Historical Military Operations

A collection of black-and-white images depicting military life and operations, including soldiers, vehicles, and wartime settings, highlighting historical conflicts.

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron looks out the back of a CV-22 Osprey during training, Apr 18, 2022. The primary mission of the 8th SOS is to provide rapid global response supporting long-range infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of Special Operations Forces in hostile or denied territories, during day, night, and adverse weather, under one period of darkness.

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Seinwachter hangs out the white flag at the Seinpost at the Lorelei. April 1, 1955. Germany, Sankt Goarshousen, West Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of packages with KLM devices. Japanese prisoners of war pick up the bags from the plane. December 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

PFC. Jack D. McDaniels of Headquarters Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Vehicle Battalion, lubricates the tracks of an AAVC-7A1 amphibian assault vehicle prior to a breaching operation during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspectorate General H.J. Curls by Indonesia. General curls inspects an alloy building. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Pastor Hall (Niemoller):Sometimes even more drastic punishment is given. Any case of insubordination, however small, means the whip. Here the Pastor Niemoller (Wilfred Lawson) is being punished for raising his voice in defence of an in justly treated fellow-prisoner. Whippings are invariably performed with the true Nazi love of ceremony and pomp. A special platform made in the form of a rough table is brought out and the victim shackled to it. The entire camp is then called out to witness the performance. June 15, 1940. (Photo by Douglas Solocombe, Black Star).

Airmen from the 69th Aircraft Maintenance Unit use an MJ-1 weapons loader as they load Mark 82 500-pound bombs onto a wing pylon on a 347th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phantom II aircraft. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine from Btry. I, 3rd Bn., 11th Marines, loads a propelling charge into an M-198 155mm howitzer during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron looks out the back of a CV-22 Osprey during training, Apr 18, 2022. The primary mission of the 8th SOS is to provide rapid global response supporting long-range infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of Special Operations Forces in hostile or denied territories, during day, night, and adverse weather, under one period of darkness.

DN-SN-88-10168. Base: USS Nicholas (FFG 47)

DN-SN-88-01570. Base: USS Sides (FFG 14) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

220810-N-XH769-1028 BALTIC SEA (Aug. 10, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Oldham, a tiltrotor airframe mechanic assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), performs maintenance on an MV-22 Osprey aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Aug. 10, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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.

DN-SN-87-11769. Base: Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Amelio Trejo, right, from El Paso, Texas, assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) weapons department, transports a stretcher during a Phase III crew certification evaluation, Jan. 27, 2022. Phase III Crew Certification focuses on how the ships training teams accomplish necessary crew training needed to return the ship to sea. Ford is in port at Newport News Shipyard executing her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance and repairs.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Melvin)

TECH. SGT. Ron Riddell, weapons specialist, aids 355th Aircraft Generation Squadron members as they use a one step loading adapter to position an AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile onto an F-15E Eagle aircraft's pylon. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Eighth day hostage school above Milde; Two Moluccan women take food from police. May 31, 1977. Bovensmilde

Police in riot gear, musket with tear gas, Italy 1978

Vintage Photograph. Arms and hands raised in front of dark background with bright area at top, Frame 2

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Soekaboemi. Stocks are brought to a train by carriers. July 21, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Soekaboemi

F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flank crew members as they take a break in front of yellow gear on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during flight operations aboard the vessel. The Hornet on the left is from Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105) while the one on the right is from Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37). Country: Adriatic Sea

DN-SN-86-07021. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Immigrants are arrested in Arizon after crossing the border illegally.

Trip to Boston: President Kennedy arrives at Logan Airport (Presidential Aide Kenneth P. O Donnell and Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton). President John F. Kennedy (center left) visits with military officers upon his arrival at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts; the President traveled to Boston to attend centennial ceremonies at Boston College. Also pictured: Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius (partially hidden).

Refugees, Civil Workers - Displaced Persons - Germany War File. March 1, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Funeral 8 victims military aviation disaster tjililitan. Blurry photo. May 16, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

DN-SN-89-04939. Base: Sydney State: New South Wales Country: Australia (AUS)

Wearing protective clothing and oxygen breathing apparatuses (OBAs), the members of a hose team check the compartments along a passageway for hidden fires during a firefighting drill aboard the nuclear-powererd aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN's crew is receiving refresher training under the supervision of personnel from Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Country: Caribbean Sea

Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command presented 9 personnel with awards for ACC's 2022 Outstanding Airmen of the year April 28. OAY award winners were selected based on their performance and achievements put forward by members of their leadership.

