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Field footage · Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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U.S. Navy sailors qualify on M18 pistols at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

A U.S. Navy sailor in a camouflage boonie hat and a black vest reading U.S. Navy Security Forces, seen from behind, fires a pistol at a paper silhouette target on a grassy range with a dirt berm behind it.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Doan, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay · Public domain (U.S. Navy photo)

Photo taken Oct. 15, 2026 and released by the U.S. Navy through DVIDS on Oct. 16; U.S. Southern Command reposted it on Oct. 19. The Navy says Naval Station Guantanamo Bay held a small arms qualification course in which sailors showed they could safely and accurately use M18 9mm pistols, M4 carbines and pump-action shotguns from varying distances and firing positions. The photo shows a sailor in a U.S. Navy Security Forces vest firing a pistol at a range target.

What
U.S. Navy sailors qualify on M18 pistols at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
Where
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
When
2026-10-16
Source
U.S. Navy
Credit
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Doan, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
License
Public domain (U.S. Navy photo)
Details
Official release · U.S. Navy, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (via DVIDS; reposted by U.S. Southern Command) · Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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  1. U.S. Navy
  2. Field footage: the full record

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