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Civilian Life in War Zones

Scenes of civilians engaging in daily life amidst military operations, illustrating the impacts of warfare on local populations in conflict zones.

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

030507-M-7514K-002. Base: Hilla Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Portrait of an Indian policeman standing with arms folded

GUARDIAN DEL DESIERTO. Location: EXTERIOR. QUSEIR AMRA.

060225-A-1211S-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Warhorse State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

Member of the desert police at Al Khazneh (The Treasury), Petra, Jordan, Asia

030510-M-5882G-036. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Somali citizen leans casually against his vehicle as it is searched by a Moroccan soldier at a roadside checkpoint. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Country: Somalia (SOM)

Indian security guard, portrait, tomb of Akbar the Great, sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, North India, India, Asia

060502-A-5745M-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

030412-M-0175R-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2353F-016. Base: Iraqi / Syrian Border State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019Le 4 et 5 Mai, dans la Creuse, le Teknival a eu lieu sous la neige.FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019On May 4 and 5, in the Creuse, Teknival took place under the snow.

041103-M-0095Z-009. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Egyptian MAJ. GEN. Higazi, left, deputy minister of defense and commander for Egyptian training, and MAJ. GEN. Robert Taylor, deputy commander, Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, McDill Air Force Base, Fla., greet the airborne troops that participated in Exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) legal advisor briefs students and instructors during legal advisory training in Baghdad, Iraq. The training was a joint effort between the CTS and Coalition Forces to better enable legal advisors to counsel commanders on the law of armed conflict, rules of engagement, and other military legal matters. (This photo has been cropped and color corrected to better emphasize the subject.)

030321-M-9792P-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

Two school girls in military uniform on the way to school, Damascus, Syria, Middle East

Afghan children wait on school supplies at the Nawa school house in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2009. The school supplies will be given to the children by Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. 1/5 is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counter insurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan.

As Samawah, Camp Smitty, April 5, 2004. © Henry Westendorp / Royal Navy. The toy action. At the initiative of a female corporal of logistics service goods management of Her Majesteits Schiteful Marine der Nederlanden, a toy collection campaign in the Netherlands has started during SFIR2. This project has expanded in a reasonably rapid pace in the Netherlands and has a sea container a lot of toys. The toy is now divided by Sfir3 soldiers and brought to various schooltains.

050116-N-6074Y-254. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: HC-11

Gaza City, Palestine. 16th May 2023. Palestinian children participate in activities aimed to support their mental health near the site of an Israeli airstrike in Deir Al/Balah in central Gaza Strip. This is following the recent fighting between Islamic Jihad militant group and Israel in Gaza.

Rescue operation by Indian military Kosi river flood in year 2008 Purniya district Bihar India NO MR Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

050729-A-9889G-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030921-F-5586B-014. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

070313-M-0948M-070. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

040909-M-4358R-002. Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030502-A-4835R-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030516-M-0367H-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines assigned with the Female Engagement Team (FET), 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, speak with a local Afghan while on patrol through local settlements in Boldak, Afghanistan, April 5, 2010. The FET engaged in conversation with women of the area in an effort to better gain cultural awareness and ascertain family needs in support of efforts of the International Security Assistance Force assigned to the region.

Colombo, Sri Lanka. 15th May 2022. The disabled war heros tent. The protest continues amidst curfew and emergency law with the security forces allowed to shoot in case of violence. People gathered in large numbers on Vesak poya day at Galle face where the main protest has being held named Gota Go Gama for over a month.

Afghanistan National Army Soldier

Iraq, Ninawa province, Tall Afar on 2022-10-17. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. Here, a mine risk education session provided by Handicap International (Humanity and Inclusion). Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Ninive, Tel Afar le 2022-10-17. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines antipersonnel prohibant lacquisition, la production, le stockage et lutili

030822-M-7837W-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

portrait of an indian soldier with national flag, INDEPENDENCE DAY

Taliban, do you think that you are safe United States. Department of Defence poster 2001 or 2002. A pictorial story leaflet with one picture printed on each side. shows armed men standing in a cave while a fifth man sits on a rug eating. The men at the cave entrance notice a missile in the distance. On the verso the entrance is blocked by boulders, two men are buried under rubble, and the other men gesture with alarm.

AGADEZ, Niger - Magagi Maman Dada, Governor of Agadez Region in Niger, visits with members and leaders Air Base 201 at his office on Sept. 30, 2022. Engagements such as this improve the lines of communication between the U.S. military and Agadez leaders.

060225-A-1211S-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Warhorse State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

AGADEZ, Niger - U.S. Soldiers from the Soldiers 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion discussed current issues affecting the Azel Sabon Gari village during a visit in Agadez, Niger, Sept. 22, 2022. Soldiers from the battalion perform civil affairs operations as part of the 409th Air Expeditionary Group and U.S. Africa Commands mission to continually assist Nigers efforts toward greater stability, enhanced security, and economic development.

Retired Military Drum Player, South Theatre, Jerash, Jordan. Once the Roman Decapolis city of Gerasa.

