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Historical Military Footage

Documentary-style clips showcasing historic military events, including Berlin's partition, Vietnam war scenes, and tactical testing from the 1960s and 1970s.

United Nations (UN) Ethiopian equipment is uploaded onto a C-5 from Dover AFB, Delaware, bound for Kigali, Rwanda in support of Operation Support Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia (ETH)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Salas, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, patrols during Jungle Warfare Exercise 23 in the Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 15, 2023. JWX 23 is a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. Salas is a native of San Antonio, Texas.

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Aerospace Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), uses a high-pressure water hose to wash down a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, while deployed at an undisclosed forward location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

DA-ST-90-01574. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Seoul is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of more than 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the developed world. The Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, is the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25.6 million people, home to over half of South Koreans along with 632,000 international residents. During the Korean War, Seoul changed hands between the Chinese-backed North Korean forces and the UN-backed South Korean forces several times, leaving the city heavily damaged after the war. One estimate of the extensive damage states that after the war, at least 191,000 buildings, 55,000 houses, and 1,000 factories lay in ruins. In addition, a flood of refugees had entered Seoul during the war, swelling the population of Seoul and its metropolitan area to an estimated 2.5 million, more than half of them homeless.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, writes down information during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

711 HPW Aeromedical Students take part in CCATT Simulation Training AFRL

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

040505-F-5964B-371. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 82nd Airborne Division

220912-N-GF955-1914BALTIC SEA (Sept. 12, 2022) U.S. Navy Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Matthew Psota, from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, welds aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Sept. 12, 2022. Paul Ignatius is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

221211-N-XK462-1064 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

Command Sgt. Maj. Raquel DiDomenico, Fort McCoy Garrison command sergeant major, practices training with Fort McCoy firefighters Sept. 12, 2022, at a fire training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Firefighters regularly hold training to improve skills. The fire department was reaccredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International earlier in 2022. The fire department is one of more than 200 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and the Center for Public Safety Excellence. (Photo by Hunter Young, Fort McCoy Fire Department)

220716-N-XH769-2042 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 16, 2022) A row of U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopters, attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is shown on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) July 16, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Navy aviators taking part in the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWSTP) are lowered underwater in the multi-placed underwater egress device, a machine which simulates a downed and flooded helicopter. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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030328-M-0175R-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

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DA-ST-90-01569. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Jacqueville, Cote dIvoire August 24, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

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060319-N-6901L-107. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion loaned two M-93A1 FOX Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance System (NBCRS) vehicles to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion for NBC detection operations. The M93A1 is a lightly armored, wheeled vehicle capable of detecting, identifying, marking, sampling and reporting NBC contamination on the battlefield. There are only four of the FOX vehicles on the West Coast. This night vision photograph was taken to train Marines who are unfamiliar with the vehicle's features, and how to identify them on the battlefield at night. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT '97 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-10348. Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

040314-F-2902B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Military personnel standing on an F/A-18 Hornet, U.S. Navy

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DN-SC-88-05695. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

August 25, 2020, Springfield, Illinois, USA: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum documents the life of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln, and the course of the American Civil War

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Colton P. Calhoun, a motor transport operator, with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, drives a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle onto Landing Craft Utility 2009 during exercise Iron Dragon at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2022. Iron Dragon is a regimental exercise focused on sharpening CLR-37s ability to conduct distributed command and control in preparation for future training exercises. 3rd 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alpha Hernandez)

Cover PHOTO for the March 2000 AIRMAN Magazine. Assciated with the Article "Caught in the Net." This photo shows turboprop engine mechanic STAFF Sergeant Carla West of the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron performing an inspection of a newly installed tailpipe assembly on one of the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Baracks of the highbird. Companion.1 / 93 below the shoulder, Rattdfr.alm.

Fire brigade personnel cool fire broke out in LPG tanker with water shots at Kurla Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

040630-F-5040D-174. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan - Meals Ready-To-Eat are prepared to be transported to a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma March 13. The supplies will be delivered to mainland Japan to be used humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan, March 11. The proximity of Marine aviation assets at MCAS Futenma has allowed Marines from III MEF to rapidly deploy critically-needed supplies and aid to support the relief effort.

Testing a Cannon in a Mountain Tunnel in Switzerland

Fluorescent lights illuminate a pre-positioning cave used to store U.S. Marine Corps equipment. Country: Norway (NOR)

Bounty Hunters

A view of the front gate at Patrol Base Sullivan, Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2009. 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counter insurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan.

A translucent-skin skull model sits on display as part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Commands Capability Days event, Fort Detrick, Md., April 6, 2023. Medical development industry representatives joined the USAMRDC team here to learn about the continuum of combat casualty care, from moment of injury through aerial medical evacuation, and the capabilities USAMRDC and its subordinate units are currently developing for the U.S. Joint Force. The USAMRDC Capability Days event is the culmination of months of planning between the command and teams with its subordinate units and is an opportunity for the U.S. Armys premier medical development commands - under the USAMRDC umbrella - to showcase the latest technologies under development for Americas Warfighters.

Close up of a man's bloodied torso and arms holding a rifle.

DF-ST-87-09551. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An example of the construction that has been completed on the billeting areas of the camp by the Belgian engineer brigade. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Visoko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Marines with MWSS 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing practice vehicle fire extinguishing techniques during Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 16, 2016. ITX is intended to integrate combined arms and improve war fighting capabilities in the scope of the Marine Air Ground Task Force prior to their upcoming deployment.

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PANTEON-TUMBA DE NAPOLEON. Author: Visconti. Location: INVALIDOS, LOS. France. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821) NAPOLEON I.

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A Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers smooths concrete for window installation at the Ban Prakaet school at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2024. Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This is the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

Diving the wreck of The Giannis D, Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Armor worn by a commander, Historical reenactment

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-110. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-88-01481. Base: USS Ford (FFG 54)

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Head hunter : Konyak hill tribe tribal with guns, Nagaland , North East Frontier States , India

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division occupy enemy town during Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) on Fort Polk, Louisiana., Nov. 9, 2022. JRTC Rotation 23-01 serves to enhance brigade and supporting unit's deployment readiness.

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Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) deck department, fake down mooring lines on the ships fantail Sept. 16, 2022. Ford is in port Naval Station Norfolk conducting workups for a scheduled deployment this fall.

Event honoring the 186th birthday of Ulysses S. Grant, at the General Grant National Memorial, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne delivering remarks and joining participating dignitaries incluiding U.S. Army Brigadier General Robert Caslen, Commandant of the Corps of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy; Adrian Benepe, New York City Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation; Maria Burks, Commissioner of the National Parks of New York Harbor; and Ulysses Grant Dietz, the great-great grandson of General Grant. Also on hand for the event, featuring a wreath-laying ceremony, were members of the U.S. Military Academy Corps of Cadets Honor Guard.

A maritime line found on the beach at Ouddorp, South Holland. Explosives Staff Service Service (EOD) involved in harming the meantime. The igniter has been removed.

The Lakenheath base community gather to witness the annual tree lighting ceremony at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Dec. 2, 2022. Over 500 Airmen and their families came out to attend the ceremony.

040324-F-3431H-034. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

011019-N-3093M-048. Base: Crowley 450-10 Barge Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT

Vintage photograph. Firefighters spraying water from hose into burning building, New York City

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