Military and Humanitarian Interactions

Scenes of military personnel interacting with civilians in Somalia, showcasing operations and humanitarian efforts in conflict zones.

Senior warden Ted Goss of Department of Wildlife and Conservation, Rhinoceros Anti-poaching Unit, with his rangers many of whom are former poachers, Kenya

Somali Pirates-a crewman convicted of piracy.

Right Rear View of a US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, kneeling down and inspecting a small box of grenades just handed over to him by a Somali boy. The boy will be given a "chit" and a bag of grain at a temporary distribution area that will be set up nearby. The boy and three other Somali civilians stand near the Marine looking down at what he's doing. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Recruits climb over wooden barriers on the confidence course during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Kenyan Air Force airmen and Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) workers attach 4mm cord to the pallets to secure the chow for loading onto a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE'98. Kenyan Air Force airmen and Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) workers attach 4mm cord to the pallets to secure the chow for loading onto a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98.

guard at the Zakouma National Park, Chad

Kenyan Air Force Airmen and Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) workers attach 4mm cord to pallets to secure the chow for loading onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Kenyan Air Force Airmen and Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) workers attach 4mm cord to pallets to secure the chow for loading onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response.

U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers and U.S. Army Pathfinders land in a field and talk with the local Haitians while conducting Drop Zone surveys for future air drop sites on January 24, 2010 in Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Unified Response.

Senior warden Ted Goss of Department of Wildlife and Conservation, Rhinoceros Anti-poaching Unit, with his rangers many of whom are former poachers, Kenya

Malawi, Blantyre, Bvumbwe Young Offenders Rehabilitation Centre in Thyolo district where young offenders, convicted and remanded live. It was home to 267 as of mid-March 2012. Guards and director on the watch

Presentation of the combatants and preparation of bets

060615-F-7234P-414. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PFC. Chris Boone, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, stands guard at the perimeter of the Somalian village as children look on. American and Canadian forces seized the Belet Uen airfield earlier today. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM)

010918-F-0193C-005. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: West Cario Country: Egypt (EGY)

UN blue helmets in jeep on patrol, MINUSTAH, Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haiti, Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti, Central America

Kenyan workers unload bags of flour from US Air Force cargo pallets. Each worker carried 110-pound bags of flour to a waiting truck. The C-141 Starlifter in the background carried seven pallets, more than 450 bags and 50,000 pounds of flour to Wajir. The aircraft belongs to the 63rd Airlift Wing, Norton AFB, Calif., and was flown by an aircrew from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE RELIEF Base: Wajir Country: Kenya (KEN)

010727-F-4860D-005. Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 01-02 Base: Nampula Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DF-ST-89-09869. Country: Gabon (GAB)

Africa's oldest civil war is being fought by men like these

Two soldiers from the Marines Corps during their commitment in the context of the UNTAC mission, surrounded by a number of Cambodian children. United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (Unamic), United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) and the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) are three overlapping missions to monitor peace after the civil war.

DN-SC-89-03227. Base: Nouakchott Country: Mauritania (MRT)

During the red phase of training, a female recruit listens to her drill sergeant in the woods on June 15, 2006. Basic combat training is nine weeks in length and is divided into three colored phases which are red, white and blue. Soldiers in the red phase are in their first two weeks. The white phase lasts for three weeks and the blue phase completes the trainees time at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.

Corporal Shawn Walsh, 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines, allows a young Haitian mother and son through a security checkpoint at the Humanitarian Assistant (HA) site during UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Camp Fairwinds, Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

Armed man guards coca fields, Colombia.

030417-M-0367H-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Game Rangers inspecting dead African Elephant (Loxodonta africana). Northern Tuli Game Reserve. Botswana.

