Contemporary Military Engagements

Images of military officials and personnel engaging in discussions and ceremonies during various operations and missions.

DM-SC-90-01251. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Doctor Bernard Rostker (left), Under Secretary of the Army, firmly shakes the hand of United States Army Major General Philip R. Kensinger Jr., Commanding General, US Army South (USARSO) Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. This is Dr. Rostker's first visit to the island. He is given a tour of the Fort's ongoing facelift (Not shown) for the new millennium and transition from USARSO Panama to Puerto Rico. Base: Fort Buchanan, San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PFC John A. Profitt (right) 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marines Anti-Armor Javelin section, explains the Missile Simulation Round to a future Marine GUNNER. Javelin Basic Skills Trainer has a computerized thermal training module which engages video simulated armor targets once the program has begun. Static display demonstrations were held on August 19, 1999. Range 407 Alpha, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060214-N-7217H-014. Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

010605-A-2511W-023. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Limijak State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

041124-M-2583M-096. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine Corps 4th Civil Affairs Group Marine (center) observes as two representatives of the Iraqi Ministry of Health (left and right) makes notes about conditions inside the Jolan Medical Clinic, in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that U.S. Marine Corps 4th Civil Affairs Group Marines and Iraqi Ministry of Health representatives are inspecting on Nov. 24, 2004, to estimate what repairs are necessary to get the it back to full functionality. This assessment is being done at the conclusion of the week-long battle by Multinational Forces against insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released) Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Brigadier General Voneree Deloatch, commanding officer of the Civil Military Cooperation Detachment (CIMIC), just after his promotion at the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

960611-A-9384H-005. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN Merrill McPeak is interviewed by reporters about the Provide Promise airdrop mission at Rhein Main. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040530-A-8255A-063. Base: Surobi State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 15, 2013) Lt. Rodrigo Cunha, a naval flight officer assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, discusses the differences between the tactical equipment on the P-3C Orion and the Navy's newest aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, with Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

US Army Sergeant First Class Robert Cunneen, from the Army Reserve, 21st General Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri, checks the blood pressure of a local Paraguayan man during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Combined Task Force Guarani Springs conducts engineer and medical operations in Paraguay, enabling joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructure of four schools, four water wells, two medical clinics, and conduct multiple Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES), and Veterinarian Readiness Training Exercises (VETRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: Exercise New Horizons Country: Paraguay (PRY)

President William Jefferson Clinton is greeted by GEN. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF; MAJ. GEN. David C. Meade, Commander, 10th Mountain Division; and, LT. GEN. Henry H. Shelton, Commander, 18th Airborne Corps upon his arrival to Fort Drum. Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011207-F-9269H-010. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

020625-A-5399B-195. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Tracey Montgomery discusses pallet operations with a swedish officer prior to aircraft take-off at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A1C Montgomery is an Air Transportation SPECIALIST with the 621st Aerial Port Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. She is temporarily assigned to the 4100th Group Provisional at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in support of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

070309-M-8531A-085. Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: M

MGEN Henry C. Stackpole III, director plans and policy directorate, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, speaks with a Norwegian officer while overseeing operations as Marines prepare to move equipment to pre-positioning caves for storage. Country: Norway (NOR)

031212-M-1324H-004. Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: WFTBN

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-4. Hurricane Katrina

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Major General Beal, right, congratulates a member of his command during an awards ceremony in the command tent during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '87. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030923-F-6449C-008. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

010502-F-2021R-003. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Wayne Baze, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, and Rear Adm. Jean-Mathieu Rey, Joint Commander of the French Armed Forces in the Asia-Pacific, greets the soldiers participating in Exercise Marara 22 on Huahine, French Polynesia, May 16, 2022. Marara 22 is the foundation for building relationships and increasing engagements with our allies and partners to build a better bilateral relationship.

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger is met at the Marine Corps air station by LGEN Adolph G. Schwenk, commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, during his tour of east coast Marine Corps units. Weinberger will receive a briefing here and then travel to Camp Lejeune, home of the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An officer addresses medical personnel in a Navy fleet hospital tent during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jubail Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

040123-A-1409B-003. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, talks with MAJ. GEN. Barry McCaffrey, commanding general, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). Schwarzkopf is visiting Allied units that took part in Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Lt. Gen. Robert Pat White (left), III Armored Corps Commanding General, and Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck, incoming Deputy Commanding General of Maneuver, salute the flag outside III Corps Headquarters, Fort Hood Texas, May 26, 2022. Beck was welcomed during a ceremony as he took the helm as the corps' newest DCG-M.

050904-F-8668D-007. Base: New Orleans Iap State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040110-F-5435R-011. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030430-A-7317P-033. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970711-D-9880W-195. Complete Scene Caption: Secretary of Defense William Cohen talks with soldiers from a platoon of the 3rd Battalion, 160th Infantry (Mechanized), a unit of the 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized), of the California Army National Guard, following the closing ceremonies of the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) training Exercise COOPERATIVE NEIGHBOR in Ukraine. The California National Guard is part of the Department of Defense's State Partnership Program, which matches US states with former East bloc countries. This provides the emerging democracies the opportunity to see how reserve forces are integrated into our national defense structure. COOPERATIVE NEIGHBOR is the first PfP training exercise, held on the soil of the Former Soviet Union, to be fully integrated into the NATO planning process. The US contingent, which included soldiers from the 1ST Infantry Division, headquartered in Wuerzburg, Germany, and elements of the 86th Airlift Wing from Ramstein Air Base, Germ

041213-M-9529D-001. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Hawaii

011120-F-1631A-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jamie Hendln (left) and US Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Chris Starnes, 52nd Services Squadron, hold up the ribbon for US Air Force Brigadier General Don Hoffman, 52nd Fighter Wing commander. The ribbon cutting took place at the grand opening of the new flightline dining facility on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040102-F-1798W-008. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing of Pope Air Force Base proudly raise their trophy for best transportation team during Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.. Subject Operation/Series: AIRLIFT RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

050910-A-9419D-022. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey, CHIEF of STAFF, talks with Lieutenant General Munyao, KDOD Vice CHIEF of General STAFF, prior to his departure after his visit to Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO), Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

021022-F-3268F-069. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

030207-F-7372R-012. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

960531-A-3327S-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Doboj Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

051229-A-2718K-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Commander Multi-National Division (South East) says goodbye to Commander 42 (NL) Battlegroup SFIR-3.

