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Historic Military Ceremonies

Images depicting significant military arrival ceremonies, featuring various leaders in formal attire with flags, podiums, and a backdrop of military personnel.

DF-ST-89-09485. Base: Templehof Central Airport State: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG)

President George H.W. Bush speaks at a morning service at Arlington National Cemetery. The service begins the National Victory Celebration which is being held in honor of the Allied forces' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-07220. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010622-D-9880W-055. State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Arrival Ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan 11:45AM. Arrival ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. President Abboud shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy upon exiting airplane. Secretary of State Dean Rusk (far right). Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

CAPT. Thomas A. Mercer puts on his rear admiral (lower half) jacket during the change of command ceremony aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Mercer is promoted after being relieved of command of the carrier by CAPT. George D. O`Brien Jr. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT William M. Fogarty, commanding officer, salutes and President Ronald Reagan waves to the crowd, as he prepares to get in his car at the conclusion of the recommissioning ceremony for the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. CMDR. William P. Dillon, Chaplain Corps, gives the invocation during the commissioning ceremony for the USS IOWA (BB-61). Standing behind him are, right to left: Vice President George Bush, Secretary of the Navy John Lehman Jr., Adm. Wesley Mcdonald, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Capt. Gerald Gneckow, commanding officer, far left. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Commandant of the Marine Corps General Paul X. Kelley addresses a group of Marines gathered in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). The ship is operating off the coast of Lebanon. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost, CHIEF of Naval Operations speaks at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03845. Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Mark Sarantos, military working dog course manager, speaks with the Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, at the Security and Law Enforcement Joint Training Center, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

State Funeral of President Kennedy: President Kennedys body returns to the White House. Arrival of President John F. Kennedy's casket at the White House. Those pictured include: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. Smokey Stover; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Members of the honor guard carry the casket, including: Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Serge

General Ronald Fogelman, Air Force chief of staff, addresses the 347th Wing personnel. Senator Sam Nunn is standing next to the general. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-88-02822. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Major General Thomas W. Kelly, foreground, the new commanding general of Fort Dix, and MGEN Robert Forman, the outgoing commanding general, salute the passing colors during the post change of command ceremony. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. L-R: unidentified woman; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (facing away); Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; President Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DN-ST-86-07309. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to California: Vandenberg Air Force Base, 4:08PM. Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. See also MO 63.1523, Atlas Missile Badge

DN-ST-85-10674. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Rep. C.W. (Bill) Young, R-Florida, addresses guests and spectators attending the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728). Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-08654. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-88-06554. Base: MC Air Facility, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Retired Admiral Arleigh Burke and his wife Roberta stand in front of the speakers platform prior to the commissioning and launch ceremony for the guided missile destroyer ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51). Admiral Burke is the first living individual to have a class of ship named for him. Roberta Burke is the ship's sponsor. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-01213. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

William P. Clark, assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, speaks at the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine HONOLULU (SSN-718). Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. (right) looks on. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DD-SC-07-12970. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-87-07015. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010621-D-9880W-139. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of the Secretary - National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at U.S. Capitol with President George W Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

US Air Force General (GEN) John G, Lorber Commander of Pacific Air Forces Hickam AFB, HI and his wife pay tribute after presenting a wreath of flowers at the USS ARIZONA Memorial, Pearl Harbor, HI, during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration Day Ceremony. US Marine Corps Lieutenant General (LGEN) Charles C. Krulak Commander Marine Corps Forces Pacific is pictured standing behind GEN Lorber. The Honorable US Senator Daniel Inouye is pictured seated to Mrs. Lorbers right. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mr. Ronald Drinkhouse addresses the audience at the dedication of the Drinkhouse Dental Clinic in memory of his brother, DT3 John Watts Drinkhouse (USN). This is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Okinawa campaign. Base: Camp S. D. Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

S70-15506 (18 April 1970) --- President Richard M. Nixon and astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, shake hands at special ceremonies at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. President Nixon was in Hawaii to present the Apollo 13 crew with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The wives of astronauts Lovell and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; and the parents of astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, flew with the Chief Executive to Hickam Air Force Base. The Apollo 13 splashdown occurred at 12 07 44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, a day and a half prior to the awards ceremony.