050119-F-4177H-020. Base: Jaffna Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)

050117-N-5362F-351. Base: Fajar State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

CHIEF Hospital Corpsman Meredith Morris treats Mess SPECIALIST/SEAMAN Apprentice Robert Shepard for an ingrown toenail at the medical tent during sick call for members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1). The unit is stationed in the region during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM)

Maintaining professional and social distance Corporal (CPL) Scott E. McLain, with his 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle, interacts with a couple of Kenyan schoolgirls near the schoolhouse in Faza, Kenya. CPL McLain, Landing Support SPECIALIST, is with MEU Service Support Group 13 (MSSG-13), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)). The Marines are there as part of a team, doing a little extra by, building a new schoolhouse during EDGED MALLET 02 as part of community relations. Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

010520-F-2352G-017. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2001 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) teach members of the Kenyan Army the basics of the M224 60 mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 29, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

030518-M-1103B-008. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance

Guard (Guardia Civil) watching as local research team re-bury Giant River Turtle eggs, Pararuma Island. Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, Venezuela

Group of Bodi carrying weapons and stones.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Robert Beowulf, acting principal of Francis Primary School, welcomes U.S. Navy Sailors during a community outreach event at Francis Primary School during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

090422-F-7426P-157 - Djibouti- A village caretaker pulls a baby goat from a pen to show U.S. Army Specialist Janet Peace, 414th Civil Affairs Team Medic, April 22, 2009 in the village of Chabellier, Djibouti. The 414th Civil Affairs company interacts with various villages and local key leaders in order to foster better understanding and communication while building relationships that allow CJTF-HOA forces to partner with the host nation. The service members of CJTF-HOA, headquartered in Djibouti, employ an indirect approach to counter violent extremism. Through a strategy of cooperative conflict prevention the task force helps build the internal capacities of countries at risk to prevail against extremists exploiting instability.

Soldiers fill containers with purified water for Kurdish refugees on the outskirts of a tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division guards two prisoners as another soldier searches a small outbuilding during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Lance Cpl. Zhidong Mao, a rifleman with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with a Haitian child at a helicopter landing zone in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 24. The Marines flew into the area earlier in the day establishing a new humanitarian aid receiving area for Haitian earthquake victims at a missionary compound.

Public Affairs - Rescue - 26-HK-418-46. Hurricane Katrina

Viet Cong POWs stand and sit at the exchange location. They were flown in on USAF C-130 aircraft from Bien Hoa Air Base. They will be exchanged for American and South Vietnamese POWs held by the Viet Cong forces. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam

Villagers from Gofat Est, a village located just north of Agadez, Niger, interact with U.S. military personnel assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, May 3, 2022. Niger is a vital partner of U.S. AFRICOM, U.S. Air Forces Africa, and the 409th AEG in maintaining peacekeeping operations, foreign humanitarian assistance, infectious disease control, and building partner capacity. Relationships built during these events provide the opportunity for increased engagement and partnership with the community to increase stability, enable local governments, and improve the quality of life for civilians.

An Ethiopian man holds a kalashnikov rifle at his waist.

US Marine Corps Corporal C. Bates, and US Marine Corps MASTER Sergeant J. Miller take a quick time out to get a photo will the new-found friends at a Kenya US Liaison Office (KUSLO) warehouse during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

A local villager waits outside the Wema Catholic Mission for a delivery of food during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, Joint Task Force Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Country: Kenya (KEN)

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-159. Hurricane Katrina

Bulgarian soldiers perform personnel searches on civilians attempting to pass through their roadblock during Situational Training Exercise (STX) Five. STX Five trains troops on Checkpoint Operations and Weapons Disarmament. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030824-F-6701P-031. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Dakar Country: Senegal (SEN)

Mickey Rooney and members of his USO Troupe feed troops chow. R-L: Dick Winslow, Mickey Rooney, Deenah Prince, Alice Tyrrell, Red Barry. Oct. 12, 1952. (BSLOC_2014_13_202)

A German soldier hands out candy to Somali children in Belet Weyne. The soldier is part of the United Nations contingent supporting Operation CONTINUE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM)

040218-M-3980Y-007. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Combat control team members of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing set up a runway marker during exercise Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris McClain, a water support technician from Houston, Texas, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, emplaces a dolphin strainer before completing water purification with a Lightweight Water Purification System at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 20, 2022. CLB-15 purified and provided potable drinking water to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during 1/1s battalion field exercise to enhance operational capability between the ground and the logistics combat elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force in preparation for a future deployment.

041210-M-3658J-044. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1FSSG

THAILAND, BANGKOK, THAI BOY SCOUTS

030521-M-4547R-051. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA)

Warriors with shields and clubs leap during mock combat at a cattle camp on the edge of the Sudd swamp in southern Sudan.

