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Images of military vessels and infrastructure related to humanitarian efforts and operations, highlighting significant sites and ship movements.

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Post-Katrina - 26-HK-374-98. Hurricane Katrina

Polyhronis - 26-HK-407-19. Hurricane Katrina

060331-N-1464F-004. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-02404. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Emergency Response Operations - Stennis, Mississippi - 26-HK-136-35. Hurricane Katrina

Aerial recording of the Joost Dourleink Barracks (Marines Corps) on Texel, April 1991.

Aids to Navigation Team - Dulac, Louisiana - 26-HK-343-43. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-85-11639. Base: Fort Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ESU New Orleans - IMATHcao - 26-HK-429-127. Hurricane Katrina

220803-F-BL637-1084 COCOA BEACH, Fl. (Aug. 3, 2022) An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-28) circles overhead as Air Force pararescue forces from the 48th rescue squadron work to recover mock-astronauts from a SpaceX Orion capsule during a validation exercise. The exercise was meant to validate the joint-capability of Navy helicopter squadrons and Air Force Guardian Angel Pararescue forces in their shared mission to recover astronauts at sea.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-144. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - General - 26-HK-134-46. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SN-85-06126. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-07141. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Students from the Port of Virginia's Maritime Incident Response Team (MIRT) conduct firefighting training aboard USNS Montford Point (T-ESD 1). The training was part of a weeklong MIRT symposium where more than 120 firefighters from various converged in the region to train and collaborate maritime incident repsone.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-130. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-102. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Hawaii, Oahu, Pearl Harbor, aerial over Arizona Memorial, ship right beneath surface.

Coast Guard Structures - Station Grand Isle - 26-HK-106-41. Hurricane Katrina

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-240. Hurricane Katrina

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-96. Hurricane Katrina

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-104. Hurricane Katrina

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-101. Hurricane Katrina

220806-N-KY668-1009NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (Aug. 6, 2022) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), assigned to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group, departed Naval Station Mayport on a scheduled deployment, Aug 6, 2022 in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-359-64. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-358-46. Overflight. Hurricane Katrina

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-18. Hurricane Katrina

Overflight - Lipinski - 26-HK-215-21. Hurricane Katrina

A view of the harbor at Mogadishu. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A view of an F-4G Phantom II aircraft banking to the left. The aircraft, from the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, is carrying AGM-45 Pave Shrike anti-radiation missiles. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040602-F-3805C-004. Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - General - 26-HK-134-48. Hurricane Katrina

110208-N-4743B-326SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE (Feb. 8, 2011) A landing craft utility offloads Marines and equipment at Sattahip Naval Base to take part in exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 is a U.S. and Thailand sponsored multi-national exercise designed to improve interoperability between participating nations.

DN-SC-87-05259. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Cutters - Spencer - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-332-10. Hurricane Katrina

A starboard bow view of the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16) underway as it departs from the naval station. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba(CUB)

DN-SC-04-08941. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-358-67. Overflight. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SC-03-10235. Base: Potomac River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-134. Hurricane Katrina

Katrina - General - 26-HK-403-39. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SC-89-00583. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sailors on the deck of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN 706) take up slack in a line as the ALBUQUERQUE arrives to take part in Navy Appreciation Week 1989, which is sponsored by the Port Everglades Authority, the Broward County community and the Navy League of the United States. Base: Port Everglades State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 7, 2022) - From right to left, San Francisco Fire Department fire boat St. Francis, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Kansas City (LCS 22), and Arleigh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) sail under the Golden Gate Bridge during the parade of ships as part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2022, Oct. 7, 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

221129-N-EU502-1070 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 29, 2022) - Sailors man the rails aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Nov. 29, 2022. Tripoli returned to Naval Base San Diego following the ship's maiden deployment where they operated in the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)

OS2 John Bouvia Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii....An aerial view of the naval station and surrounding community, with U.S. Navy ships in port. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED). Country: Unknown

Cannon being fired at the Brixham Pirate Festival 2022, Devon, UK

A medium-range shot of the stern and port side of the Army controlled Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ship SS Cape Intrepid as trucks and heavy equipment are unloaded at Port au Prince to support Operation Uphold Democracy. A second RRF ship is in front of the Cape Intrepid. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

The British guided missile frigate HMS AMBUSCADE (F-172) sails off the coast of Norway during Teamwork '92. Teamwork is a multinational NATO exercise involving 45,000 troops, 170 ships and 300 aircraft from 11 nations in maritime and air operations in the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea and amphibious and land-based operations along the Norwegian coastline. Country: Norwegian Sea

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-412-27. Hurricane Katrina

240229-N-ED646-1001SOUDA BAY, GREECE (Feb. 29, 2024) The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) pulls into Souda Bay, Greece for a scheduled port visit, Feb. 29. Carter Hall is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. 6thFleet to defend U.S., Allied and partner interests. Navy

Air cushion landing craft LCAC-5 from Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) waits on the beach during the joint U.S./South Korean Exercise Team Spirit '89. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Hwasan Ri Country: South Korea