United States Army STAFF Sergeant Kelly Riley deployed from the 307th Linguist Company, Fort Lewis Washington, speaks in Russian to Artillery Officer Lieutenant Andre about CENTRASBAT 2000 at the base camp and training area near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion exercise CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by U.S. CENTCOM and hosted by the former the Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U.S. troops including personnel from U.S. CENTCOM, from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, .... Complete Scene Caption: United States Army Staff Sergeant Kelly Riley deployed from the 307th Linguist Company, Fort Lewis Washington, speaks in Russian to Artillery Officer Lieutenant Andre about CENTRASBAT 2000 at the base camp and training area near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Central Asian Peace

GEN. John T. Chain, Jr., commander-in-chief, U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command, talks with troops during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A speaker prepares to introduce GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, during an awards presentation ceremony for MAJ. GEN. Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, commander of Kuwait military forces. Schwarzkopf will present the Legion of Merit to the Kuwaiti officer in recognition of his contribution to coalition efforts during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

MGEN Alfred M. Gray Jr, commanding general 2nd Marine Division Fleet Marine Force, is interviewed by a local television reporter. The general's 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit has just returned from Beirut, Lebanon. Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

960909-A-4605G-007. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Novo Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

German police patrol in the old town of Gjakova, the police operations are part of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, Kosovo, Europe

President of the Republic of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide addresses the first graduating class of the transition course for the interim police Public Security Force. President Aristide stresses to the graduates that the priority is to provide and insure peace, security, dialogue and reconciliation of all Haitian citizens. Behind President Aristide are military forces and dignitaries from the U.S. and other countries. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

011121-A-2511W-044. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

A close up view of US Air Force Colonel John T. Brennan, the 48th Fighter Wing Commander as he addresses the media about two missing fighter aircraft from the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The two aircraft were flying a training mission over Northern Scotland and were reported missing. COL. Brennan updated the media during a press conference at the RAF Lakenheath Enlisted Club. He reported wreckage from one aircraft and the body of one of the pilots has been found. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

A close-up view of Brigadier General Wallace W. Whaley, 4th Air Force Commander, being interviewed at the Salina Airport, during Patriot Express '95, a 4th Air Force Reserve exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT EXPRESS '95 Base: Salina State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

020913-F-1131H-008. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Lieutenant General Mark P. Hertling, commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe, is guided by Director of the Zvi Meitar Institute for Land Warfare Studies, Gideon Avidor, on a tour of the Latroun Museum and grounds in Latroun, Israel, on August 10, 2011. Lieutenant Hertling met with his Israeli Defense Forces counterpart, Major General Sami Turgeman, to discuss training cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli militaries earlier in the day.

010203-D-2987S-002. Base: Munich Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-SD-03-06148. Base: Uss Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

010917-D-9880W-118. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040105-F-7234P-005. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Special Operations Task

020610-N-4374S-054. Base: Naval Support Activity, Bahrain State: Al Manamah Country: Bahrain (BHR)

990621-M-5696S-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Montieth State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by members of the Swiss flight crew that flew him between Montreux and Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2014.

President Kennedy with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (portrait photo), 10:58AM. President John F. Kennedy stands with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup.

050107-F-5106T-023. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Entertainer Marie Osmond poses with military personnel upon her arrival at the set of the USO Christmas Tour during Operation Desert Shield.

030405-F-1631A-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Sarafovo, Burgas State: Bourgas Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

From left to right: The delegation chiefs from Spain, Czech Republic and Austria make plans for COMBINED ENDEAVOR while attending the initial planning conference in the Ukraine. COMBINED ENDEAVOR is scheduled to take place from May 10th to the 24th, 2001, at Lager Aulenbach, Germany. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR Country: Ukraine (UKR)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. arrives at Camp Kosciuszko, Poland, Jan. 20, 2024. Camp Kosciuszko is the site of U.S. Army Garrison Poland, the Army's home on NATOs eastern flank.

020425-A-9157N-007. Base: Camp Blizard Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG)

050901-A-1526R-005. Base: Buenos Aires Country: Argentina (ARG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast

AMN John D. O'Connell of the 40th Security Police Flight stands guard along the perimeter of the flight line during the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) exercise Display Determination '89. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '89 Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DA-SC-86-10720. Base: Saint Mere-Eglise Country: France (FRA)

Lt. Gen. Charles A. Horner, commanding general, U.S. Central Air Force, greets base commander Brig. Gen. Rashid Mubarek Al-Riamy during a tour of coalition forces after Operation Desert Storm.

041208-F-0944H-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

040305-A-6634T-001. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

Members of the Turkish Air Force pose for a photo after performing maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Exercise Poggio Dart at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Nov. 7, 2022. Poggio Dart is a NATO led exercise focused on strengthening interoperability between allies from the United States, Italian, Turkish, and Hellenic Air Forces.

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