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Historical footage captures military operations during WWII and Vietnam, displaying smoke-filled skies, armored personnel carriers, and cockpit preparations.

Rear view of men in control room monitoring experiment, 1970s

U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors conduct a movement during the Combat Instructor Stakes on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2015. The School of Infantry-East hosted the Combat Instructor Stakes, which is a grueling 30-hour competition that pits two man teams against each other, competing in physical, tactical and knowledge based events while carrying a combat load and moving over 50 kilometers on foot.

220626-N-XN177-2103 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 26, 2022) - An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 prepares to take off from the flight deck of 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. Air Force Senior Airman Ethan Bolk, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief, inspects the boom pod window before takeoff during exercise Ballast Cannon 24.3 at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 7, 2024. As a routine exercise occurring nearly quarterly with the Royal Bahraini Air Force, this iteration supports the U.S. Air Force's rapid expeditionary capabilities by integrating Agile Combat Employment objectives for F-16 Fighting Falcon, KC-135 Stratotanker, and operational support personnel.

View of snow covered fields in Kazakhstan is seen from a Russian search and rescue helicopter as it flies from Kustanay, Kazakhstan to support the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landing with Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews.

A soldier from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division checks a map of 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.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment fires the M240B machine gun during night fire operations at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 23, 2023. The 2nd Cavalry Regiment provides V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps, with combat-credible forces capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater to defend the NATO alliance.

Workers remove the damaged main rotor blade from a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter that went down in a field. Base: New Boston State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041130-M-3658J-005. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

Voucher 5 of the Polish Polish military purposes for Polish military purposes; unknown Polish military treasure; 1916 (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Training Battalion, take on the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Nov. 3, 2022. The Crucible is the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training before recruits earn the title U.S. Marine.

Sgt. Josue Guerraguillen, a multichannel transmission system operator/maintainer assigned to Eighth Army stationed at Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, plots coordinates on his map 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.

The candles held by members from the 633d Security Forces Squadron at the candlelight vigil during National Police Week at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The vigil was held in memoriam of fallen Defenders from years past during JBLEs National Police Week events.

Video screen showing the pilot's view of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator. The Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which the United States Air Force describes as a MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) UAV system. It can serve in a reconnaissance role and fire two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. The aircraft, in use since 1995, has seen combat over many regions of the world. It is a remote-controlled aircraft. The MQ-1 Predator is a system, not just an aircraft. The fully operational sy

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-51. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina

Winch rescue training of the rescue helicopter, Christoph 62, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the DRF Luftrettung. The rescue of casualties in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains will be practised

large-caliber projectiles 35 batteries in Sevastopol during the Second World War

KIA's members make a tea inside a tent in the Rubber Hill Post in the front line of Laja Yang village outskirts of Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar on August 8, 2012.

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Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Aftermath - 26-HK-372-22. Hurricane Katrina

On board USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) April 4, 1999, in the Adriatic Sea In a split second flash of fire and smoke, a "Tomahawk" cruise missile starts its launch from the forward vertical launch missile deck. GONZALEZ is currently forward deployed in the Adriatic Sea to support NATO Operation Allied Force. In recent days military planners (not shown) have stepped up the bombing campaign to include targets in the heart of the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Adriatic Sea

U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 64 attached to Assault Craft Unit 5, prepares to transport 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit personnel and equipment from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, during an in-stream on-load in support of Los Angeles Fleet Week, May 22, 2022. The purpose of Fleet Week is to showcase the capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps team and give back to the community with events, static displays, and personal interactions between service members and the public.

U. S. Marines, with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), participate in room clearing training exercises while using simunition rounds, May 17, 2022. FASTEUR is deployed in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

FRA - POLITIQUE - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, à RennesFlorence Parly, ministre des Armées, se rend jeudi 3 octobre 2019 au quartier Stéphant à Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35 ), où elle inaugurere le premier btiment du Commandement de la cyberdéfense ( COMCYBER ), spécifiquement conçu pour répondre aux besoins techniques et opérationnels du COMCYBER et accueillir ses différentes unités.FRA - POLITICS - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, in RennesFlorence Parly, Minister of the French Armed Forces, will visit the Stéphant district in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35) on Thursday, October 3, 2019, where she will inaugurate the first building of the Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER), specifically designed to meet the technical and operational needs of the COMCYBER and accommodate its various units.

Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron load 16,000 pounds relief supplies on an HC-130J Combat King II for Operation Merbok Response, Oct. 5, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

A Green Beret with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) engages long-range targets during the Menton 2022 Best Sniper Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Dec. 8, 2022. The competition is comprised of nine teams, including a team from the British Armys 4th Battalion, Ranger Regiment. During the competition, team events incorporate precision marksmanship, moving targets, live-fire stalks, and stress shoots conducted during daylight and hours of limited visibility. Throughout the event, participants use the M24 Sniper Weapon System, 5.56 M4 carbine, and 9mm pistol.

Buckingham Palace, London, secured by police to prevent access for protests during the state dinner for President Donald Trump June 2019

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Julio Gomez Jr., administrative specialist, Combat Logistics Company 23, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, throws a 40-pound weighted medicine ball to complete as many repetitions as possible in one minute during Throwdown at Fightertown, at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 5, 2022.The event consisted of teams of two Marines working together to compete in 12 different events.

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, take a group photo before an organized run from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The 160-mile run was led and organized by Capt. Tyler Chittick, a former infantry unit leader, and now KC-130J Super Hercules pilot with VMGR-352, known as the Raiders. Chittick conducted this run in 2012 in honor of his friend and fellow Marine, Sgt. Milan Franklin, who was wounded in Afghanistan in 2010, losing both his legs. This year, sixteen Marines from VMGR-352 are running on the Marine Corps birthday. The run ends with Chittick handing off the unit colors to another frequently deployed and storied Marine Corps unit: 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.

Members of the Special Support Units (SSU) of Bosnia-Herzegovina State Investigation Protection Agency (SIPA) conduct close-quarter battle techniques at a training facility during exercise Brutalist Tornjak in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oct. 20, 2022. The SIPA SSU and the U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) trained together with elements of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in an interagency joint exercise focusing on direct action in close environments to secure high value targets.

Coast Guard Personnel - Supplies - 26-HK-84-181. Hurricane Katrina

Returnee roll call of the Sudan evacuation unit, Bundeswehr deployment at the air base in Wunstorf. Here, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Wunstorf, Germany, Europe

U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 detonate a shape charge during exercise Eagle Wrath 22 at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji, Japan, May 13, 2022. Eagle Wrath is an annual MWSS-171 exercise at CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, designed to increase squadron proficiency in conducting real-world contingency missions while in a forward operating environment.

Canteens placed in formation for recruits with Mike Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, for the physical fitness test (PFT) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 3, 2022. The PFT is a test all recruits must pass and sets the standards that all marines must maintain once a year.

Thirteen Boy Scouts and thier troop leaders listen to radio traffic during a tour of Tactical Air Control Party Apprentice Course training classrooms March 15, 2023 on Chapman Training Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.Special Warfare active-duty cadre provided a full-day of demonstrations covering physical training, radio and close air support tactics, combative techniques, search and rescue field equipment, and rappelling , to the 7th-12th grade boys from Wichita, Kansas.

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-33. Hurricane Katrina

More than 200 Airmen from the Vermont Air National Guard's 158th Fighter Wing returned from a three month deployment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in support of ongoing NATO missions over Europe, Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., Aug. 6, 2022. This marked the return of all Vermonters who were deployed to Europe over the the previous three months.

040401-M-7842H-025. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Kinser State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Richard Thomas assigned to the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), participates in a Halloween fun run alongside his son on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Oct. 21, 2022. Soldiers, civilians and their families dressed up to participate in the run on Caserma Del Din to embrace the holiday spirit.

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station New Orleans - 26-HK-192-72. Hurricane Katrina

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