040908-F-4243J-071. Base: Dajabon Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

Ex-POW U.S. Army SGG Bobby Louis Johnson (Captured 25 Aug 68), talks with a Viet Cong official after his released by the Viet Cong to the American Military. He is one of the twenty eight American POWs released by Viet Cong on February 12, 1973. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam

A solider, with the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (FADM), opens a Meal Ready to Eat (MRE), July 30. As a part of Exercise SHARED ACCORD, Marines hanged out MREs to members of FADM in the city of Moamba. The MREs were given to the FADM soldiers to help prepare for the start of the 10-day event scheduled to begin Aug. 3. SHARED ACCORD is an annual, scheduled, bi-lateral field training exercise aimed at conducting small unit infantry and staff training with partner nations for the purpose of peace and stability operations. This years SA is being held in Mozambique. The exercise is scheduled to conclude on Aug. 13. All U.S. forces will return to their home bases in Europe and the U.S. at the end of the exercise.

040226-N-4142G-023. Base: Puerto Princesa State: Palawan Country: Philippines (PHL)

Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey, CHIEF Of STAFF, Joint Task Force Kenya, looks on as a Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) worker demonstrates how he is securing 4mm cord to a pallet for the embarkation of chow during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey, Chief Of Staff, Joint Task Force Kenya, looks on as a Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) worker demonstrates how he is securing 4mm cord to a pallet for the embarkation of chow during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response.

A huge number of Haitians make their way to the relief supplies (food and water) the U.S. Army Soldiers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC,were handing out on January 20, 2010 at the stadium in Port au Prince, Haiti, for Operation Unified Response. As more and more Haitians heard of the distribution being handed out by the soldiers, the distribution line turned into a huge gathering of people being pushed from the back. The soldiers stood their ground and handed out the majority of the relief for as long as they could before they were hugely out numbered and over run. A devastating earthquake hit the region on January 12, 2010. Since then USSOUTHCOM has distributed more than 636,951 bottles of water and more than 473,325 Humanitarian Daily Rations.

A villager adorns Mindy Simonson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert, with a feather in Banak Village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Sep. 16, 2022. The village of Banak put together a celebration in memorial of 1st. Lt. Gabriel J. Eggud whose remains were found and accounted for on a recovery mission in 2019. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Soldiers of Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, 4th Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, attract curious glances from Haitians during their 8 mile patrol on the outskirts of Loscahobas, Haiti, on the afternoon of 22 February 1995. The soldiers will stay two days and two nights in Loscahobas, where they will conduct foot patrols and set up vehicle checkpoints during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Loscahobas Country: Haiti (HTI)

060810-N-4689H-001. Complete Scene Caption: (From right-to-left), U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Scott Gervasi, Builder 2nd Class Gianfranco Bravo and Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Antwon Washington, all assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, look on as school children wave for photographs during Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Indonesia on Aug. 10, 2006. The USN Seabees joined a group of Indonesian Marines in several renovation projects, which included placing tiles at a village schoolhouse. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. and Southeast Asia nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by LT. Kenneth Honek) (Released) Country: Indonesia (IDN)

030728-F-6701P-022. Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

An Afghan boy wearing a Marines Kevlar helmet and sunglasses poses for a photo with his sister, in Marjah, Afghanistan, April 23. While out on patrol Marine and Afghan forces with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment met with local farmers and landowners who are participating in the Marjah Accelerated Agricultural Transition program.

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnels, Exhibit of Vietcong Fighters

Local Kenya workers at Warjir, Kenya, unpack U.S. donated bags of flour, as Starlifter aircraft from 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., arrives with more relief supplies. The C-141 and its crew are currently deployed to Mombasa, Kenya, for Operation Provide Relief. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE RELIEF Base: Wajir Country: Kenya (KEN)

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-92. Hurricane Katrina

110221-N-EC642-399LA UNION, El Salvador (Feb. 21, 2011) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28 build bookshelves at Centro Escolar Republica de Honduras during a weeklong Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2011 subject matter expert exchange. SPS is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Somaliland coastguard at the port of Berbera.

