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Ceremonial Military Events

Vintage photographs featuring military ceremonies and personnel in uniform from the mid-20th century, highlighting tradition and honor.

LTC David Roeder greets people upon arrival after being released as an Iranian hostage. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MAJ. GEN. Robert B. Patterson, Commander, 23rd Air Force, removes the cover from the unit flag as CHIEF MASTER SGT. Klickovich, 23rd Air Force senior enlisted advisor, holds the flag and SENIOR MASTER SGT. Beckman, 23rd Air Force Non-commissioned Leadersh. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-02474. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Governors Island, New York, USA. World War One re-creation and history event. Officer pinning medal on African-American soldier. (Editorial Use Only)

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Aug. 21, 2018) An honor guard detail comprised of Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii carry the casket of Machinist's Mate 1st Class Arthur Glenn at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 21, 2018. Glenn was assigned to the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941, which sustained fire from Japanese aircraft. The ship capsized after multiple torpedo hits, resulting in the deaths of more than 429 crew members at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. Glenn is the 100th Oklahoma sailor identified through DNA analysis with the help of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. This photo was taken with an infrared converted camera.

Distributing surplus commodities, St. Johns, Ariz. October 1940.

Builder Constructionman Bryan Asher of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) speaks with his fiancee in the United States with the aid of a Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS). Operated by Construction Equipmentman 2nd Class Donald Horak of NMCB-40, the portable MARS station provides U.S. servicemen with an opportunity to communicate with their loved ones while they are deployed to Somalia during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM)

Sentinel Inspecting Rifle as he Keeps Vigil Against Saboteurs at Factory Converted to War Production, White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, December 1941

The picture represents Oskar Linde dressed up for King Neptune secretary under a line board on board the mincoat river. In the background, borred crew members are visible with soot on the bodies participating in the baptism. The picture is taken in connection with the ship's league 1966-1967 .. The picture represents Oskar Linde dressed up for King Neptune secretary during a line board on board the river fairy. In the background, borred crew members are visible with soot on the bodies participating in the baptism. The picture is taken in connection with the ship's league 1966-1967. Included in albums with photographs from Älvsnabben's long journey 1966-1967. She declined 10/11 1966 from Karlskrona and went through the Suez Canal to Australia, US West Coast, through the Panama Canal via Dublin home to Marstrand 6/5 1967. The album contains images on board and on the visits you made in land. King Carl XVI Gustaf went on this trip and there was therefore a photographer on board. The album

CLINT EASTWOOD and MARIO VAN PEEBLES in HEARTBREAK RIDGE (1986), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

Victor P. Bojenko, Soviet inspector on hand to verify the destruction of several Pershing II missiles, places an inspection code on a missile canister. The missiles are being destroyed in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Base: Pueblo Army Depot Activity State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

North America, USA, Washington, Seattle, Veteran's Day ceremony (Editorial Usage Only)

France, Grand-Est, Bas Rhin (67) Alsace, Hunspach, fort de Schoenenbourg (ligne maginot)

DN-ST-86-07258. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground controller SGT. Joyce Kaopuicki directs a departing aircraft from the control tower. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

1950S Three Boy Scouts At Night Sitting By Tent Telling Scary Ghost Stories

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Colton Allen with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division and a Texas native, poses for a photo with the Estonian Rescue Board Lifesaving Medal in hand during an award ceremony in Washington D.C., Feb. 23, 2024.The Marines were awarded with the Estonian Rescue Board Lifesaving Medal from the Estonian Ambassador to the United States for heroic actions by rendering medical assistance to an injured Estonian civilian. Marine Corps

U.S. and Honduran Air Force personnel transfer an injured U.S. airman from a clinic to a waiting ambulance. The airman was injured in an automobile accident and will be placed on a MEDEVAC flight to the states. The accident occurred during the combined US./Honduran training operation "Ahuas Tara" (Big Pine). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: La Mesa Country: Honduras (HND)

DF-ST-89-05926. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

51G-S-117 (17 June 1985) --- 51-G crewmembers depart the Kennedy Space Center's operations and checkout building on their way to the launch pad for the launch of the Discovery. Leading the seven are Daniel C. Brandenstein, commander; and John O. Creighton, pilot. Following are Payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud; John M. Fabian, mission specialist; Patrick Baudry, payload specialist; Shannon Lucid and Steven R. Nagel, mission specialists.

Cyber defense experts in a governmental tech room with the American flag. Working on secure computing, digital forensics and cyber operations to protect and maintain cyber safety. Camera A.

Weather Forecasters of the 5th Weather Wing. Weather Forecasters of the 5th Weather Wing. "Langley AFB, VaWeather forecasters of the 5th Weather Wing brief a pilot on upcoming weather conditions prior to flight." Photographer: Manuel A. Collaso

Women at War 1939 - 1945 Auxiliary Territorial Service: The wife of the Prime Minister, Mrs Clementine Churchill, inspects members of the ATS at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit, Shoeburyness, Essex.

An Afghan woman walks from a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a bus after arriving on base. The woman is one of 25 Afghan civilians being transported to the US Air Force Regional Medical Center at Weisbaden, West Germany, for specialized medical treatment following injuries incurred as a result of Afghanistan's civil war. The patients will later be evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical assistance. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Lieutenant, World War II, Historical reenactment

Women at War 1939 - 1945 Auxiliary Territorial Service: An ATS draughtswoman at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit, Shoeburyness, Essex.

