Military Briefings and Deployments

Images of military personnel engaged in discussions, briefings, and preparations for deployment, showcasing a camouflage style and serious atmosphere.

The 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, NC, aboard a C-141 out of McChord AFB, WA prior to their deployment in support of the Combined Joint Task Force 180.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SHARK Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

General William W. Crouch, Commander In CHIEF U.S. Forces Europe, talks to Colonel James H. Kipers, Discom Commander, Task Force Eagle and Donald Charns Task Force Sava Commander, During his Visit to Slavonski Brod Croatia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Slavonski Brod Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, NC, aboard a C-141 out of McChord AFB, WA prior to their deployment in support of the Combined Joint Task Force 180.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SHARK Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vice CHIEF of STAFF GEN. Gordon R. Sullivan, right, and SGT. MAJ. of the Army Julius W. Gates, second from right, talk to a group of soldiers from 4th Bn., 64th Armor, 24th Inf. Div. (Mechanized), prior to the soldiers' deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

An instructor explains the weaponeer marksmanship training system to Kuwaiti soldiers during a marksmanship course. The soldiers are being trained in combat techniques in preparation for conflict with Iraqi forces presently occupying Kuwait. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey(NJ) Country: United States Of America(USA)

First Lieutenant (1LT) Robert B. Stephan (1) and 1LT C. L. Griffin study the incoming aircraft flow list during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TAR" (BIG PINE). Both are members of a combat control team from the 437th Military Airlift Wing. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TAR (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Lempira Country: Honduras (HND)

US Army Lieutenant General (LGEN) John Abrams (center), Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Europe Forward and Commander V Corps, talks with Major General (MGEN) William L. Nash 1ST Armored Division Commander, and (MGEN) Montgomery C. Meigs, 1ST Infantry Division, Commander of Task Force Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

020507-F-1977M-007. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A controller observes the actions of Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF) personnel as they load chemical attack victims onto an ambulance for transport to the medical site. This exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any Nuclear Biological Chemical occurrence worldwide. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1ST LT. James R. King, a U.S. Air Force forward air controller attached to the 1ST Bn., 5th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., stands by with a radio operator during the joint U.S./Korea Exercise Team Spirit '85. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Geumsa Ri Country: South Korea

A Marine first lieutenant explains the opeartion of an M-60E3 machine gun to 1LT Lucien Dzou on the flight deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, onboard an Air Mobility Command C-141B Starlifter cargo aircraft enroute to BaleDogle, Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

Forward air controllers are instructed by an Army range controller on directing the target strike of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The controllers are assigned to the 22nd Tactical Air Support Squadron, involved in Exercise Opportune Journey 4. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4 Base: Pohakuloa Army Range State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Air Force 24th Wing, Air Police and the 92nd Military Police Battalion, check Cuban refugees has they depart Safe Haven Panama for Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. Subject Operation/Series: Safe Haven Country: Panama (PAN)

030320-F-0876R-070. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM, SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

U.S. Air Force medical personnel tend to a simulated casualty while taking part in a drill during Operation Desert Shield. The men are wearing nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear.

General Edmundo Luna, Ecuador Army, sights through a sniper rifle during a visit to the Jungle Operations Training Battalion (JOTB). Base: Fort Sherman Country: Panama (PAN)

CSMA Gene C. McKinney (right) talks with SPC Jason M. Skillings of the 40th Engineer Brigade during his visit to Task Force. SPC Skillings is deployed there for JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Lodging Area Lisa Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

SPECIALIST Daniel Gonzales (left) and SPECIALIST David Cowan, both of Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, 4th Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, sit on a curb to pet a dog at the Special Forces compound in Mirebalais, Haiti in the late afternoon of 21 February 1995. Other soldiers can be seen in the background resting and sleeping. They will stay overnight at the compound before proceeding to Loscahobas, Haiti, where they will conduct foot patrols and set up vehicle checkpoints during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Mirebalais Country: Haiti (HTI)

General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF is visiting the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (Main) on the Ilidza Compound in the Sarajevo Suburb of Ilidza, Bosnia. General Shalikashvili is talking about the great job that the soldiers from the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (Main) and from Zetra Olympic Stadium are doing in Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene McKinney, talks with soldiers of the 161st Field Artillery Target Acquisition Battery at the "Old Turkish Fort". Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

060820-N-3884F-048. Base: Dire Dawa Country: Ethiopia (ETH)

US Army GEN John Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, just to the right of center, is surrounded by Soldiers operating at Sword Base, Mogadishu, Somalia during his tour of UNOSOM II operations. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II Base: Sword Base, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene McKinny, is greeted by Sergeant First Class Claude Coffey of the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) while visiting various U.S. units. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

970514-M-6081H-002. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '97 Base: Ban Chan Khrem Country: Thailand (THA)

During Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR) Marine Corps First Lieutenant Charles Lollar (left) points out photographs in a Turkish newspaper of Marines putting up tents, to Colonel Kenneth J. Glueck, Commanding Officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SPECIAL OPERATIONS CAPABLE) (MEU(SOC)) as they wait in the Red Crescent camp at Dogu Kisla, Turkey for the arrival of Secretary of State Madelaine Albright. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless. Subject Operation/Series: AVID RESPONSE Base: Dogu Kisla Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: SIXTH FLEET

General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, greets members from the local community, while visiting Kaposvar, Hungary. General Shalikashvili was in Hungary to show his support in Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR State: Kaposvar Country: Hungary (HUN)

C-17 cargo bay interior, medium shot, right front view, Sraff Sergeant Arnold Parks, USAF, 97th Maintenance Squadron, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, gives 11 year old cancer patient DelRay Simmons, the first selected child for the "Pilot for a Day" program, a squadron T-shirt. Looking on is SSGT Brian Williams, USAF, who developed the "Pilot a Day" program. The program takes an individual through a normal day for a pilot. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Secretary of the Army Michael P.W. Stone looks at an M-47 Dragon medium anti-tank weapon while visiting the soldiers of the 1ST Bn., 18th Inf., 197th Inf. Bde., prior to their deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. LT. COL. Richard L. Stouter, the battalion's commanding officer, is at left. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

During the Sarajevo Air Bridge Humanitarian Aid termination ceremony, the French Joint Air Operations Commander from Ancona, Italy salutes and reports "Mission complete" to General-Division Perret, the French High Level Working Group (HLWG) representative. The last pallet of supplies has just been delivered. The longest humanitarian airlift in history is ending. During the past three and one half years the operation has provided 160,000 metric tons of supplies in 12,900 sorties involving 21 nations. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

970623-N-9354D-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Juneau (LPD 10) Scene Major Command Shown: I MEF

Brig. GEN. Hung Pacheco, commander-in-chief, Honduras Armed Forces, delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the exercise Fuerzas Aliadas at the Soto Cano Air Base. Participating nations include El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize and the United States. Subject Operation/Series: Peacekeeping Operation 96 Country: Uruguay (URY)

Senators Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Pete V. Dominici (R-NM) talk with security police during Air Base Defense operations. A soldier mans a .50 caliber machine gun on top of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in the background. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

LGEN Richard G. Graves, III Corps, Commanding General, passes the unit colors to BGEN Frank L. Miller Jr. as BGEN David L. Cole, outgoing Commanding General of III Corps Artillery, and members of the III Corps look on during the change of command ceremony. Miller is taking over the post from Cole. Base: Fort Sill State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010605-D-9880W-359. Base: Camp Bondsteel State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

A trigger pull check is performed on M-16A1 rifles used in the Defender Challenge '88 competition. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT. Kenneth P. Wise, 52nd Engineers, is given a standard 1:50,000-Scale Military Map in a field location to determine the six digit grid coordinates for the point on the map with a 100 meter tolerance. The training was done during sergeants time. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the 1ST Marine Division gather at Kuwait International Airport following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Sidney Johnson, Builder Third Class (BU3) Cathy Dirkson keep warm beside a kerosene space heater inside one of the newly constructed tents at the camp. Navy Seabees rotate watches inside a tent to keep a close eye on the loaded M16A1 rifles for those Seabees working nearby who might need them in an emergency. All three Seabees are attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) and are taking part in the operation. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Camp Mcgovern Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Group photo of South Korean President Kim Young Sam, U.S. Ambassador to Korea, Steven Bosworth, and some members of the Combined Forces Command (CFC) taken in front of the CFC Headquarters. Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

LGEN Jefferson Davis Howell Jr., Commander, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, addresses Marines whom are currently going through the School of Infantry Training. The Marines are training at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT). (SCREEN RESOLUTION ONLY). Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), watch as a Royal Thai Army instructor teaches a class on the types of dangerous snakes found in Thailand. The 25th Infantry Division soldiers are in Thailand for the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

U.S. Marine Corps STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Erik Shirreffs, attached to Commander US Naval Forces Marianas (ComNavMarianas), Marine Cadre, shows bomb searching techniques to Auxiliary Security Force academy students during their vehicle search training. Agana Naval Air Station, Guam, 8 May 1998. Base: Naval Air Station, Agana State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

U.S. Navy LT David Larson (center) from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Two, Whidbey Island, Washington goes over the operations of a digital camera with Australian Clearance Diver LT Neil Greene (left) for an operation during the exercise RIMPAC 98. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lieutenant Colonel David Petterson, 3d MED COM, out of Decatur, Georgia, establishes himself a sort of field office as Deputy Site Director for this years Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin California. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in GOLDEN MEDIC, a multi-unit, medical, field exercise in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN. John M. Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, meets and greets the troops working at Moi International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

