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Destruction and Recovery in Conflict Zones

Visual representation of damaged areas, military operations, and recovery efforts in war-torn environments, emphasizing resilience amid destruction.

People getting ready to fight in Brega.

041112-M-0173F-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Late Afternoon Sun and a Guard Tower and Concertina Razor Wire at a U.S. Marine Corps Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

People getting ready to fight in Brega.

Search and Recovery team from the U.S. Marine Corps, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Platoon enter a notionally contaminated building at Northern Strike 22-2 in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Strike encompasses a collection of unique environments, premier training venues and provides the operational and developmental framework required to fully integrate joint all domain training.

Senior Airman Alexander Curtiss, 332d Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structural specialist journeyman, uses a power concrete screed to confirm a level surface during a rapid airfield damage recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 12, 2022. RADR exercises test the ability of the 332d ECES to rapidly repair runways and runway support structures to recover and resume airfield operations after it has experienced significant damage.

030330-M-2176J-120. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030520-M-5266H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 25-Feb

040613-A-3978J-007. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-3 INF

Marine CH-46 Sea Knights and a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, parked at Beirut International Airport during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

040606-M-5555L-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041117-M-0036Y-007. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Silhouette of barbed wire fence at sunset

guard tower border wall in Ramallah at the checkpoint, Palestine, West Jordan Land, west bank, Israel

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

040715-M-5505M-011. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051015-A-2098S-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

030502-F-7203T-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Melilla, March 8, 2014. Border with Morocco in Beni Ensar. Photo: Ignacio Gil.Archdc.

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051219-A-7969G-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A490CA

030223-M-8539K-028. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

Electrified barbed wire ring surrounding the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland, Europe

051015-A-4182R-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Haswwah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Barbed wire fence, Robben Island Prison, Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

041123-M-2583M-035. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Two Iraqi children play atop a dirt revetment berms running along the road exits near the town of Al Rifa, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Rifa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Idlib, Syria. 11th February 2023. On the 6th February an earthquake struck northern and western Syria. The catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake has so far killed more than 3500 people, while 5.3 million people in Syria may be homeless after the earthquake. It is the deadliest earthquake to have affected Syria since the 1822 Aleppo earthquake.

Road damaged by mudslides in western province, Rwanda

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group teach the Cabo Verdean National tactical movements during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Cabo Verde, Praia, September 6, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as close-quarters battles, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

041202-M-2583M-042. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

1970s SHOT OF BARBED WIRE FENCE AT CONCENTRATION CAMP DACHAU BAVARIA SOUTH GERMANY - s19017 HAR001 HARS MURDER ROMANI 1933 BLACK AND WHITE CONCRETE COUNTRIES HAR001 OLD FASHIONED

The sun rises along the outer boundary of Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan.

Barbed wire

051015-A-4182R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

050715-A-6108G-221. Base: Shiele State: Dahuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Benghazi: A funeral procession for victims who have died in combat in the East.

030409-M-9106S-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

An Iraqi police cell.

Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt

Palestinian demonstrators participate during a demonstration near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. A march organized by Palestinian factions on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel in protest against the continuation of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and Israel. The entry of construction materials into the Gaza Strip was delayed to rebuild the remnants of the last aggression last May. Palestinian Territories, Gaza Strip.

The newly unveiled U.S. Navy Corpsmen Memorial stands following the Corpsmen Memorial Dedication Ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2022. The Corpsmen Memorial is dedicated to honor all those who served alongside the Marines as Fleet Marine Force Corpsmen in recognition of the duties performed and bonds forged in conflict.

051015-A-2140D-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

051215-A-4182R-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 155 BCT

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.

041117-M-0036Y-002. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

REGRESO A RAQQA (2022), directed by ALBERT SOLE and RAUL CUEVAS.

A crowd gathers during a public funeral for victims killed in combat, Benghazi.

Palestinian demonstrators participate during a demonstration near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. A march organized by Palestinian factions on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel in protest against the continuation of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and Israel. The entry of construction materials into the Gaza Strip was delayed to rebuild the remnants of the last aggression last May. Palestinian Territories, Gaza Strip.

041202-M-2583M-016. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Cambodia, Phnom Penh. The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, barbed wire in former Khmer Rouge prison camp.

Chinese soldier. Gun Club Hill barrack. Hong Kong. China. Asia

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Jacqueville, Cote dIvoire August 24, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

A Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps fires out of a window during Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 31, 2023. Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Marine Division and Marine Squadron Carib.

041202-M-2583M-019. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070313-M-0948M-007. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

Hazara man, (Shi'ite Muslims who are 10% minority population) is tortured and interrogated by Afghan Government coalition forces.

030317-M-3692W-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Viking Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: E Co

040608-M-0706S-047. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030607-M-5266H-020. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

030821-A-8887A-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070326-M-2819S-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

040922-M-0095Z-035. Base: Fob Echo State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2583M-047. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050718-A-9039F-046. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

050718-A-9039F-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BTL. 4TH BGD. 6TH IA DIV

A United Nations Forces soldier is in foreground and walks past an iron gate. Somali Nationals gather and peer through the gate in the background. A civilian appears is walking through the opening in the gate from left to right. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

GOWRAGI, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Lance Cpl. Nilton Castro, a radio operator with the Combined Action Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, along with two Afghan Army soldiers from the 215th Corps, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, walk past the Helmand River while on patrol in Gowragi, Afghanistan, during a clearing operation, Sept. 29, 2010. The clearing operation was followed by a sustained presence in the area. Castro is from Westchester County, N.Y.

Man in demolished abandoned street with rifle in hand.

030406-M-0049F-099. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sayyid Abd Country: Iraq (IRQ)

National Security Guards NSG commandoes along dogs Taj Mahal hotel during terrorist attack Deccan Mujahideen Bombay Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

161Fes el-Bali's Chuwwara district, Fes, Morocco, Africa

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

051213-A-7359K-111. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

041109-M-2789C-020. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030321-M-9792P-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

Men Photographing In Front Of The Amna Suraka (Red Security) Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

paintball field, Paintball Aventura Marratxi, Marratxi, Majorca, Spain.

the bombed village Andriivka

Tent city in Sacramento, CA.

030408-M-3138H-105. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030420-M-5607A-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030322-M-3138H-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., offloads Haitian American evacuees at Orlando Sanford International Airport, Fla., Jan. 18, 2010. The C-17 crew is assigned to the the 729th Airlift Squadron, March ARB, Calif.

Air Assault candidates rappel off the rappel towers on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, February 20, 2024. After successfully rappeling from the towers, candidates will rappel out of rotary wing aircraft. Army

Benghazi: Public funeral for people who have died in combat in the East.

Iraq, Ninawa province, Mosul 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, in the old city of Mosul destroyed by Daesh, writings, posters or flags warn of the presence of explosive remains. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Ninive, Mossoul 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

060319-A-7969G-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene McKinney, talks to soldiers stationed at the Burger building. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

JOHN KRASINSKI and JAMES BADGE DALE in 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (2016), directed by MICHAEL BAY.

Ammunition Hill Israel Jerusalem

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U.S. Marine Corps dog handlers with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton conduct a detection training exercise at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, June 28, 2022. Military working dog handlers and their canines go through extensive training to provide protection from the threat of enemy forces.

Amber Fort,Jaipur,India;Soldier leaning against wall in hallway

An aerial view of part of the city taken during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030412-F-8362B-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Chile-Argentina border

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