Hour spiritual care in a military home.

COL Charles Goodwin, overall director of Pacific Consort, left, and COL Onnie L. Bailes, second from left, 18th Tactical Fighter Group assistant director of operations, explain an aircraft to dignitaries during a joint U.S.-Australian exercise Pacific Consort. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC CONSORT Base: Kuantan Air Base Country: Malaysia (MYS)

An overall view of SEAMAN (SN) Carmelita Ellis as she sings "We Shall Behold Him" during the Easter Sunrise Service on the fantail of the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Dina Meyer , Starship Troopers , 1997 directed by Paul Verhoeven TriStar Pictures

Captain Julio Daners, the Uruguayan task force commander aboard his flagship, the frigate 18 DE JULIO (3) during Operation UNITAS XXV. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Base: 18 De Julio -3

Photograph taken during the aftermath of the London Docklands bombing. The London Docklands bombing (also known as the South Quay bombing or erroneously referred to as the Canary Wharf bombing) occurred on 9 February 1996, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a powerful truck bomb in South Quay (which is outside Canary Wharf).

Mr. Imre Lipping, Deputy CHIEF of Mission, at the US Embassy in Tallinn, speaks to American Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors to welcome them to Estonia. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the USA will participate in the second PfP land exercise conducted in the Baltic region. Subject Operation/Series: Baltic Challenge '97 Base: Tallinn Country: Estonia (EST)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jeffery Nash, 905th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks, North Dakota, prepares a syringe for a vaccination at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SRA Nash is a part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. This mission is in direct support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Sheikh Saud Nasir Al Sabah, Kuwait's ambassador to the U.S., speaks to the crowd upon his arrival at the base as COL. Joe Greene, left, listens. Al Sabah has come to Davis-Monthan to thank the base's personnel for their role in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from its Iraqi invaders. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona(AZ) Country: United States Of America(USA)

1960s AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER MAKING CALL AT POLICE BOX TELEPHONE NIGHT STICK TUCKED UNDER HIS ARM

Spy standing on a street, Washington DC, USA

Portrait of the muscular young german soldier

Europe, England, London. Bobbies

STEVEN SPIELBERG and MATT DAMON in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

960829-M-7232C-008. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerospace Audiovisual Service photojournalist, TSGT Alex Taningco wearing wet weather gear holds his Nikon camera. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

A petty officer takes a phone call during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Retired Air Force Col. John Walter Clark, talks to Jim Martin, during a memorial ceremony for Vietnam Veterans, at Perryville, Missouri, April 8, 2022. The Missouris National Veterans Memorial wall honors the men and women who gave their lives during the Vietnam War and those who remain missing.

Officer (LTZ2OC) in the day (outward 6).

Portrait of a young male industrial worker with eye protection and a hard hat; Rifle, Colorado, United States of America

Outsize Moustaches -- These two Sydney airmen grew their moustaches during an eight- month stay on Cocos Island as members of an RAAF Airfield Construction Squadron. They are LAC Jim Ramsay (left) and LAC Glenn Greer. They have arrived at Fremantle on the Dorsetshire with other airmen. August 21, 1952.

Soldier with a gun in uniform of World War I, smoking at tram stop. Costume accord the times of World War I. Photo made at cinema city Cinevilla in Latvia.

DM-ST-86-05384. Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An officer (LTZ1) in daily outfit.

Italy, members of the Balilla (Opera Nazionale Balilla, founded in 1926 as a youth organization of the National Fascist Party)

State Troopers guard NYC roadblock after September 11 WTC attacks.

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, 75th Ranger Regiment Medal of Honor recipient, and Drew Dicks, Medal of Honor recipient, wave to more than 5,000 New Mexico natives who attended the welcome home parade in Santa Fe, Aug. 1. This was Petrys the first visit to Santa Fe since receiving the Medal of Honor, July 12.

Centurian on the telephone, Rome, Italy

DM-SC-89-07871. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03465. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGTVGMRM J.P. Quist.

060325-N-4345J-080. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Auxiliary Territorial Service in Britain during the Second World War A voluntary domestic science course for service women based in the London area, organised by the London District of the Army Education Scheme, with the co-operation of the London County Council, at Avondale Park School, Notting Hill Gate, London. In this picture, left to right: Privates Hiscocks, Bowron, Morrison, and James enjoying the tea which they prepared during the course.

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Lewis, Environmental Health Officer, with the help of an interpreter, gives a class on preventive medicine during Exercise FAIRWINDS '96, a humanitarian relief operation, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: FAIRWINDS 96 Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

JIM CAVIEZEL in THE THIN RED LINE (1998), directed by TERRENCE MALICK.

The commanding officer of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 133 (VAQ-133) talks to a visitor at the 1991 Paris Air Show.. Base: Paris Country: France(FRA)

Missile crew member, LT. Mary Jane Woods, at work. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1940s WOMAN ROSIE THE RIVETER SUPERIMPOSED OVER AIRPLANES IN FACTORY 1940s WARTIME WWII

A female U.S. Army audiovisual technician operates a 16mm film projector. Country: Unknown

COL Ruth Anderson, the U.S. defense and air attache to Hungary, poses for a photograph outside the American Embassy. Base: Budapest Country: Hungary(HUN)

Three student navigators observe ground crew operations on an F-4D Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Coronet Brave. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BRAVE Base: Raf Finningley Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

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