Attending the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN-730) are, from left to right: the late Sen. Henry M. Jackson's children, Peter and Anna Marie; his widow, Helen Jackson; David S. Lewis and Fritz G. Tovar, both of General Dynamics Corp. Base: Croton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Oliver North and attorney Brendan Sullivan at the Iranscam hearing in July 1987

DA-SC-89-02024. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT Thomas G. Kelley poses for a photograph with VADM Jeremy Michael Boorda, chief of naval personnel, deputy chief of naval operations (manpower, personnel and training), during the Captain's retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Memorial. During his distinguished naval career, Kelley received numerous awards, including the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry while serving in Vietnam. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

General Secretary Grosz of Hungary and his entourage arrive for a state visit. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit from Prince Bernhard on the open day in the airbase Deelen, also his 60th birthday.

DN-SN-86-03260. Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-01829. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020311-D-2987S-014. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Officers, clergymen and a U.S. Marine Corps color guard stand near a fighter aircraft during a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The service is being held for two pilots from Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33). Base: Malaga Country: Spain (ESP)

Office of the Secretary - National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at U.S. Capitol with President George W Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

DN-ST-86-06016. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-06568. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL 88 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

930411-D-9880W-014. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-08909. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-09143. Base: Monterey State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-12077. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-SC-85-13008. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A reporter from a local television station prepares to interview Adm. Leon A. Edney, left, commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Command. Edney is at Oceana to help welcome the fighter and heavy attack squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) and carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), which are returning to the air station following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. GEN. David M. Twomey, commanding general of the Marine Corps Development and Education Command, addresses guests at the unveiling of a statue in honor of LT. COL. William Leftwich Jr., who died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam in 1970. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-88-09346. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Congressional Medal of Honor Society members marching in the Welcome Home parade honoring the men and women who served in Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The American singer Elvis Presley with his fans in a park of Germany during his military service at Ray Barracks in 1958.

930519-D-9880W-003. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1982 - Edward Campbell, president, Newport News Shipbuilding Co., speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)..

DN-ST-86-04428. Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Vice President Dan Quayle consoles Marine MAJ Robin Higgins during memorial services for her husband. Marine COL Higgins was killed by terrorists after being taken hostage while serving with the United Nations Truce and Observer Force in Beirut, Lebanon. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SD-05-00647. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A West German officer reads a greeting to members of a Soviet on-site inspection team provided for by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union, in front of a Soviet I1-62M Classic airliner. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Arrival ceremonies for Fulbert Youlou, President of the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy greets Fulbert Youlou, President of the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), upon his arrival at the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. (L-R) US State Department interpreter Edmund S. Glenn, Protocol officer for the State Department Clement E. "Clem" Conger, State Department Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup, President Kennedy, President Youlou, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

020618-D-9880W-005. Base: Penatgon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American hostage Edward Austin Tracy raises his arms to a crowd of well wishers and media upon his arrival at Rhein-Main. Tracy was just released after more than five year's captivity in Lebanon. A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, and personnel from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Rhein-Main, are participating in Tracy's transport.. Base: Damascus Country: Syrian Arab Republic(SYR)

DF-ST-85-10647. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

930201-D-9880W-132. Base: Fort Myer State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05320. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-86-10809. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MAJ. Nguyen Quy An and his daughter, Kim Ngoc, are greeted by COL. Robert D. Phillips, vice commander, 60th Airlift Wing, on arrival at Travis AFB. An, a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, risked his life by flying his CH-34 Sikorsky helicopter into the path of a UH-1H helicopter to force it to abort an unsafe landing on a field, sabotaged by the enemy, and then shepherded the crippled helicopter to a safe haven. The then South Vietnamese Air Force captain evacuated the four American soldiers from the sniper-filled jungle in Laos. Exact Date Shot Unknown .Published in AIRMAN Magazine November 1994. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-10248. Base: Bordeaux Country: France (FRA)

