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International Military Ceremonies

Images showcasing formal military ceremonies, including handshakes and parades with service flags. Participants represent various nations, underscoring international cooperation.

Tough Ombres from the 910 Quartermaster Company out of Ardmore, Oklahoma arrived at Fort Irwin, California today for an upcoming rotation in the box at the National Training Center. The 910 is providing petroleum support to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Hood, Texas. 90th Sustainment Brigade Commander, Col. Steve Pazak, joined the troops shortly after arriving at Fort Irwin. He encouraged them to get everything they could out of annual training and asked them to look after each other during the rotation. He challenged the units leadership Capt. Stephan Jackson, Commander, and 1st Sgt. John freeman to watch over the team and ensure they are spiritually, mentally, physically, and financially fit.
Tough Ombres from the 910 Quartermaster Company out of Ardmore, Oklahoma arrived at Fort Irwin, California today for an upcoming rotation in the box at the National Training Center. The 910 is providing petroleum support to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Hood, Texas. 90th Sustainment Brigade Commander, Col. Steve Pazak, joined the troops shortly after arriving at Fort Irwin. He encouraged them to get everything they could out of annual training and asked them to look after each other during the rotation. He challenged the units leadership Capt. Stephan Jackson, Commander, and 1st Sgt. John freeman to watch over the team and ensure they are spiritually, mentally, physically, and financially fit.
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Brig. Gen. Michael Križanec, Croatian Air Force Commander, gives his remarks during a ceremony commemorating the U.S. donation of two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Republic of Croatia, held at the 91st Air Base near Pleso, Croatia on May 25, 2022. Croatia and Minnesota have collaborated for over 25 years as part of the National Guards State Partnership Program and continue to partner for increased interoperability between NATO allies. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sydney Mariette.)
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean M. Castilla, outgoing commander of NATO eFP Battle Group Poland and commander of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3/1 ABCT), operationally controlled by the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), delivers a speech during the Hand Over, Take Over ceremony in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Feb. 2, 2023. The 3/1 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1 ID, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean M. Castilla, incoming commander of Battlegroup Poland and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-8 CAV), delivers a speech during the Hand Over, Take Over ceremony in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Oct. 4, 2022. The 3-8 CAV is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean M. Castilla, incoming commander of Battlegroup Poland and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-8 CAV), delivers a speech during the Hand Over, Take Over ceremony in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Oct. 4, 2022. The 3-8 CAV is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.
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Military and civilian members attend the 502nd Air Base Wing change of command ceremony, May 3, 2022, Pfingston Basic Military Training Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The 502d Air Base Wing is host to Joint Base San Antonio which unifies 11 geographically distinct locations including JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Randolph and JBSA-Camp Bullis.
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A procession of high ranking military officials belonging to various NATO allies make their way out Saldus Sv. Jan Evangelical Lutheran Church after the service given in remembrance to the Restoration of Independence day celebration, May 4, 2022. Latvia's Day of the Restoration of Independence marks the date in 1990 that the Supreme Council in Latvia adopted the Declaration on the Restoration of Independence, initiating the transition from Soviet rule to complete renewal of independence in the Baltic state. The date is commemorated with a military parade featuring its NATO allies.
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Gen. Darryl A. Williams, Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Africa escorts Secretary of the U.S. Army, Honorable Christine Wormuth through an honor cordon in Wiesbaden, Germany, Sept. 20, 2022. Secretary Wormuth visited Germany to amplify U.S. commitment to the alliance and discuss USAREUR-AF initiatives with senior leaders in theater.
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The Honorable F. Whitten Peters, Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), gets briefed on some of the equipment the Contingency Response Group (CRG) uses in the field, during his tour of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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US Army General George Joulwan (center), Supreme Allied Commander Europe, receives a souvenir Implementation Forces flag as a gift from soldiers of the BELUGA Group, at a logistics camp at Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. The group is comprised of contingents from Belgian, Luxembourg, Greece, and Austria, hence its name, "BELUGA.". Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Visoko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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A Hungarian Army Chaplain (wearing his clerical robe), assisted by an interpreter, delivers a blessing at the official Slavonski Brod Road Bridge re-opening ribbon cutting ceremony. This ceremony is in honor of the cooperative effort by Hungarian Army Engineers, Croatian Army personnel, Royal Army (British) personnel, and a civilian contractor to reopen the bridge for official IFOR business travel, and later general all purpose travel, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Various military personnel are seen in the background observing the ceremony. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, .... Complete Scene Caption: A Hungarian Army Chaplain (wearing his clerical robe), assisted by an interpreter, delivers a blessing at the official Slavonski Brod Road Bridge re-opening ribbon cutting ceremony. This ceremony is in honor of the cooperative effort by Hungarian Army Engineers, Croatian
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030226-5281B-003. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Croatian navy Capt. Joško Šantić, the Croatian defense attache, speaks to the Croatian soldiers during the Hand Over, Take Over ceremony in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Jan. 24, 2023. The Croatian army is proudly working alongside the 1st Infantry Division, NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, under America's forward deployed corps in Europe.
