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Historical Military Footage

Historical clips showcasing military actions from past wars, including soldier preparations and wartime experiences.

Medics make their way to wounded fighters during a bloody brawl in the heart of Paris in 1944.

A member of the 509th Airborne Ranger Battalion prepares to jump from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft during an operational readiness exercise. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-175. Hurricane Katrina

U. S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Harlan, an 821st Contingency Response Squadron phoenix raven, surveys the perimeter of a forward node distribution point during Turbo Distribution 22-2 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, July 18, 2022. Turbo Distribution is a joint task force-port opening exercise designed to train U.S. Air Force and Army personnel on how to rapidly respond to humanitarian aid and disaster response missions.

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-269. CGC Dauntless-- USCG RHI boat crew boarding commercial vessel -- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, treats a simulated casualty 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.

Germany Early. November 22, 1946.

A soldier from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division opens a Meal Ready to Eat packet to eat dinner in Yukon Training Area April 02 in during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02. The Arctic is unforgiving and requires deliberate, purposeful leaders who are meticulous in their planning and approach to their warfighting, and JPMRC-AK 23-02 is key to testing the divisions leaders and soldiers.

220702-N-SI601-1056 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 2, 2022) Sailors handle a line connected to USS Antietam (CG 54) aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a fueling-at-sea. 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.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), search a collapsed building for notional casualties during Scarlet Response 2022 at Guardian Centers of Georgia, Georgia, May 19, 2022. CBIRF Marines are trained in technical rescue for vehicle extrication, trench rescue, collapsed structure and confined space rescue. Scarlet Response 2022 is designed to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, in a simulated joint disaster response.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. William West, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, guides Marines on a table 6 range in preparation for exercise Freezing Winds 22 in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 10, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

SWAT team on ropes hanging upside down saving life of a hostage.

220612-N-YS933-1001 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 10, 2022) The Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) sails behind the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), during a simulated strait transit. Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Angel J Dismore of Squad 4, representing the U.S. Army Pacific Command, heats a Meal, Ready-To-Eat (MRE) during the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. An MRE is designed to sustain an individual engaged in heavy activity such as military training or during actual military operations when normal food service facilities are not available.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Stephen Conroy, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Wing, walks into the cockpit during a Real-Time Information in the Cockpit system training event at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Feb. 23, 2024. The 92nd Operations Group held a week-long training event to build proficiency with the RTIC system, which was designed to increase connectivity between Air assets during real-world operations worldwide. During the training event, pilots and in-flight refueling operators learned about the components of RTIC, performed ground training to simulate using the system and utilized the system during a training flight. Training like this ensures Fairchild AFBs Airmen are prepared to apply appropriate tactics to possible pacing threats and demonstrates their readiness for tomorrows fight anytime, anywhere. Air Force

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Anefo photo collection. Hijzelingsdrama The Hague; One of the hostages stands up in the hall of the embassy, two hostages are led by terrorists to the bus /. September 17, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Maj. Johnathan Zito pulls in behind a KC-135 Stratotanker to receive fuel off Florida's east coast, July 12, 2012. Zito is a C-17Globemaster III pilot with the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

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Norwegians in the Norwegian Home Guard Rapid Response Force and Youth Teams in the 51st Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX) complete medical training at the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota on Feb 4th and 7th, 2024. The MSTC provides training scenarios by adjusting simulated training experiences by changing the lighting, noise, smell, and injuries with realistic mechanical dummies (Minnesota Army National Guard

Mural of soldiers, Korean War Memorial, Washington DC, USA

CVA 61 Ranger , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

220626-N-XN177-1036 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 26, 2022) - Sailors refuel an F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 during night flight operations aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 26, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Det. 1 Company B, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina National Guard, support a Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) training exercise, with a CH-47F Chinook helicopter in vicinity of Greenwood, South Carolina, Feb. 1, 2021. The multi-day exercise was part of the MARSOC qualification process and included a variety of simulated-scenario events and role-playing, opposing, teams.

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.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Henry Ruczewski, a docent at the command museum at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, gives a Marine Corps history lesson to Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion at MCRD San Diego, April 27, 2022. Museum docents guided and shared their wisdom as a tradition of passing knowledge to the next generation of Marines.

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