Lieutenant General Shamin Alamkhan of Pakistan poses for a photograph in front of an M-60 main battle tank with Major General Thomas H. Tait, Commanding General of Fort Knox and the US Army Armor Center, during his visit to the US Army Armor Center. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 129th Evacuation Hospital prepare a wounded soldier for treatment during the mass casualty phase of the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '87. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Country: South Korea

CAPT. Patrick Lopardi, left, 377th Security Police Squadron flight commander, and SENIOR AIRMAN Cornelius Johnson inspect chemical warfare gear prior to deploying to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU)

010605-D-9880W-321. Base: Mijak State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

DF-ST-90-04077. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO WEST 89-1 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LTG) Robert B. Flowers, the Commanding General for the USA Corps of Engineers, tours the Presidential Palace, near Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030412-F-5789F-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bashur Air Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020521-F-8115W-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP)

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), take a break to get their hair cut while occupying a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq(IRQ)

President Bush greets military personnel and General Schwartzkopf during the Desert Storm Victory Parade in Washington, D.C. 1991

Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, FT. Drum, NY, wait inside the hangar deck of in preparation for a mock invasion of Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

970904-F-8748C-005. Complete Scene Caption: United States Army SPECIALIST Olga Roemer (center) a Linguist, helps communicate a conversation between United States Army Private First Class Jeff Lee (right) from the 3-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and Uzbekistan Army Captain Almas Djumakeev (left), at the 504th Headquarters building at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during Exercise CENTRAL ASIAN BATTALION (CENTRAZBAT) 97. The Task Force 3-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment will host the military platoon during CENTRAZBAT. The countries will conduct combined airborne operations, weapons training, and cultural activities in order to strengthen partnership between CENTRAZBAT participants and Task Force 3-504 and to set the conditions for a successful Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAZBAT 97 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MGEN Fred A. Gorden, left, Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Light), sits beside Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney as the secretary eats lunch with soldiers participating in the division's Ranger Indoctrination Program. Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT. Thomas Crawford and STAFF SGT. Derick Clark, F-16 Crew Chiefs, and TECH. SGT. Earl Ballenger, F-16 weapons specialist from the 13th Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, remove a practice missile for later sorties. Subject Operation/Series: IRON FIST '95 Base: Raaf Williamstown Country: Australia (AUS)

DF-ST-89-00878. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Rescue personnel demonstrate how to carry an injured patient during medical exercise Red Flag II. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 (NMCB-5) play cards after work at a camp under construction in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

960609-A-4434L-006. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Staright on medium close-up shot from left to right as US Air Force SSGT Lew Holston, LTC Dan Weekes, and MAJ Phil Iannuzzi of the 305 Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, prepare the 6 Airlift Squadron's flag before the Rodeo 2000 opening ceremony at Pope Air Force Base on May 7, 2000 during the Rodeo 2000 readiness competition. During the one week competition, more than 100 teams and 2,500 personnel from over 300 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, U.S. Army units, and foreign nations will compete in airdrops, cargo loading, refueling, pre-flight, combat endurance, combat tactics, as well as other air and ground operations (Army units, foreign nations, airdrops, .... Complete Scene Caption: Staright on medium close-up shot from left to right as US Air Force SSGT Lew Holston, LTC Dan Weekes, and MAJ Phil Iannuzzi of the 305 Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, prepare the 6 Airlift Squadron's flag before the Rodeo 2000 opening ceremony at Pope Air Force B

U.S. military personnel confer during the multiservice, multinational Operation Urgent Fury on Grenada. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Unknown

(from left to right) Senator Haun Kennedy of Rhode Island, US Army General William Crouch, Commander, United States Army, Europe and Land Forces Central Europe and US Army Major General Montgomery Meigs, 1ST Infantry Division Commander, in a meeting at Tuzla Main during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Members of the Air Force Shooting Team pose for a group photo at the conclusion of the Camp Perry high-powered rifle competition. Base: Camp Perry State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers From the United States Army Tank Corps Sitting on Tank, Kansas

Crew members of a 63rd Air Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft rig parachutes attached to pallets of supplies. In the last mission of this type for the 63rd, the supplies will be airdropped to McCurdo Station, Antarctica. Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

President William Jefferson Clinton, while visiting Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, greets the deployed troops. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Major Webb of the 82nd Airborne Division gives his unit a ten-minute alert prior to a parachute drop during VOLANT RODEO '86, an annual, multi-national tactical airlift competition. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '86 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An airman listens to a briefing prior to her unit's deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mortar crews from 4th Bn., 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Div. (Light), wait near the range control tower for their turn on the firing line during a live-fire exercise held as part of the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Cobra Gold '89. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '89 Base: Sukhothai Country: Thailand (THA)