Warranty section of HR. Ms. The seven provinces (1953-1975) from April 6 to June 2, 1954. Sailor with binoculars. Is part of the AVDKM 540216 to 540344 object series, portion AVDKM 540229 to 540244, excl. 540242.

World War II Veterans and representatives of those who could not be in attendance receive a challenge coin at the Eternal Heroes Monument in Normandy, France, June 2, 2022. World War II Veterans and representatives of the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Divisions (Air Assault) came to honor fallen Paratroopers who liberated Ravenoville in June of 1944.

1970s PAIR OF ANONYMOUS SILHOUETTED FIREFIGHTERS POINTING FIRE HOSE THROUGH OPEN DOOR OF BURNING BUILDING SPRAYING WATER

Aviation Machinist's Mate AIRMAN Apprentice James Wilkerson of Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) cleans the wheel well of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft while performing corrosion control maintenance aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during WestPac '93. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Festivities in Padang because of the annual stay of the U-Brigade in Central Sumatra. Two officers in a tent engaged in papers. November 28, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

DF-SN-87-00892. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division stand by as a cameraman films stacks of ammunition seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Cruiser Hr.Ms in / rotate Davits A / B. De Ruyter (C 801), October 1955.

Two M-198 155mm howitzer sit in the well deck of an American dock landing ship (LSD) as vehicles and equipment are staged to be taken ashore on D-day of the combined South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '90. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '90 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-SN-87-06053. Base: Mobile State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Commander of Cruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (C 801) Captain-Ter-Zee A.H.J. Van der Raliever Olivier (1908-1967, fourth from the right) and the first officer Captain-Lieutenant-Ter-Zee J.W. Caspers (1909-1990, right) on the veranda of a guesthouse on St. Maarten, October 1955.

DN-SN-86-06334. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

"All Present And Correct Sir".Wearing his wig and robe, Mr. Justice Charles 73 took over military command of the garrison of Chester Castle in Pursuance of a 200 years old Custom which makes a senior judge controller of the barracks for the duration of the Assizes. Mr. Justice Charles, left, inspecting the troops. June 20, 1946. (Photo by Mirror Features)

An infanterist ready to throw a practice hand grenade.

A maintenance crew member wearing protective breathing apparatus sands rust from a panel on an aircraft during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SN-86-00081. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

DN-SN-87-10280. Country: Persian Gulf

Anefo photo collection. Province House in Assen occupied by Moluccans; Armed police officers. March 13, 1978. Assen

DN-SN-85-06370. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Evacuees from Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay settle into their temporary quarters aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41). Military personnel and dependents are being transported from the area in the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10th for the first time in over 600 years. Country: Philippines(PHL)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Merza, a data systems administrator with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), bares the unit guidon during a motivational run in honor of the Marine Corps 247th birthday at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 09, 2022. Around this time each year Marines, Sailors, and their families across the globe celebrate the past, present, and future of their Corps founded at Tun Tavern on Nov. 10, 1775.

Explosive ordnance disposal team members take part in a bomb drill. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Going Aboard For Hong Kong -- Troops going aboard the 14,000-ton troopship "Empire Halladale" at Liverpool, before the ship sailed on the start of its five weeks' veyage to Hongkong. The troops include officers and men of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Leicester-shire Regiment, the H.C. of the 27th Infantry Brigade and ancillary troops. They will reinforce the Hongkong garrison. May 12, 1949. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

220616-N-KN989-1005 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 16, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Seabee Division Honor Guard parade the colors during a change of command ceremony. Capt. James Meyer, commanding officer, Navy Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering Systems Command Hawaii, was relieved by Capt. Cameron Geertsema during the official NAVFAC Hawaii change of command ceremony June 16, 2022.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-139. AIRSTA NOLA--CG personnel looking at screens in office area. Hurricane Katrina

Image of a few officials of the railway police during a shooting course.

Participants, along with the judges of the 633d Security Forces Squadron Excellence in Competition tournament, evaluate their targets at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, May 19, 2022. The 633d SFS Combat Arms Training and Maintenance center hosted the tournament in recognition of National Police Week while also providing some friendly competition and comradery.

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and Soldiers of the Japan Self-Defense Force conduct transportation operations during the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) on Fort Polk, Louisiana, Nov. 2, 2022. JRTC Rotation 23-01 serves to enhance brigade and supporting unit's deployment readiness.

