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Dining and Social Events in the Military

Photos of service members enjoying meals and social activities, emphasizing camaraderie and community during training and operations.

030415-M-5607A-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030412-M-0049F-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-SC-89-06626. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030404-M-4779G-001. Base: A'Namaneah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Marine of the Security Force Company stands guard with an M-16A2 assault rifle in a bunker near the special weapons area of the submarine base. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Weapons recovered from the wreckage of an Arrow Air DC-8 commercial aircraft are stored in a Gander Airport hangar for analysis by members of the Canadian Air Safety Board. The aircraft crashed at the airport with no survivors on December 12, 1985, while carrying 248 members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert. Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN)

041123-M-2583M-026. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Conakry - Marine Security Guard Residence, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

030406-M-3138H-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Unexploded shell went through wall of bunker at the WWII Batterie d'Azeville, Azeville Battery, part of the German Atlantic Wall, Normandy, France, Europe

020412-A-8359B-122. Base: Crabbs Training Area Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

flaking paint from the walls of a disused bunker at the RAF Upper Heyford Base, used by the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) strategic bombers and later United States Air Forces In Europe (USAFE) tactical reconnaissance. Dated 2015

030407-M-4419R-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

030314-M-0367H-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Boxes of Iraqi ammunition are stacked in the royal palace after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-23. Hurricane Katrina

030415-M-5607A-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

000505-N-6492H-517. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

030412-M-0049F-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Fontanelle underground cemetery, UNESCO; World Heritage Site, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

An open box of Cuban ammunition captured during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Joint Security, Law enforcement, fire and emergency services exercise

041207-M-3658J-001. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

A view of a shower in a dormitory type building designated for possible use by American forces. U.S. Air Force and Army units combined forces to survey the condition of four airfields in Hungary for possible use by a peacekeeping force in Bosnia. Base: Taszar Air Base Country: Hungary (HUN)

LEST, Slovakia - A soldier from the Czech Army provides suppressive fire during urban assault training for Slovak Shield 22, part of the multinational exercise DEFENDER-Europe 22, at Lest Training Area, Slovakia, May 20, 2022. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Command's Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates V Corps ability to command and control large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy under the direction of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.

DM-ST-86-07546. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-33. Hurricane Katrina

Unexpected flooding of the Sava River caused minor setbacks for the U.S Army. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sava River Country: Croatia (HRV)

041109-M-2789C-079. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-121. Hurricane Katrina

050623-A-6108G-137. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A pallet of supplies delivered in support of Pacific Angel 22-4 sit on the flight line at Baucau City Airport, Timor-Leste, Sept. 7, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept. 12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health service outreach, subject matter expert exchanges and civil engineer renovation projects. The Indo-Pacific Command sponsors Pacific Angel to promote interoperability and demonstrate Department of Defense support capabilities for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief events by conducting global medical outreach and enhancing regional partnerships.

030410-M-5753Q-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A soldier from the Royal Bermuda Regiment provides security while conducting Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) at the MOUT town on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. MCB Camp Lejeune hosted the Royal Bermuda Regiment during Exercise Island Warrior. The exercise strengthened the partnership between the Royal Bermuda Regiment and U.S. Marine Corps and the training and resources provided by the base enhanced the warfighting skills and readiness of the Royal Bermuda Regiment.

030412-M-9106S-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

An underground cave provided a medical room inside the Mizpe Revivim Fortress, in kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, and was initially named Tel HaTzofim. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines.

DF-ST-87-03887. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

The Lewis and Clark expedition built Fort Mandan and spent the winter of 1804 with the Mandan Indians before continuing on their trek to the Pacific Coast.

110112-N-6383T-043KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (Jan. 12, 2010) Steel Worker 1st Class John Overy, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18, welds CONEX boxes to create a new post office for U. S. troops at Kandahar Air Field. The new post office will save troops on the south side of the base a mile-long walk to pick up and drop off packages. NMCB-18 is a reserve component battalion tasked with building Combat Outposts and infrastructure improvements at forward operating bases.

030412-M-0049F-036. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

000505-N-6492H-525. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

030407-M-4419R-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

RAYTHEON HORIZONTAL TAIL SECTION

A member of the Emergency Service Team, armed with an M-16 weapon, is strategically positioned outside of the Granite Inn Dining Facility, Cheyenne Mountain AFS in response to a simulated hostage situation. His job is to ensure that the perpetrator does not escape or cause additional trouble. He was participating in the 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robbery, terrorism, and communication.... Complete Scene Caption: A member of the Emergency Service Team, armed with an M-16 weapon, is strategically positioned outside of the Granite Inn Dining Facility, Cheyenne Mountain AFS in response to a simulated hostage situation. His job is to ensure that the perpetrator does not escape or cause

Interior view of the Texas Air National Guard's Air Base Ground Defense Headquarters and sleeping quarters during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground support personnel are seen at the landing site after the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landed with Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews.

041209-M-9023R-081. Base: Marine Corps Base Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030409-M-5753Q-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

BLOKHAUSE Nº 13, BUNKER DE LA GUERRA CIVIL.

DF-ST-87-13294. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

010501-F-0697K-051. Subject Operation/Series: UNION FLASH 01 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

World War Two: Anderson shelter, designed in 1938 by William Paterson and Oscar Carl (Karl) Kerrison in response to a request from the Home Office. It was named after Sir John Anderson, then Lord Privy Seal with special responsibility for preparing air-raid precautions immediately prior to the outbreak of World War II. Anderson shelters were designed to accommodate up to six people. The main principle of protection was based on curved and straight galvanised corrugated steel panels.