DF-ST-85-03596. Base: Wadi Seidna Air Base Country: Sudan (SDN)

A 128th aircrew member (kneeling), is put into an isolation box in a simulated hostage scenario as part of aircrew survival training during exercise Whitetail 2001. Subject Operation/Series: Whitetail 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG/AMC

US Senators John Warner, Republican from Virginia, in the USS VIRGINIA cap, and Senator Carl Levin, Democrat from Michigan, kneeling right, pose for a picture with members of the 10th Mountain Division. Standing behind Senator Warner and to the left is US Army MGEN Thomas Montgomery, acting both as Commander in Somalia. The VIPs visited the soldiers and talked about an October 3rd, 1993 battle with Somalis. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Cuban migrants who have just returned to Guantanamo Bay from a safe haven in Panama, wait in the hangar for identification processing. The migrants will be ferried to the windward side of the island to be given camp assignments. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

DF-ST-89-02386. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marines aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) look over equipment stored in one of the ship's cargo holds during exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. Steve Schmidt suits up before his flight with the aid of Akio Morikagi. Both men are participating in Cope North '82-1A exercises being held at Kadena and Naha Air Bases. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '82-1A Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

001120-F-94485-014. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: F

General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps, stop to talk to two provost marshals in charge of traffic control during his visit. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

USAF SENIOR MASTER Sergeant James S. Percy (left), Superintendent and Project Manager on the Fasteners, Actuators, Connectors, Tools, and Subsystems (FACTS) Program office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio assist SENIOR AIRMAN Noel P. Fejeran a structural maintenance technician, from Travis Air Force Base, California with problems he has been having with a high-lock gun. From AIRMAN Magazine's January 1995 (inside cover) article "Just The Facts". Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During his final visit to Fort Hood, Texas, prior to his planned retirement early this Summer, Sergeant Major of the Army, Robert E. Hall (4th from left), talks with Soldiers of the 190th Maintanence, 13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM), as they perform heavy engine repair on April 18th, 2000. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

960907-F-6293H-019. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Finnish United Nations soldiers assemble upon arrival at Grootfontein Logistics Base in a Military Airlift Command C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The troops will be functioning as a peacekeeping force in Namibia. Country: Namibia (NAM)

During his visit to the base, GEN Robert H. Barrow, commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, talks to SGT Aboagye G. Antawin, a technician in the Calibration Branch of the Repair Division. Base: Marine Corps Logis Base, Albany State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05746. Country: Guatemala (GTM)

U.S. Army personnel man a processing station at Camp McCalla, site of a humanitarian relief center for Haitian refugees fleeing political and economic upheaval in their homeland. Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba(CUB)

970227-F-7666R-003. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Entertainer Don Ho meets MGEN Fred A. Gorden, Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Light), during his tour of the base. Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force personnel carry over 90 pets flown from Saudi Arabia to Charleston International Airport. The animals were transported to an air conditioned holding facility where Air Force veterinarians will inspect them. The owners picked up their pet from this facility. Some of the pets were sent home via connecting flights the next day. The pets are property of United States Department of Defense, military, and civilian personnel relocated after the terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(LtoR) Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) McGee, Mrs. Patricia McGee (wife), Lance Corporal Kevin McGee (son), and Major General Cartwright bow their heads in prayer before the new commander assumes his post. The official changing of command is a tradition held by the United States Marine Corps in order to pass on responsabilities from one commanding officer to the next. LTCOL Lyle M. Cross is relieved by LTCOL Daniel J. McGee as commander of MWCS-18. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: MWCS-18

011111-F-1718K-008. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 02-1 Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACOM JASDF

Military personnel from U.S. and Egyptian units discuss logistics during Exercise Bright Star '90. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '90 Country: Egypt (EGY)

During Operation Joint Endeavor Russian artillery soldiers and American soldiers from the 4th Battalion 29th Field Regiment, Baumholder, Germany, pose in front of unit sign at Camp Lisa in Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Lisa Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Dispersal team members make a last minute communications check before the Inauguration Day parade for George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011029-F-7930W-002. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President William Jefferson Clinton meets with troops of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Warrior Base Camp in Port-au-Prince. President Clinton flew to Haiti to address and meet with troops of the Joint Task Force and attend the United Nations transition ceremony. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

A soldier from German Air Force Rescue Center #1 has makeup applied to simualte a head injury prior to his participation in a mass casualty exercise at Fort Bliss' Dona Ana Range. The Germans participating in the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise demonstrate their rescue techniques to the U.S. Army's 396th Combat Support Hospital personnel from Orogrande, New Mexico. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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