Historical Military Archives

Reenactments and historical film snippets showcasing military events, from colonial battles to space missions, highlighting military history.

1943 - Ambulance crews and crash crews wait for B-17s to land.

A soldier from the 6th Infantry Division (Light ) fires his M-16A2 rifle from a bunker at a live-fire range during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Military, warzone and army with explosion on battlefield for missile, apocalypse and bomb launch. Warrior, solider and target with fight in city for helicopter mission, rocket and nuclear attack

A U.S. Air Force flight engineer works through a checklist after conducting nighttime tilt-rotor air-to-air refueling of a 352d Special Operations Wing CV-22B Osprey, U.K., Aug. 2, 2022. The aircrafts tilt-rotor design allows it to take off and land vertically, but the rotors must be tilted to fly as a plane for refueling to take place requiring precision flying and communication to dock with the drogue of the refueling aircraft at night.

Providers assigned to the 223rd QM, Field Feeding Company, Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division prepare meals for Paratroopers on Fort Bragg, NC, March 29, 2022. The Field Training Exercise ensures Paratroopers stand ready to fight, win, and meet the 18 hour deployment standard.

A cache of Soviet weapons seized by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

DN-SC-89-07726. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 1-21st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct a battalion air assault exercise for a platoon situational training exercise (STX), on Oahu, Hawaii, May 24, 2022. The STX emphasized aspects of loading and unloading from aircraft then utilizing small team strategies to reach a destination in low visibility.

US Army soldiers (not shown) out of Camp Dobol found this set of special pliers, which are used with mines, after a searching this room in a house located in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-87-09806. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

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A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron conducts aerial refueling during an agile combat employment exercise with U.S. Central Command regional partners within the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility July 12, 2022. Ninth Air Force (AFCENT) led the combined rapid deployment exercise consisting of forward operating location establishment, simulated combat sortie generation, aerial refueling, ground hot-pit refueling as well as command and control procedures. This training demonstrates the flexibility of U.S. airpower assets and maintains interoperability with foreign partners for enhanced security of the region.

Crew members aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) stand-by for their queue to participate in deck landing qualification exercises, Atlantic Ocean, July 12, 2022. Deck landing qualifications allow for both the boat and air crews to successfully train personnel in landing a helicopter on board a vessel.

DN-ST-85-13350. Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

240117-N-EJ843-1045 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jan. 17, 2024) - Sailors participate in a fire fighting drill on aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), Jan. 17, 2024. Delbert D. Black is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests.

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France, Brittany, Quevert, 2020-12-31. New Year s Eve party, or Saint-Sylvestre, of a group of young people during the Covid-19 crisis as France emerges from containment and a curfew is in force. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Quevert, le 2020-12-31. La fete du Nouvel An, ou encore Saint-Sylvestre d un groupe de jeune durant crise de la Covid-19 alors que la France sort du confinement et qu un couvre-feu est en vigueur. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

DN-ST-88-00529. Country: Unknown

230405-N-XK462-1004 EAST CHINA SEA (April 5, 2023) U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Eric Barreto, from San Gabriel, Calif., replaces a servicing port on aircraft in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

050822-A-3240S-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 A camouflaged 155mm gun of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery firing during the barrage. The 155mm was an American gun often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

Crew members work near the bow of their large harbor tug as the boat assists a tank landing ship to the pier. Five amphibious ships are returning to Little Creek today 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 Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Staff Sgt. Kweku Awuah, 332d Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuel systems maintenance craftsman, operates a multi-terrain loader to clear debris after a simulated attack on a replicated runway 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.

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2014) A guest drops a flower into the oil-stained waters at the USS Arizona Memorial during the 73rd Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day commemoration ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. More than 2,000 guests, including Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans, attended the National Park Service and U.S. Navy hosted joint memorial ceremony at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. This year's theme focused on "Preserving the Memory."

Tech. Sergeant Cecil W. Gatewood in a C-130. Tech. Sergeant Cecil W. Gatewood in a C-130. "Udorn AB, ThailandU.S. Air Force radio operator Tech Sgt. Cecil W. Gatewood of the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron preflights the radio panel in a C-130 aircraft prior to a mission over Southeast Asia." Photographer: Staff Sgt. W.E. Madison

041112-A-1067B-077. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

U.S. Airmen, assigned to the 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron, stagger their swaths while removing rubber from a runway on Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 9, 2022. The 577th EPBS, one-half of the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group, establishes and sustains airfield operations at locations where U.S. Air Force aircraft operate.

DF-ST-86-12793. Subject Operation/Series: COPE MAX 85 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Cheyne, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, posts security during Exercise Bold Quest on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 9, 2022. Bold Quest is an annual collaborative joint and multinational enterprise in which Nations, Services, and Programs pool their resources in a recurring cycle of capability development to demonstrate a joint capability to link sensors to shooters across air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace.

DN-ST-87-02629. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030804-F-6701P-001. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

F-3257-SPT-92-000353-XX-0695. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '92 Base: Korat Country: Thailand (THA)

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