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Burial of Oleg Yashchishin, Kirilo Vishivaniy, Sergey Melnik and Rostislav Romanchu at Lychatik cemetery, the four officers killed two days earlier in a Russian missile attack in a military camp near the border with Poland in Yavoriv, at least 35 people died, Lviv, Ukraine, Europe
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060223-A-5399B-023. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST
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President Egils Levits of the Republic of Latvia visits the Regional Command-East Latvian contingent on Camp Novo Selo, Kosovo, April 22, 2022. During the visit, Levits met with the RC-East command team, multi-national partner commanders, and Latvian troops who are currently in support of the KFOR mission in Kosovo to maintain a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Matthew Damon)
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Brig.Gen.Joseph E. Hilbert, commanding general for the 7thArmy Training Command, Germany, visits the Training Support Center, Baumholder, on October 18, 2022. Joseph D. Gordon, chief of the Training Support Center, and Matthew A. Aragon, Regional Training Support Division West chief, welcomed him for a short briefing and a meeting with the members of the Baumholder Training Support Center, part of 7th ATC's Training Support Activity Europe, located in U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz.
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U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparotti, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, escorts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after he addressed military and diplomatic personnel at the Yongsan Army Garrison amid a visit to Seoul, Republic of Korea, on May 18, 2015.
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Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, SPD, bids farewell to the 20 or so soldiers of the Lithuanian brigade's preliminary command at BER Airport. By the fourth quarter of 2024, the pre-commando is to grow to a deployment team of around 150 members of the German Armed Forces. The army brigade will be reorganised in Lithuania with the name Panzerbrigade 45. After the brigade is officially commissioned in 2025, the other forces are to be deployed starting in 2025. The Lithuanian brigade should be operational by the end of 2027. Berlin, 08.04.2024
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110420-F-ET173-134KINGSTON, Jamaica (April 20, 2011) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ricardo Ramirez and Air Force Capt. Tanya Yelverton, a medical administrator, walk a patient to her family after she received medical care aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South American.
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Distinguished guests listen as Captain Adarsh Menon, a civil engineer with the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, gives details of the Blackfeet Nation Senior Center job site in Heart Butte, Montana, September 8, 2022. Innovative Readiness Training builds mutually beneficial civil-military partnerships between US communities and the Department of Defense, providing high quality, mission-essential training for Active, Guard, and Reserve support personnel and units.
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040429-F-5343T-021. Complete Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Marvin Mills (right), a Survival Instructor assigned to the 22nd Training Squadron (TRS), acts as a tour guide for Members from the Defense Attach Corps Office, as they pass through the training laboratory exhibits during their visit at Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA). The Defense Attach Corps toured several squadrons, to include the Survival School, and the surrounding areas of Spokane, WA. The Office of the Defense Attach (DAO) represents the Department of Defense (DoD) overseas and is primarily responsible for the representational duties designed to foster positive relations between the US Military and the Senegalese Defense/Security Establishment. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Military Members from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, U.S.Army Garrison Italy, Aviano Air Base, Camp Darby Military Community and Military Vaterans honored their comrades who lost their life for our freedom, at Florence Memorial Cemetery, Italy, May 30, 2022. Consul General of the United States in Florence, Ragini Gupta read the Presidential Proclamation to open the commemoration ceremony. Guests of honor were the United States Ambassador for the Holy See Joseph Donnelly, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander, and the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Deputy Commanding General, Major Gen. Andrew Rohling, and the Italian Deputy Minister of Defense, Honorable Stefania Pucciarelli.
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Polish President Andrzej Duda attends a Ceremonial Changing of the Guard with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.
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030911-F-7449W-001. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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British Royal Air Force Warrant Officer Sara Catterall, NATO Headquarters Allied Air Command command senior enlisted leader, speaks about her career path and personal life during the Ramstein Enlisted Summit, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 13, 2022. Catterall spoke on the importance of our NATO allies and partners and the significant role that they play in maintaining peace globally.
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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, greets US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Maurin Smith at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Incirlik is home to Combined Task Force/Operation NORTHERN WATCH, designed to enforce the no-fly zone over Northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)
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The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) holds a reception in the hangar bay as part of the ships first international port visit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 29, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) is deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.
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220907-N-EJ843-1133 RIGA, Latvia (Sept. 7, 2022) U.S. Navy Capt. Tom Foster, left, commanding officer of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), guides Ambassadors and dignitaries during a ship tour aboard Kearsarge in Riga, Latvia, Sept. 7, 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.
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Senator Shelley Moore Capito toured the 130th Airlift Wing, located on McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, West Virginia, Monday, October 24, 2022. During her visit, Senator Capito was briefed on the air wings conversion progress from C-130H model aircraft to C-130J-30 aircraft, which has been ongoing for more than a year, and toured the 130ths Engine Rebuild Repair Facility where specialized mechanics rebuild C-130H engines for the Department of Defense. Senator Capito also received a briefing on the capabilities of the 167th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.