U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Dan Calderon, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recover team medic, takes a photograph of another team member with villagers during a Papua New Guinea Independence Day celebration at Banak Village, Papua New Guinea, Sep. 16, 2022. The village of Banak put together a celebration in memorial of 1st. Lt. Gabriel J. Eggud whose remains were found and then accounted for on a recovery mission in 2019. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

LT. John Koella, a doctor with the 2nd Bn., 11th Marines, 1ST Marine Div., examines a patient as Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Robert Andrews stands by. The U.S. medical team is assisting local doctors as part of Operation Sea Angel, a U.S. military effort to provide disaster relief to victims of a cyclone which devastated Bangladesh on April 30th.. Subject Operation/Series: SEA ANGEL Base: Kutubdia Island Country: Bangladesh(BGD)

040218-M-3980Y-015. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Pacific Partnership 2010 Commander Capt. Lisa M. Franchetti poses for a photo with several Indonesian children during her visit to an engineering civic action program on July 23, 2010, in Ternate, Indonesia. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

A boy peels sugar cane to give to a Marine as a sweet sign of appreciation at a helicopter landing zone in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 24. Marines from Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, flew into the area earlier in the day establishing a new humanitarian aid receiving area for Haitian earthquake victims at a missionary compound.

The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular shield made of giraffe or buffalo hide, a wrist knife worn round the assailant's right wrist and one or two finger knives for gouging out an enemy's eyes. They must have been an awesome sight in full battle cry. Modern arms have now replaced the old ways of fighting.

Panamanian citizens gather outside a building that is housing troops of the 7th Infantry Division. The American soldiers are in Panama for Operation Just Cause. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: Sano Country: Panama (PAN)

Close up view of a little boy as he poses under a replica of the United States Flag. C Company, 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Brigade (Airborne Combat Team (ABCT)), Vicenza, Italy, Southern European Task Force and the 574th Supply, 51st Maintenance Battalion, Task Force 51, Mannheim, Germany, is supplying fresh water for the city. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province. Airplane Crash Site Japanese Betty Bomber near Tziats native village.

Students from the Ban Prakaet school pose for a picture during a soccer game between Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of combat engineers, and members of the 30th Battalion, Singapore Combat Engineers at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year is the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise, held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

040715-F-5789F-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Refugees stand outside their shelter, a wrecked boat, in the aftermath of a cyclone that devastated the area on April 30th. U.S. military personnel are in the region coordinating efforts to aid the disaster victims during Operation Sea Angel. Subject Operation/Series: SEA ANGEL Base: Sandwip Island Country: Bangladesh(BGD)

050902-F-5964B-301. Base: Louis Armstrong Iap, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-11787. Base: Ojo De Agua Country: Honduras (HND)

030119-F-9528H-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

050720-A-1566H-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo Country: Iraq (IRQ)

International officers attending the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School Strategic Leader's International Course, work together, to plan how to make coffee.The seven officers, representing the Republic of Cyprus, Gabon, Morocco, Niger, Poland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tunisia, are attending semester 22-3 four-week course of instruction."Making Coffee" focuses on the entire process that goes into the brewing of a single cup of coffee, from start to finish, highlighting the many aspects of personnel involved, agricultural issues, processing issues, logistical issues and any other issue that may arise in the brewing of that cup of coffee. The premise behind the lesson is to demonstrate to the officers attending the course how even seemingly simple challenges and issues do not occur in a vacuum. Issues, whether everyday life challenges or global security concerns, potentially affect us all.SLIC is designed to advance and further develop the officer's stra

Thai Marines act as wounded for a mass casualty drill during Exercise COBRA GOLD '96. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '96 Base: Songkhla Country: Thailand (THA)

Vietnam, (Saigon), Ben Dinh, Cu Chi, near Ho Chi Minh City, model of Vietnamese man making weapons

Surma warrior armed with a rifle Southwestern Ethiopia

DF-ST-85-12465. Country: Philippines (PHL)

in danakil ethiopia africa the rifle and the back of the guard concept of safety and protection

U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Scruggs, veterinarian, Western Pacific District Veterinarian Command, administers vitamins to a goat during a veterinarian civic action program (VETCAP) in Candelaria District, Zambales Province, Republic of the Philippines, March 24, 2011. The VETCAP was part of exercise Balikatan 2011 which is a bilateral program established to increase the Armed Forces' of the Philippines and the United States' ability to respond quickly and work together effectively to provide relief and assistance in the event of natural disasters and other crises that threaten public safety and health while promoting social development.

War tunnels in Cu Chi

060406-A-3749Z-073. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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