DN-SN-86-12795. Base: Naval Station, Sima State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Disputed Stretch Falkenberg (FAB) - Limmared (LME)

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Colored glass diapositive by Hans Gemperle showing a Brotzeit meal at an alpine hut, produced between 1914 and 1920.

Creating beds is a fixed daily part at the armed forces. On the photo a sailor from the royal navy.

On the grounds of the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) of the Mariniers Korps on the Wiltduinlaan in Doorn, Marine shooting competitions are held .. a group of gun shooters from the Marines Corps.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Festivities following the birth of Princess Marijke. Traffic jam. 19 February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) gather a line received from the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) prior to an underway replenishment during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Anefo photo collection. H. M. visits Marinekamp. Mrs. W. A. Repellent, Colonel de Bruin, Lieutenant Woutstra Ionasse. March 22, 1961

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 75th Infantry (Ranger), Fort Lewis, Washington, hook up static lines as they prepare to jump from a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft during annual winter training. Base: Camp Ripley State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

French and American sailors having food fight (EV004159_H)

DN-SN-84-00416. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Paratroopers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1-73 Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division take part in the Machine Gun Event for the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition on Fort Stewart, GA, July 27, 2022. The Best Squad Competition tests squads physical, technical and tactical abilities under stress and fatigue to determine which squad from the XVIII Airborne Corps will advance to the Forces Command Best Squad Competition in the coming months.

Anefo photo collection. End of hostage wider; Hostages come from train. December 14, 1975. Drenthe, Witer

SEAMAN Patricia Volante watches from the rail of the salvage ship USS GRAPPLE (ARS-53) as the ship gets underway. The GRAPPLE is towing three ocean minesweepers to the Persian Gulf to support U.S. Navy escort operations. Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DN-SN-86-06041. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Demonstrations in Brussels against the Unit law, strikers pull through Liège. January 3, 1961. Brussels, Liège

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Fisheries on the Sacred Sea at Tjilatjap. Tjilatjap. The Army also has voorobben, this is a king. Marijs van de s.o.p. and from Vlissingen, who stir of his L.C.M. A moment has surrendered to work in his twelve hurt .. April 1, 1948. Cilacap, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

General (GEN) Paul X. Kelley, commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks during the commissioning of the dock landing ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) at the Lockheed shipyards. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-00500. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Election campaign appearances in 1969 by the radical right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) in Dortmund, Essen and Oberhausen not only triggered violent protests by democratic parties and organisations, but also led in part to the police being overtaxed and massively countering the protest, Germany, Europe

A reservist is assisted aboard the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62). Reserve units from the continental United States volunteered to temporally relieve crewmen on the NEW JERSEY To enable them to go home for Christmas. The battleship is on station off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. Base: USS New Jersey (BB 62) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

U.S. and Royal Thai navy personnel listen to a training lecture during Exercise Cobra Gold '82. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA)

PO3 Gene Cooper Simpson shows navigational charts to his family during their tour aboard the destroyer USS OLDENDORF (DD-972). Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-85-07583. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

DN-ST-87-06197. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Photograph of Cemetery at NAB Hawkins Field, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Island

aeronautica, squadra allievi sull'uso del traguardo di puntamento, 1940

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Crew members on the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) participate in replenishment operations with the ammunition ship USS MAUNA KEA (AE-22). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Anefo photo collection. Fourth day hostage school in Bovensmilde; deposition with trees in the country. May 26, 1977. Bovensmilde

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo report Multifilm. Shooting in studio of titles. May 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo essay with a mobile assistance team of a social humanitarian emergency service (Samusocial) in France.

NATO Council Meeting, December 1952. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Edward J. Campbell, president of Newport News Shipbuilding, speaks at the launching of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN 723). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sailor from the guided missile cruiser USS MCCLUSKY (FFG-41) enters a building in the Russian port city during a three-day goodwill visit by the MCCLUSKY and the high endurance cutter USCGC CHASE (WHEC-718). Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: Russia (RUS)

Anefo photo collection. Fire in plot 116 at the Mauritskade. February 15, 1968

DN-SN-85-03294. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Misc. - Prisons - General. September 16, 1955.

German Grenade Injures French Citizens. -- Two American ambulance man attend to the injuries of little Jean Louis. Ten year old Jean Louis and his father, Jean Louis (same name correct) were injured when a German Grenade was thrown into a group of French citizens outside the town of St. Sauveur. Suffering a crushed hand and injuries to his leg, the boy was taken to area for treatment. His father also suffered leg injuries. May 20, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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