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JSC2012-E-044894 (25 April 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow, Expedition 31 backup crew members -- Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin (left), Oleg Novitskiy (center) and NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (right) -- pose before the site's Yuri Gagarin statue April 25, 2012 following their press conference. Expedition 31 prime crew members Joe Acaba of NASA and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin (not pictured) are scheduled to launch on May 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.
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SAN DIEGO (May 4, 2022) - Juan Carlos Pinzón, the Colombian ambassador to the United States, speaks with the commanding officer, Capt. Tony Chavez, and executive officer, Capt. Andria Slough, about the general mission of the well deck during a visit to amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), May 4. The visit is a demonstration of the strong U.S. commitment to partners in the Caribbean, Central and South America, fostering goodwill and enhancing our collective ability to respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crises. Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious homeported in San Diego.
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CANBERRA, Australia (Feb. 5, 2014) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus reviews Royal Australian military personnel during a visit to the countrys capital. Mabus is in the region to meet with Sailors and Marines, and civilian and military officials as part of a multi-nation visit to the U.S. Pacific, European, and Central Command areas of responsibility.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales talking to members of the Canadian military as she meet troops from the Commonwealth, who have been deployed to the UK to take part in the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, during a visit to the Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright in Guildford. Soldiers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand have gathered at Pirbright to rehearse their roles in the funeral on Monday. Picture date: Friday September 16, 2022.
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Swedish Navy (Marines) Maj. Gen. Rikard Askstedt, the Swedish Embassy defense attaché, speaks during an equipment presentation at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York, on February 7, 2024. The New York National Guard hosted Swedish military and diplomatic representatives to introduce them to the many capabilities of the National Guard and pave the way for possible bilateral ties between the National Guard and Sweden. Army National Guard
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(L-R) Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence, and General Carsten Breuer, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, at a press conference on the structural reform of the Bundeswehr in Berlin, 04.04.2024
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Military officers from the United States, Slovakia, Turkey, Kosovo, and Poland pose for a group photo during Distinguished Visitors Day of Exercise Dynamic Front 24 at Polatlı Training Area, Türkiye, Feb. 19, 2024. Exercise Dynamic Front 24 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-directed, 56th Artillery Command-led fires-centric exercise in Germany and Türkiye. Artillery Soldiers train in a joint-combined environment, focusing on fire interoperability, command and control between multinational units, and using Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities protocol systems. Army Reserve
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U.S. Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade and distinguished guests render a salute during relinquishment of responsibility ceremony at Caserma Del Din, December 14, 2022, Vicenza, Italy. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.
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Mrs. Ashley Michelle Leigh Cheney, Gold Star spouse of Staff Sgt. Eric Marcel Nettleton, tells her late husbands story during the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Memorial Day Ceremony at Rose Barracks, Germany, May 26, 2022. Staff Sgt. Nettleton was killed in action while assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
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L-R Frenk Lehaye,Netherlands American Cemetary, Chief Master Sgt. Kjell Anderson,141st Maintenance Squadron, Lt. Col. Tyson Frost, 141st Maintenance Group, Capt. Trevor Bland, 116th Air Refueling Squadron and Senior Airman Josh Haley, 141st Maintenance Squadron pose for a group photo in front of the "Court of Honor," at the Netherlands American Cemetery located in Margraten, Netherlands, September 25, 2022. 2Lt. Eugene Shauvin's name was located on the "Court of Honor," listing names of all personnel classified as Missing in Action after World War II. (Photo provided by Air National Guard Lt. Col. Tyson Frost)
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Carver McGriff, a U.S. Army Veteran of the 90th Infantry Division, native of Indiana, Indianapolis, places a wreath on a Military Plaque with U.S. Army Col. Dixon Brockbank, commander of the 90th Sustainment Brigade, U.S. Army Command and Sgt. Maj. Brenda Acosta, Command Sgt. Major of the 90th Sustainment Brigade, June 4, 2022, during the 90th Infantry Division Tribute and 78th Liberation Commemoration Ceremony, at Le Plessis-Lastelle, France. McGriff was a 19-year-old U.S. Army private when he landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on June 9, 1944.
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-124. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Military Members from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, U.S.Army Garrison Italy, Aviano Air Base, Camp Darby Military Community and Military Vaterans honored their comrades who lost their life for our freedom, at Florence Memorial Cemetery, Italy, May 30, 2022. Consul General of the United States in Florence, Ragini Gupta read the Presidential Proclamation to open the commemoration ceremony. Guests of honor were the United States Ambassador for the Holy See Joseph Donnelly, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander, and the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Deputy Commanding General, Major Gen. Andrew Rohling, and the Italian Deputy Minister of Defense, Honorable Stefania Pucciarelli.