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Historical Military Footage

Black and white clips showcasing military actions, civil defense, and astronaut events from the mid-20th century.

USA - 1940s - Firemen demonstrate how to safely move a hose from a fire engine.

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Ryan Metas, a forward observer with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, assists in night close air support operations on Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 2, 2022. 1st ANGLICO practices CAS exercises to ensure the Ground Combat Element and the Air Combat Element are in sync and ready to accomplish mission tasking around the world.

Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-65. Hurricane Katrina

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U.S. Army Pacific Best Warrior Competition participants walk to their starting point June 6 at Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii, during night land navigation for the 2022 USARPACs Best Warrior Competition. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Wane, 60th Aerial Port Squadron ramp supervisor, marshals a 60K-Loader at Travis Air Force Base, California, Feb. 11, 2023. The 60th APS sent a 60K-Loader and 11 Airmen to provide humanitarian support to the country of Turkiye after the region was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

Woman loads gun for bank robbery.

Independence Day events around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

DF-SC-86-12969. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A full moon rises above the dark sky over Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 18, 2022.

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sets security during a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, January 10, 2024. TRAP training develops the MEUs capability to recover isolated personnel and aircraft in hostile, uncertain and permissive environments. Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) enhances the MEUs capability to execute special skills operations by training the command element (CE), aviation combat element (ACE), and ground combat element (GCE). Realistic urban training (RUT) offers an enhanced opportunity for amphibious ready group (ARG)-MEU interoperability training in preparation for their upcoming deployment overseas.

Expended shell casings from an M4 carbine lay on the Combat Arms Training and Maintenance firing range Sept. 15, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. During a three-day Excellence in Competition, participants fired a M4 carbine with the intent to score on a target 25 meters away.

Hawaii Army National Guard Sgt. Dominador C. Uminga Jr. and Pfc. Alex F. Vaomu, firefighters assigned to 297th Engineer Detachment, Firefighting Team, 103rd Troop Command rescues fellow firefighter Spc. Pedring I. Soriano III during a rapid intervention team (RIT) training exercise, Hawaii, June 13, 2022. Soriano acted as a downed firefighter, Uminga and Vaomu dragged him through the RIT maze to rescue him.

Flag raising on Iwo Jima. Installing large flag on Mt. Suribachi.

U.S. Army Soldiers traverse the land navigation course during the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

AOE2- Camden , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Barbed wire in the prison or on military base, close up perspective

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