060529-N-6501M-013. Base: Isabella Country: Philippines (PHL)

040420-A-1067B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030824-M-7837W-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011217-F-3961R-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Evacuees board a U.S. Air Force C-130H at Tacloban Airport, Republic of the Philippines, during Operation Damayan Nov. 18, 2013. Operation Damayan is a humanitarian aid and disaster relief operation led by the Philippine government and supported by a multinational response force.

030615-M-5266H-005. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

050821-A-6108G-266. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050821-A-6108G-219. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020528-F-2902B-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030629-M-5753Q-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

220926-N-MU675-3024 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 26, 2022) Sailors receive training on standing .50 caliber machine gun watch during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Lance CPL. Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) looks at a vandalized mural of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq(IRQ)

041211-M-2583M-091. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050402-F-2869F-089. Base: San Isidro State: San Vicente Country: El Salvador (SLV)

Pakistan, Lahore. Guard

060502-A-5745M-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

031025-F-0981H-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Roland brother on the roll, with backpack and stenz, Worms, Germany, Europe

Jerusalem, Old Town, Via Dolorosa, soldiers and Arab, Israel

DF-ST-87-07890. Subject Operation/Series: HAYLIFT Base: Maxwell Air Force Base State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050821-A-6108G-109. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050623-A-6108G-139. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Baghdad, Iraq; April 5, 2003. US Marines inspect a captured Iraqi military base located on the outskirts of Baghdad.

010508-D-9880W-039. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

110725-N-OA833-005ANNAPOLIS, Md. (July 25, 2011) Plebes in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2015 study their memorization notes prior to noon meal formation in Tecumseh Court. The new 4th class midshipmen are participating in Plebe Summer, a six-week training regimen intended to transition the students from civilian to military life.

050821-A-6108G-158. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040513-M-8683D-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d BN 6th Mar

050918-A-6186K-027. State: Parwan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Portrait of a school boy in military uniform, Damascus, Syria, Middle East

021211-M-3022S-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

Close up of a young boy holding a bucket on his head as he waits for fresh water that will be supplied by the members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Brigade (Airborne Combat Team (ABCT)), Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy, and the 574th Supply, 51st Maintenance Battalion, Task Force 51, Mannheim, Germany. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

040531-F-4441R-017. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060322-A-7969G-008. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Delhi, India. A gaurd at Delhi's Red Fort

Crowd of natives from Timehri await the military doctors from the 49th Medical Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. at St. Mary's Primary School. The 49th doctors are participating in this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Country: French Guiana (GUF)

030428-F-5918G-078. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. service member is dressed in regional attire at the Prince Sultan Air Base Museum, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 28, 2022. More than 700 U.S. service members attended the Saudi Cultural Day. The three-day event, May 27-29, was hosted through a collaborative effort between the Scientist's Gift Program, local members of the Royal Saudi Air Force, and the 378th Air Expeditionary Wings Host Nation Coordination Cell, to provide an opportunity to learn about the history, culture and traditions of Saudi Arabia.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

Pakistan National Day Celebration in Islamabad

Asia, India, Rajasthan, Udaipur. Site guard with uniform and red hat with feather. (Editorial Use Only)

040510-A-9930K-032. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Herat Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Policeman on duty at Bombay Central Jail, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NO MR Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

060315-A-5745M-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

Armed children in Aleppo, Syria, Asia

041231-M-4697Y-046. Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES

030615-M-5266H-003. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

Police constable, Srinagar, jammu Kashmir, india, asia Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

050918-A-6186K-041. Base: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Europe

Wall woodpeckers chipping away at the Berlin Wall after its fall, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Local Children pose for a photograph while they take cover from the sun in the shade of a small animal pen during a Humanitarian Assistance Operation in East Timor, September 2000. US Marines and Sailors (Not shown) from Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group spent three days in East Timor providing Medical and Community Relations Services to help rebuild the war torn nation. Subject Operation/Series: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OPERATION, EAST TIMOR Base: Arturo Island Country: East Timor (TMP)

NCC cadets (National Cadet Corps) wear facemasks during an anti-tobacco street drama on 'World No Tobacco Day,' at Agartala. Tripura, India.

040824-F-1351B-002. Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051224-A-1211S-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

Police personnel examine an unidentified package for suspected crude bomb near Chinchpokli station in Bombay Mumbai Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Colonel Ramesh was the LTTE commander for Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the 2002 ceasefire era. It is believed he was killed in May 2009 during the last phase of the Sri Lanka Civil War.

060711-A-7588H-851. Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Pakistani women and children board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced), serving with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, formerly known as the Northwest Frontier province.

040720-M-4419R-004. Base: Fob Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Double sided leaflet with photographs of Afghan children and men unloading bags of food labelled 'USA'. Dated 2001

Jordan, Amman. Jordanian Tourist Policeman who escorts and provides security for tourist groups visiting Jordan at entrance to art gallery in Amman, Jordan. (MR)

011223-F-3961R-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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