocket downrange during live-fire training at the Grafenwoehr (Germany) Training Area earlier this week. The live-fire was the culmination of a the "Gridsmashers" three-week exercise as they prepare to take part in V Corps' upcoming exercise Victory Strike III in Poland. (Photo by Bill Roche) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • A soldier assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, Babenhausen, Germany, waits for a fire mission by his Multiple Launch Rocket System launcher, the Bad Karma. “We call it that because hopefully it’s the end result,” he said. (Photo by Bill Roche) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • In the unit fire direction center, soldiers assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, Babenhausen, Germany, make preparations for a Multiple Launch Rocket System live-fire mission. (Photo by Bill Roche) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...