VADM Joseph S. Donnell III, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, speaks to the crowd gathered at the official opening ceremony of the naval station. Base: Naval Station, New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CHIEF of Naval Operations Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda and his official party are shown seated in the crowd at the annual Army-Navy football game at Veteran's Stadium. Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020911-A-4519W-005. Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Former POW and U.S. Navy CPT Jeremiah Andrew Denton (Captured 18 Jul 65) stands at the microphones and talks to the crowd of well wishers and press upon his arrival on the C-141 Starlifter from Clark Air Base, Philippines. CPT Denton was in the first group of POWs released by the North Vietnamese government in Hanoi. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

At a special presentation of the Hammer Award in the IMAX 2 Theater in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, former Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong (left) and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (second from right) applauded the recipients, Kennedy Space Center and the 45th Space Wing. The Hammer Award is Vice President Al Gore's special recognition of teams of federal employees who have made significant contributions in support of the principles of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government. This Hammer Award acknowledges the accomplishments of a joint NASA and Air Force team that established the Joint Base Operations and Support Contract (J-BOSC) Source Evaluation Board (SEB). Ed Gormel and Chris Fairey, co-chairs of the SEB, accepted the awards for the SEB. The team developed and implemented the acquisition strategy for establishing a single set of base operations and support service requirements for KSC, Cape Canaveral Air Station and Patrick Air Force Base. Armstrong and Aldrin were

050120-F-3231D-332. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010326-D-9880W-048. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Retired MAJ. GEN. Walter Churchill (Fifth Marine Field Depot) addresses the audience during the 50th anniversary Ceremony of the Liberation of Guam during World War II. State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Secretary of Defense William Cohen, speaking at the U.S. Embassy in the company of President William Jefferson Clinton (seated left), Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (seated right) and Ambassador and Mrs. Richard Gardner (seated left-center), recounts some of the historic developments of the day. Hours earlier, at the NATO summit, the presidents and prime ministers of the 16 member nations reached a consensus on inviting three nations, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, each a former satellite of the Soviet Union, to join the Western military alliance. It was hoped that the three selectees would be ready for full NATO integration by the turn of the century. Base: US Embassy, Madrid Country: Spain (ESP)

Leonard Erb, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, speaks during commissioning ceremonies for the first Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-11209. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-00858. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-12525. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US AIr Force Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Dan C. Johnson, Travis Air Force Base, California, presents the handmade wooden box to Brigadier General Steven A. Roser containing a replica of the Order of the Sword behind glass on the left and the invitation for the Order of the Sword Ceremony to be held Spring 2000 on the right. The announcement for the Induction of the Order of the Sword was made at General Roser's retirement dinner on October 14, 1999. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-86-09047. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-86-09046. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Margon Edney, launching sponsor of the guided missile destroyer CURTIS WILBUR (DDG-54), is surrounded by dignitaries at the launching ceremonies at the Bath Iron Works Co. shipyard. Base: Bath State: Maine(ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-06015. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00155. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN Charles Gabriel (left), Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, poses with trophy winners from the Fifth Air Force munitions loading competition Sabre Spirit I. Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT I Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

The Honorable Ricardo J. Bordallo, Governor of Guam, speaks at the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument dedication ceremony. The monument was erected to honor four Marines for their heroism during World War II. They are Captain Louis Wilson Jr., Private First Class (PFC) Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs and PFC Frank Witek. Base: Paseo De Susana State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

DN-ST-87-02228. Base: Qingdao Country: China (CHN)

Ruth Eaker, widow of General Ira C. Eaker, signs a lithograph depicting her late husband. Mrs. Eaker is attending a reception at the officers club following a ceremony during which the base's name was officially changed from Blytheville Air Force Base (AFB) to Eaker AFB. Base: Eaker Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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