A crew team rows past the oilers USNS BENJAMIN ISHERWOOD (T-A0-191), left and the USNS HENRY ECKFORD (T-A0-192) under construction at the Tampa Shipyard facility. Base: Tampa State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Riverine Assault Craft travels down the Rio Parana with Asuncion, Paraguay in the background. Marines from Small Craft Company, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, demonstrated their capabilities to Paraguayan Marines in the Joint Training exercise Unitas. The exercise was conducted in Asuncion, Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS Base: Asuncion Country: Paraguay (PRY)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - First Few Days - 26-HK-356-145. Polyhronis. Hurricane Katrina

Channel coast with relics of the allied MULBERRY landing party on the sixth of June 1944, so-called D-Day

DN-SC-86-03235. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-85-12780. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070116-N-2659P-094. Base: Naval Base, Kitsap (BANGOR) State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army engineers from the 502nd Engineer Company, put the finishing touches on the assault float bridge across the lagoon of the Sava River. A D-7 Dozer pushes gravel towards the ramp to aid the heavier vehicles for easier access without destroying the bridge. Bridge boats hold the bridge in place. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sava River Country: Croatia (HRV)

An aerial view of the harbor, looking north. Various U.S. Navy, Canadian and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships are moored at the piers following their participation in exercise RimPac '86. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '86 Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-2. Hurricane Katrina

220519-N-CX372-6711 Norfolk, Va. (May 19, 2022)Tugboats jettison water into the air during a water salute held in honor of National Maritime Day in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, May 19. National Maritime Day is held annually to honor the history and sacrifices of civilian mariners. (U.S. Navy photograph by Brian Suriani/released)

Coast Guard personnel assigned to the Gulf, Atlantic and Pacific Strike teams navigate canals during search and rescue operations on Sept. 29, 2022, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Coast Guard strike force teams searched the area for people in need of rescue.

Paratroopers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), return from a patrol across the Euphrates River while assisting Iraqi police, who are providing security for a nearby bridge project on the Euphrates River north of Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2009. The airborne unit is the first organic advise-and-assist brigade assigned the mission of security-force assistance in Iraq.

DN-SC-86-00911. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-358-145. Overflight. Hurricane Katrina

A view of the wreck of the former battleship-target ship USS UTAH (BB-31, AG-16), which was sunk at its moorings on the west side of Ford Island on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NAVAL BASE GUAM, Santa Rita, Guam (Feb. 14, 2023) Navy Cargo Handling Battalion Sailors, operating under Commander, Task Force 75 and Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3, conduct a distributed littoral operational fuel transfer system (DLOFTS) evolution during Cope North 2023 at Naval Base Guam, Feb. 14, 2023. The multilateral training event brings together approximately 1,000 U.S. Airmen, Marines, and Sailors alongside 1,000 combined Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and French Air and Space Force service members. Exercises like Cope North enhance interoperability among the services and highlight their ability to conduct integrated airpower generation from dispersed locations across the Indo-Pacific Theater, demonstrating coalition airpower resilience and survivability in a contested environment.

An aerial view of a portion of the naval station. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Overflight - 26-HK-388-17. Hurricane Katrina

221004-N-ZZ999-0072 GROTON, Conn. (October 4, 2022) - A security patrol boat assigned to Naval Submarine Base New London escorts the USS Oregon (SSN 793) while conducting routine operations in the mouth of Thames River in Groton, Conn., Oct. 4. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Oregon and crew operate under Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) FOUR and its primary mission is to provide attack submarines that are ready, willing, and able to meet the unique challenges of undersea combat and deployed operations in unforgiving environments across the globe.

Marines give a demonstration during fleet days in Den Helder.

DN-SC-87-08863. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-09261. Base: Upper New York Bay State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-350-79. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SN-88-06572. Base: Portsmouth State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lightning strikes over Hampton, Virginia, as USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Chesapeake Bay, Aug. 1, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron carrier qualifications.

Pararescue jumpers from the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing circle around as they prepare to demonstrate a water rescue in the Hudson River in New York City Aug. 19, 2012. The demonstration is part of Air Force Week 2012 and included Guardsmen from the oldest ANG unit.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Vice Admiral Vivien Crea - 26-HK-15-3. Hurricane Katrina

010801-N-3783H-024. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

100804-N-7783B-008SEATTLE (Aug. 4, 2010) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) arrives in Seattle to participate in the 61st annual Seattle Seafair Navy Week. Seafair activities allow U.S. and Canadian Sailors and Coast Guard personnel to experience the local community and to promote awareness of the maritime forces.

011018-F-6655M-002. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Communication Station New Orleans - 26-HK-179-28. Hurricane Katrina

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Gulfport-Biloxi Mission - 26-HK-367-39. Hurricane Katrina

120730-YZ751-N-031 QUEBEC CITY (July 30, 2012) Sailors man the rails aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS DeWert (FFG 45) as the ship departs Quebec City. DeWert, the cyclone-class coastal patrol ship USS Hurricane (PC 3) and the Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) are visiting cities in America and Canada to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

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