T. Enami (Enami Nobukuni, 1859 - 1929) was the trade name of a celebrated Meiji period photographer. The T. of his trade name is thought to have stood for Toshi, though he never spelled it out on any personal or business document. Born in Edo (now Tokyo) during the Bakumatsu era, Enami was first a student of, and then an assistant to the well known photographer and collotypist, Ogawa Kazumasa. Enami relocated to Yokohama, and opened a studio on Benten-dori (Benten Street) in 1892. Just a few doors away from him was the studio of the already well known Tamamura Kozaburo. He and Enami would work together on at least three related projects over the years. Enami became quietly unique as the only photographer of that period known to work in all popular formats, including the production of large-format photographs compiled into what are commonly called 'Yokohama Albums'. Enami went on to become Japan's most prolific photographer of small-format images such as the stereoview and glass lantern

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-9. Hurricane Katrina

The Mary Rose is a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany and after being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 19 July 1545

030409-M-9106S-001. Subject Operation/Series: Iraqi Freedom Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Gulfport, Mississippi - 26-HK-310-108. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne in Gulfport, Mississippi September 2 through 8, 2005. Hurricane Katrina

030416-A-0363C-087. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khar Bolaq Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Navy (USN) Steelworker Third Class (SW3) Kevin Speice, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty-Three (NMBC-133), paints the hallway of a former military compound located in a village in the Najaf region of Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The compound is under reconstruction to be used as a school facility. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Pilottown - 26-HK-373-12. Hurricane Katrina

030210-F-0558K-071. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Shooting light bullets as part of the training for traffic control assistant in Gilze-rijen. The empty sleeves of the signal patterns lie on the ground.

041123-M-2583M-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Katrina Response Ops - Coast Guard Air Station - Clearwater, Florida - 26-HK-163-43. Hurricane Katrina

Interior view of an operating room in the Air Transportable Hospital. The one-of-a-kind hospital was constructed at this Air Combat Command base for use during exercises and operational readiness inspections. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011218-A-7550L-001. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

120401-N-BJ279-401PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (April 1, 2012) Navy Diver 1st Class Brian Mouton, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-1, welds a hinge on a column securing the re-fabricated Commodore Oliver Perry cemetery gate at Lapeyrouse Cemetery. The gates, from the cemetery where Oliver Perry was first buried in 1819, were later dedicated to him in 1926 and have since fallen into disrepair. Members of Company 2-1 and civilian crew members from the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) are repairing the gate in time for the rededication ceremony on April 4.

Coast Guard Stations - 26-HK-333-74. ATC Mobile Damage. Hurricane Katrina

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Representatives from all service branches on the Council on Recruit Basic Training (CORBT) tour facilities at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in New Jersey, May 11, 2022.The purpose of CORBT is to address common issues across the joint services in recruit basic military training and technical training with the goal of sharing ideas, lessons learned and procedures to improve entry-level enlisted training programs.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo

Burglary, burglar on a staircase of an apartment house during the day

110404-N-DR144-304ARABIAN GULF (April 4, 2011) A Sailor waits to move mail below decks after it was received via carrier onboard delivery aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting maritime security operations and close-air support missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

The Idaho National Guards 101st Civil Support Team partnered with the Boise Fire Department Technical Rescue Team to participate in a ropes rescue course taught by Boise firefighters. The course, which served as an annual recertification for the CST Guardsmen, entailed two weeklong sessions for the 22-member team. The first week, Oct. 10th through the 14th, 2022, started with the classroom portion of learning about ropes rescue as a prerequisite for the hands-on portion of the training. Using what they learned about the ropes, the CST Guardsmen rappelled from tops of buildings at the Boise Fire Departments Fire Training Center. Once the Guardsmen were proficient at ropes rappelling, they practiced ropes rescues using wire rescue baskets at cliffs near the Table Rock trails in the Boise foothills to simulate a large-scale rescue of multiple people. The second weeklong training, Oct. 24th through 28th, 2022, focused on confined space rescues at Boises Lucky Peak Power Plant. The training

Crosses laid down in remembrance at the British Cemetery in Kabul in Afghanistan.

New construction crew quarters Marine Barracks Willemsoord.

State room aboard battleship USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii.

030412-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

060801-N-8855J-023. Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Vandals smashed the glass of windows of the an unfinished shopping mall, which was left without protection. Vandals smashed the glass of windows of the an unfinished shopping mall, which was left without protection Copyright: xZoonar.com/OvchinnikovaxOlgax 10461500

Burglary, burglar on a staircase of an apartment house during the day

DF-ST-85-11707. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020722-N-3642E-513. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: VRC-40

M-1028 1-1/4 ton cargo trucks and an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) line the pier in preparation for loading aboard a rapid-response vehicle cargo ship. The equipment will be transported to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Sailors with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakunis Branch Health Clinic perform decontamination procedures during a simulated contamination scenario during Exercise Active Shield 22 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 16, 2022. Active Shield is an annual bilateral training exercise designed to test U.S. and Japanese forces in their ability to respond to contingencies and cooperatively address challenges faced by the installation.

R.D.X. at Mumbra, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

Sailors perform battery checks at the Deep Submergence Unit Lab. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Muskegon, Michigan, Crew bunks on the USS Silversides, a World War II Gato-class submarine, at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum

030407-M-4419R-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Defense complex Superior Den Oudenlaan.

Charred weapons recovered from the wreckage of an Arrow Air DC-8 commercial aircraft are stored in a Gander Airport hangar for analysis by members of the Canadian Air Safety Board. The aircraft crashed at the airport with no survivors on December 12, 1985, while carrying 248 members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert. Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN)

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

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