Historical Military Activities

Vintage clips of military personnel engaged in various tasks, from nursing to scientific study, reflecting military life through the decades.

1960s - Switchboard operators work at the United Nations.

DF-ST-85-12527. Base: Shemya Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An interior view of the ship's store as enlisted personnel make their purchases. Base: Nav Support Facility, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LCDR Darlene M. Iskra, commanding officer of the salvage ship USS OPPORTUNE (ARS-41), reviews paperwork with a crew member. Iskra's recent appointment as the vessel's commanding officer represents the first time that a woman has been assigned to command a U.S. Navy ship. Base: USS Opportune (ARS 41) Country: Italy (ITA)

TECH. SGT. George Harding tracks the maintenance status and estimated completion time for transient aircraft at the 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron (619th MASS) maintenance facility. The 619th MASS provides en route support to some 300 Military Airlift Command strategic airlift planes passing through the base. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

General George B. Crist, commander in chief, U.S. Central Command, is interview by members of the media aboard the miscellaneous command ship USS CORONADO (AGF-11). Country: Unknown

A member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron works at a control panel on an MC-130 Combat Talon aircraft during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command. Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Officers monitor communications and command consoles in the command post of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Colorado/1/1988. Department of Defense/GG Vintage Images.

George Champagne uses a Mamiya RB 6x7 camera to shoot official officer portraits at the Pacific Fleet Audiovisual Facility. Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-11374. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Midshipmen attend class at the U.S. Naval Academy. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00590. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

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Police Officers Tom McMahon, David Ablett, and Robert Fales documenting confiscated stolen items after night of rioting due to fatal shooting of Teen James Powell by Police Officer Lt. Thomas Gilligan, Brooklyn, New York, USA, John Bottega, World Telegram & Sun, July 22, 1964

Dust hangs heavy in the air as Don Montgomery examines a wall that has nearly fallen in the destruction of the film storage vaults that must be demolished to make room for Defense Audiovisual Agency, which is consolidating the audiovisual functions of the four services and moving them together under one roof. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-09735. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Chongju Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

TSGT John Bargar, Outstanding AIRMAN of the Year for 1981, works on a teletypewriter. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crewmen play backgammon for entertainment aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ALABAMA (SSBN-731) during the 100th Trident ballistic missile submarine patrol. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

An Air Force officer tests his M-17 gas mask as he prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

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The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Here interior from the Hotel Pohjanhovi in Rovaniemi Finland. During the war it partly turned into a military hospital. An unusual solution as the picture show the nurses and patients but also the still functioning hotel restaurant with people sitt

221130-N-JO823-1025 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 30, 2022) Machinery Repairman Fireman Kyle Martin, from Houston, gauges the measurements of threads manufactured in the machine shop aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 30. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports Alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

DN-ST-87-07110. Base: USS Willamette (AO 180)

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