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Historical Military Drills and Operations

Videos of various military drills and operations, featuring soldiers' activities in artillery training, communications, and strategic preparations.

Officers on the bridge, 56th training voyage abroad, training ship Germany, 07. 1982

Reserve first lieutenant kite G.A. Wessels farmer from 322 Squadron in the waiting room during Quick-Reaction Alert (QRA) at Leeuwarden airbase. A telephone call.

DN-SC-89-08080. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Crewmen aboard the Venezuelan frigate GENERAL URDANETA (F 23) spend off-duty time playing a game of dominoes during Operation UNITAS XXV. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Base: General Urdaneta (F 23)

Military officers and civilians man their Global Positioning System satellite system consoles. Country: Unknown

A SSGT speaks through a bullhorn to personnel as they prepare to take part in exercise Team Spirit (Coronet Spray). Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRITCORONET SPRAY Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Lieutenant Colonel Karl Baumwell and Captain Ken Brady chat in a dining hall at the US Disciplinary Barracks. Base: Fort Leavenworth State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A female Air Force cadet checks on a laboratory animal. The class of 1980 included the first women to graduate from the academy. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sailor cleans a piece of equipment in the magazine of one of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61). Base: USS Iowa (BB 61)

The British Army in Italy, March 1945 Lieutenant General W D Morgan, the Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean Forces, Field Marshal Alexander, at his desk in front of a map showing the Mediterranean area at AFHQ, Caserta, Italy.

DN-ST-88-07627. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

930209-D-2987S-003. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-11286. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-11387. Base: Lari Larian Country: Indonesia (IDN)

DF-ST-86-05050. Subject Operation/Series: TRIAD '84 Base: Whenuapai Air Base Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Navy reservist Aviation Support Equipment Technician 1ST Class Wesley Myer checks for contamination in a lubricating oil sample drawn from an LM-2500 gas turbine engine. Navy reservists are participating in weekend-away training at the center's gas turbine school. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Great Lakes Naval Training Ctr State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of the Secretary - Seafarer's Union and U.S.S. Bellatrix in Harvey, Louisiana New Orleans

DN-ST-89-10814. Base: Unknown

In the Sulu Archipelago - A Dato on board the Gunboat USS Manila examining a three pound Nordenfeldt during The Philippine American War

A right side view of U.S. Air Force GEN Daniel James, seated at a console in the Cheyenne Mountain command post. Base: Cheyenne State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

After participating in the Surgery Desert Storm and Operation Phalanx in the Persian Gulf, the supply ship Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis (A 832), the L-FREGAT HR.MS. Jacob van Heemskerck (F 812) and the S-Fregat Hr.Ms. Philips van Almonde (F 823) On 19 April 1991 back in the home port Den Helder.Hier the welcoming home front of the Zuiderkruis.

1980s Coast Guard - A female lieutenent junior grade officer piers through a pair of binoculars while on operations duty.

Women at War 1939 - 1945 Auxiliary Territorial Service: The Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Chief Controller Jean Knox, at her desk.

Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Mary A. Umbrell takes a break from welding at the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity. A double exposure superimposes the lit torch and sparks in the photo. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-02881. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

CAPT. Debra A. Casalaspro, 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, welcomes patients aboard a C-9A Nightingale aircraft. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

DF-ST-88-03814. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Isalona Country: Honduras (HND)

STAFF Sergeant William E. Eby, a member of the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, demonstrates emergency medical techniques to a group of Japanese civilians. SSGT Eby's "patient" is SSGT Charles M. Hendricks, a maintenance crew chief. Country: Hong Kong (HKG)

DN-ST-87-04775. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Commander Michael Diaz, a Catholic chaplain, counsels a young couple about their marriage intentions at Naval Air Station Miramar. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-85-12199. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Robert Orfino, fireman from the 48th Civil Engineering Squadron, Lakenheath Air Base, England, gets a haircut by SPC. Jeffrey Clyons, 3/525th Airborne Combat Team (ABCT), Vicenza, Italy, inside the terminal building at the airport. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kigali Country: Rwanda (RWA)

DF-ST-85-03499. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Italian financial police, 70's

A 2nd Class Boatswain's Mate assists in docking procedures for the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) at Naval Station Guam. Base: Apra Harbor State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Sgt. Marion Gilbert, Knoxville, Tenn., Displays His Solid Model Of A B-17.

DF-ST-85-13416. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

COL David Lam, Deputy Command Surgeon, Headquarters, U.S. European Command, raises his hand to ask a question during the U.S. African Medical Symposium. Medical personnel from the U.S., Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and Zaire are attending the three-day symposium which is sponsored by the U.S. European Command. Base: Freudenstadt Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

DN-ST-88-03214. Base: USS Okinawa (LPH 3)

DA-ST-85-12377. Base: Fort Meade State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Islamabad - Public Affairs Officer Residency - 1985, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

DN-ST-86-07180. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Annette del Sur Publicizing Salvage Campaign, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, USA, Alfred T Palmer for Office of War Information, October 1942

PFC. Shaun Liggions, a Marine recovering from shrapnel wounds at Fleet Hospital 5, is interviewed by CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Robert Arnot during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Meteo briefing for Vliegers of the Twente airbase.

Elmer J. Pace, NYA Trainee working inside Nose of PBY Plane, learning the Construction of Navy Planes, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, photograph by Howard R. Hollem, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942

DF-ST-85-02868. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Royal Netherlands Air Force CHIEF of Information COL A. P. de Jong talks with SRA Darryl L. Williams. COL de Jong explains a fanion, a special flag given to the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron by the Dutch. Base: Amsterdam Country: Holland / Netherlands (HOL)

1979 - A female U.S. Army audiovisual technician operates a 16mm film projector.

DF-ST-88-02888. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-01057. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

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