Historical Military Context

Archive images depicting military materials and environments, including remnants from past conflicts and military operations, showing historical significance and impact.

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, visit various museums and monuments in Normandy, France, May 25, 2022. This visit is to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their respective countries during World War I.
U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, visit various museums and monuments in Normandy, France, May 25, 2022. This visit is to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their respective countries during World War I.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Coleman B. Allen, a mortarman with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, holds security during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 25, 2022. TRAP is defined as the capability to conduct overland recovery of downed aircraft and personnel, aircraft sanitation and provide advanced trauma-life support in a benign or hostile environment. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-10. Hurricane Katrina
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Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-61. Hurricane Katrina
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030327-M-0049F-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Outduction of a breeze tent in the Marine Museum in Rotterdam.
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Guardsmen from across the country participate in the Cherokee Nation Civil Engineering Innovative Readiness Training June 9, 2022 in Tahlequah, OK. The Air and Army National Guardsmen work in two-week rotations from April to August, building seven homes each year for low-income or homeless military veterans of Cherokee Nation.
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New York, West Point US Military Academy, Trophy Point. Battle Monument, c. 1897, dedicated to Civil War veterans. Cannon detail with eagle.
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DF-ST-85-13193. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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040122-F-3798Y-019. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF
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U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, explore cave systems during a cave crawling tour, in Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 9, 2022. During the tour, Marines were taught how cave systems were used during the Battle of Okinawa. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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French Army Marechal des Logis Sarah Biatz, Aito instructor, Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia, French Armed Forces, pins U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Hanson, maintenance chief, S-4, Headquarters and Service and Battalion (HQSVCBN), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), during the Aito Course Pinning Ceremony in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 9, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with MARFORPAC. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.
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U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, explore cave systems during a cave crawling tour, in Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 9, 2022. During the tour, Marines were taught how cave systems were used during the Battle of Okinawa. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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DN-SC-85-01048. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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030327-A-4835R-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kohi Sofi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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Military boots on the ground
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The Norwegian Home Defense Youth throw simulated hand grenades at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 6th, 2024. The 51st NOREX consists of multiple training events between the Minnesota National Guard and the Norwegian Home Guard Rapid Response Force and Youth teams where the two forces train together and experience each others cultures to better promote cooperation and troop readiness in any future joint-operations (Minnesota Army National Guard
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Battle damage on a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT), that was left after the Battle of Peleliu during World War Two on the island of Peleliu. Photograph taken as part of Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Peleliu Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-89-00834. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)
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AGB-3 Atka , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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060423-A-7969G-009. Base: Al Mara State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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DN-SD-03-12728. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT
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Recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, practice firing positions on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 12, 2022. Recruits practice shooting positions and simulate the course of fire for a week prior to shooting with live ammunition.
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CARETA CONTRA GASES MODELO DE LA GUERRA DE 1914. Location: EXPOSICION DE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The severely damaged left front wheel unit and radiator of the 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1026 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier (basic armor and carrying a 7.62mm M60 Machine Gun) that struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Birder in observer lookout / hide. Le Parc Ornithologique du Teich - Arcachon - Bassin d'Arcachon - Gironde - France.
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DN-SD-03-12738. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT
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050107-N-6060O-034. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Major Command Shown: Purified water on CVN-72
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A close-up view of a decoy mine placed in weeds by Iraqi forces prior to their withdrawal from the region during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)
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A degraded bathtub pictured at Smoke Bomb Hill is shown to members of the media during the XVIII Airborne Corps media day on Sept. 8 2022, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The XVIII Airborne Corps hosted eight media outlets allowing them to tour the affected Smoke Bomb Hill barracks, as well as the more suitable barracks our Soldiers are being relocated. Fort Bragg is committed to increasing funding, hiring and training of maintenance personnel at Fort Bragg and across installations to address a trend in degraded preventive maintenance within barracks.
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041117-M-4329J-040. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSB-1
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DN-SD-03-12733. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT
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07/10/1978. Explosion of a tanker truck transporting Propylene in front of the "los Alfaques" Camping in San Carlos de la Rapita (Tarragona). In the Image, the Coffins of Several of the Victims.
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030518-M-1103B-041. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance
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2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Vice President Dick Cheney and South Koreaa's Ambassador to the U.S., Lee Tae-Sik, among the dignitaries participating
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030412-M-0049F-083. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Sgt. Tyler Holloway of the 115th Field Artillery Brigade in the Wyoming Army National Guard transports his equipment in a water crossing that was part of a mystery event at the National Best Warrior Competition held at the Milan Volunteer Training Site, Tenn., July 26, 2022. The day consisted of a round-robin set of events that included combat casualty care, a call for fire, and improvised explosive device lanes. The National Best Warrior Competition has the best of the best Soldiers in the Army National Guard.
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A student from the Combat Control Team School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, holds a compass during a joint Army Reserve/Air Force Reserve medical exercise. Base: National Guard Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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030406-M-3138H-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Aboard USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), US Navy SEAMAN Valerie Armstrong and US Navy SEAMAN Brandon M. Lemoine haul in mooring lines during sea and anchor detail, while US Navy SEAMAN Janell Simmons stands watch as a sound-powered phone talker. Truman is on its maiden deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
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Ninja Village near Tokyo Japan. A ninja was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included espionage, deception, and surprise attacks. Their covert methods of waging irregular warfare were deemed dishonourable and beneath the honor of the samurai.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 4, 2024) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Anthony Patton, from Deridder, Louisiana, uses a hammer and chisel to break apart tile while conducting deck demolition aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while in-port Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Jan. 4. 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.
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Vietnam, (Saigon), Ben Dinh, Cu Chi, near Ho Chi Minh City, clipping armpit booby trap
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DN-SC-90-07620. Base: Warrington State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Aggressive soldier display Spain
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DN-ST-90-03771. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Vietnam, (Saigon), Ben Dinh, Cu Chi, near Ho Chi Minh City, rolling booby trap
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041123-M-3658J-001. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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030319-M-3138H-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines