Military Briefings and Operations

Images depict military personnel engaged in briefings and discussions during operations in various locations. The mood is serious and focused, with camouflaged uniforms prominent.

030330-F-6809H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

MG William L. Nash (left), Commanding General of Task Force Eagle, Representative G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery (center) from Mississippi, and Lieutenant General Gray discuss points raised during a briefing at the Task Force Tactical Operation Center on Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representative Montgomery visited with troops throughout the theater during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney converses with COL. Alton Whitby, commander, 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, and Brig. GEN. Abdul Aziz Bin Khalid Al-Sudairi, commander of Joint Forces, Saudi Arabia, as he and GEN. Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, walk along the airfield following their arrival for a conference. The men will be discussing U.S. military intervention against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

GEN George A. Joulwan (USA), Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), meets with US military personnel to thank them for the dedication and hard work during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

Secretary of Defense William H. Cohen steps off an SH-3H Sea King helicopter, belonging to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14, and onto the deck of USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). During Cohen's visit to the Yokosuka, Japan-based aircraft carrier, he announced that the Independence Battle Group would relieve the USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) Battle Group (not shown) in the Persian Gulf. Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

Journalist 3rd Class Brett Hershman, right, asks a question of comedian Jay Leno, left, during an interview at the Administrative Support Unit (ASU), Bahrain. Leno is in the region to entertain U.S. troops participating in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

LGEN John H. Gary III talks with Marines from the 1ST Tracked Vehicle Battalion who are participating in salvage operations on a stranded tank landing ship. The ship ran aground during Exercise Team Spirit '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Toc Sac Re Country: South Korea

030330-F-6809H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Lieutenant General Carl E. Mundy Jr., Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, left, and Colonel Dan McDyre, CHIEF of STAFF, 2nd Marine Air Wing, right, accompany President George H.W. Bush as he tours the air station. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine, LGEN Robert Johnston, Commander, Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope, stands on the tarmac of Mogadishu Airport with US Congressman John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania; to his left. Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon stands at the left of the frame and Ambassador Robert Oakley is to Weldon's left. They're in Somalia to visit troops assigned to Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

US Marine Corps Lieutenant General C.E. Wilhelm Commander, Marine Forces Atlantic, escorts Kyrgystani Prime Minister Otubayeva and a member of the Dutch Department of Defense, during COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. They are watching Kyrgystani troops perform Situational Training Exercise -2, Military Operations in Urban Terrain. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on .... Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps Lieutenant General C.E. Wilhelm Commander, Marine Forces Atlantic, escorts Kyrgystani Prime Minister Otubayeva and a member of the Dutch Department of Defense, during COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. They are watching Kyrgystani troops perform Situational Training Exerci

Marine MAJ. GEN. Jacob W. Moore of the U.S. Central Command, exits a building with Egyptian officers during the joint Exercise Bright Star '83. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

960604-A-5792S-007. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Pale State: Republika Srpska Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The Honorable Secretary of Defense William Perry (center), US Army Major General (MGEN) Montgomery Miegs (left) Commander Task Force Eagle, and USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Robert Swan, Commander Camp Olden, Bosnia-Herzegovina tour the Camp during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Oden Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DA-SC-88-04579. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Retired US Senator Barry M. Goldwater, second from right, stops at a display during his tour of the US Army Armor Center. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Navy Seabee of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One-Thirty-Three (NMCB-133) shakes hands with country music singer Larry Gatlin during a special Christmas Day visit. He performed for the Seabees at a former Russian Army base scud missile magazine now converted to a 200-man bunk room in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, a peace keeping mission to Croatia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Zapanja Country: Croatia (HRV)

Soviet COL. GEN. V.E. Pankin answers questions for the media as Marshal Sergey F. Akhromeyev, First Deputy Minister of Defense and CHIEF of the Soviet Union, extreme right, stands by. Akhromeyev and his delegation are visiting Ellsworth as part of a tour. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, discusses F-16 sortie generations with MAJ. GEN. Polk from the 51st Fighter Wing and LT. COL. Polumbo of the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea. General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses F-16 sortie generations with Maj. Gen. Polk from the 51st Fighter Wing and Lt. Col. Polumbo of the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Korea.

DF-ST-87-09648. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

Personnel from the 21st Space Wing are weighed in at the first stop of the mobility processing line in Hangar 123 at Peterson AFB. They are participating in Exercise Condor Contest, part of a Space Command Operational Readiness Inspection which deployed 155 members of the 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. to Camp Guernsey Army National Guard Base, Wyo. Subject Operation/Series: CONDOR CONTEST Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970108-A-4624C-001. Complete Scene Caption: Russian soldiers and US Army First Lieutenant Wasser from Camp Dobol (Headquarters, Headquarters Command TF1-26 Scout Platoon) discuss the 'Joint Patrol' routes in the town of Karakaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Karakaj Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

LGEN Daniel Schroeder, U.S. Army, Commander Combined Task Force (CTF) meets with Canadian military personnel during his visit to check the status of the relief operation. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kigali Country: Russia (RUS)

Commandant of the Marine Corps, GEN Robert H. Barrow speaks to a battalion of Marines during their participation as members of a multinational peacekeeping force. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Lieutenant General Richard C. Trefry (left), inspector general of the Army, visits with soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-03641. Subject Operation/Series: BLUETAIL Base: Grosseto Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

CMDR. James P. Nichols a chaplain assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7, conducts a religious service at Camp Stalder, headquarters for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Lieutenant General Michael Walker, Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps, Headquarters Commander, walks with General Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, at the Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia-Herzegovina. General Shalikashvili traveled to Sarajevo to monitor the progress of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger and Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower, Installations & Logistics, Lawrence J. Korb, each host a ceremony honoring ten Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Mike Anders, 375th Civil Engineering Squadron, carries his M-16 rifle as he prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A petty officer from Shore Mobile Communications Unit Six (SMCU-6) is reunited with his family after returning to Norfolk. SMCU-6 had been deployed to the United Arab Emirates since January 1991 in support of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Adm. Leon A. Edney, commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, talks with a member of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (4th MEB) on the pier beside the amphibious transport dock USS SHREVEPORT (LPD-12). The 4th MEB is deploying to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Straight on medium shot as US Army General Wesley K. Clark (Seated to the left), the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, Mr. Sergio Balanzino (Seated, center), the NATO Deputy Secretary General, and US Army General Montgomery C. Meigs (Seated, right), the new Commander of the peace Stabilization Force (SFOR), held a press conference after the Change of Command ceremony. US Army General Eric K.Shinseki (Not shown), relinquished his command of Stabilization Force (SFOR), to General Meigs, the Commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Forty nations supporting Operation Joint Forge, participated in the ceremony on the Ilidza Compound in Sarajevo, .... Complete Scene Caption: Straight on medium shot as US Army General Wesley K. Clark (Seated to the left), the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, Mr. Sergio Balanzino (Seated, center), the NATO Deputy Secretary General, and US Army General Montgomery C. Meigs (Seated, right), the new Commander of the peace

MGEN Montgomery Meigs (USA), COMDIV MND-N (Division Commander, Multinational Division North), and COL Povlushenko (Russian Army), Commander Russian Airborne Brigade, talk together at the Russian Airborne Brigade in Tojsici, Bosnia-Herzegovina. MGEN Meigs is visiting the Brigade during Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Tojsici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

960908-A-4605G-008. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030408-F-4219L-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Secretary of the Army visits the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. The Honorable Louis Caldera (Left) listens as 11th Advanced Cavalry Regiment Commander; Colonel John Rosenberger explains battle tactics. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. CMDR. John F. Bridley and Journalist 1ST Class Joe Gawlowicz talk with LT. Case of Fleet Hospital Five while providing media support for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DN-ST-89-02885. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031217-F-6646W-021. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Comptroller) D. J. Conn is escorted tto the Basilone Observation Post by MGEN James L. Day, commanding general, 1ST Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force (FMF), during his visit to Co. A, Recon. Bn., 1ST Mar. Div. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT Shyack gives a "war time" worship service to troops from the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC during their field training exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN. Colin L. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, greets crew members aboard the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) while visiting the ship during Operation Desert Shield. Vice Adm. Michael P. Kalleres, commander, 2nd Fleet, is at right. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

MGEN Henry C. Stackpole III, director plans and policy directorate, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, speaks with civilian officials regarding the transporting of Marine equipment to pre-positioning caves. Country: Norway (NOR)

GEN Sahinkaya, commander of the Turkish Air Force (right), and BGEN Archer Durham salute during the welcoming ceremony. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010316-D-9880W-003. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Secretary of Defense, the Honorable William J. Perry, chats with Brigadier General Voneree Deloatch, commanding officer of the Civil Military Cooperation Detachment (CIMIC), just after the Generals promotion at the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Pilots are lined in formation to greet Vice President Al Gore. The Vice President pauses to talk with LT. Brian Fox (third from left) from Little Rock AFB, AR. and his twin brother LT. Brady Fox (right of LT. Brian Fox) from Pope AFB, NC. Vice President Gore, who is using a crutch because of a knee injury, is here to address the Joint Task Force for Operation Uphold Democracy at Pope AFB, NC., on 20 Sept. 94. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

061221-N-3080T-003. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

A Kuwaiti shipmaster speaks with LT. CMDR. Dave Wright, lead repair officer of the repair ship USS JASON (AR-8), aboard the tugboat A1-MUTLAA. Wright and other repair team members are aboard the boat to work on equipment which suffered damage during the occupation of Kuwait by Iraqi forces. The troops were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Admiral Charles R. Larson, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Fleet, watches a Soviet naval infantryman working on a computer at a Soviet navy service school during a visit to the city by two US Navy ships. The guided missile cruiser USS PRINCETON (CG-59) and the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) are in Vladivostok for four days as part of a goodwill exchange program. Admiral Gennadi Khvatov, Commander, Soviet Pacific Fleet, is at right. Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

DA-SN-87-08943. Subject Operation/Series: YAMA SAKURA XI Base: Camp Sendai Country: Japan (JPN)

After transporting Russian personnel and equipment into Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Major General Nash, Commander, 1ST Armored Division, talks to press officials on the progress of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

GEN John H. Tilelli, Commander in CHIEF, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea, and Korean Army GEN Kim with South Korean President Kim Young Sam as they wish him well upon his departure from the Combined Forces Command. Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

961224-A-1529G-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Tuzla Main Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Admiral Leighton W. Smith (left), Commander of the NATO led Implementation Forces (IFOR), welcomes Major General Zivko Budimir, Commander-in CHIEF, Croatian Counsel of Defense, to the USS George Washington (CVN-73). Admiral Smith and General Budimir are on board to conduct the first in a series of Joint Military Commission meetings in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: Adriatic Sea

020220-M-5023T-004. Subject Operation/Series: COLD DAWN Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: HQSVCBN

Trip to Western States: El Paso, Texas. Members of President John F. Kennedys party observe during an arrival ceremony for President Kennedy at El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas. Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Larry O Brien; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; unidentified. Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.

000826-M-3643S-004. Subject Operation/Series: ULCHI FOCUS LENS 2000 Base: Palan State: Kyonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

050710-A-6108G-855. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, congratulates 1ST LT. Harner, 509th Civil Engineers, after receiving a Purple Heart for being wounded in the bombing of Kobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Co-hosts Nancy Snyderman and Charlie Gibson prepare to interview sailors from several U.S. Navy ships during filming of the news/entertainment television program Good Morning America aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). The BLUE RIDGE is among the U.S. Navy ships deployed to the region in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

Army CHIEF of STAFF GEN. Gordon R. Sullivan speaks to press and local residents outside Homestead City Hall following his arrival to inspect relief efforts set up in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. The storm struck the region on August 24th. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Army officer speaks with Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia to visit U.S. military personnel during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Members of the head table at the Closing Ceremony for PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (PKO) NORTH 2000 wait for the ceremony to begin at the Hotel Princess in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The exercise, which runs from 14-25 August 2000, is sponsored by US Southern Command in Miami, Florida, and executed by US Army South in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. From left to right are: Colonel (COL) Julius E. Clark, US Army South Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Operations and Exercise Co-Director; Dame Margaret Anstee, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations; COL Lopez, CHIEF of STAFF of the Honduran Army; Frank Almaguer, US Ambassador to Honduras; Edgardo Dumas, Honduras Secretary of .... Complete Scene Caption: Members of the head table at the Closing Ceremony for PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (PKO) NORTH 2000 wait for the ceremony to begin at the Hotel Princess in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The exercise, which runs from 14-25 August 2000, is sponsored by US Southern Command in Miami, Florida,

Visiting Uruguayan Air Force Commander, General Werner Malates, (center) is guided on a tour of the 436th Airlift Wing. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050710-A-6108G-854. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

General John W. Vessey Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, talks with members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force while visiting the island during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

070527-A-2224C-313. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander, Joint Task Force Kenya, talks with Hajib Balalab, Mayor of Mombasa, during his visit to the Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) warehouse, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-02-04672 or search 980302-M-5083B-002). Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

DF-ST-86-07666. Country: Jordan (JOR)

General John M. Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, and Madeleine Korbel Albright, US Ambassador to the United Nations, holds a joint press conference at the airport in Zagreb, Croatia during their visit to the former Republic of Yugoslavia in support of Operation Provide Promise. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

020821-A-4980V-097. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President George Bush, fourth from left, attends a prayer service during his visit to the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Among those accompanying the president are his wife, Barbara, seventh from left, and GEN. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, sixth from left, commander in chief, U.S. Central Command. The president and his party are paying Thanksgiving Day visits to U.S. military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

The Secretary of Defense, the Honorable William J. Perry, and the Commander of IFOR, Admiral Leighton Smith, just after the promotion of Colonel Voneree Deloatch, commanding officer of the Civil Military Cooperation Detachment (CIMIC), to Brigadier General at the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

GEN. Alfred M. Gray, commandant of the Marine Corps, briefs members of the 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A 58th Tactical Fighter Wing pilot receives a sidearm prior to deploying to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to Europe: Germany, Hanau: Arrival at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, address, and inspection of troops and equipment, 10:45AM. President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with an unidentified military officer during an inspection of troops and equipment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of V Corps, Lieutenant General John H. Michaelis; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. Jerry Behn.

US Army Colonel (COL) Cucolo meets with a member of the Serbian police, about ceasing hostile actions in the town of Koraj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as Bosnian and Serbian residents began the resettlement process. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Koraj Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

COL Maxwell C. Bailey, vice commander of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, Pope Air Force Base, greets CPT Kip D. Kallweit of the 435th Transport Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, Alberta, at the start of Airlift Rodeo '90. CPT Kallweit is a pilot of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Journalist 3rd Class Brett Hershman, left, interviews comedian Jay Leno at the Administrative Support Unit (ASU), Bahrain, prior to one of Leno's performances for U.S. troops participating in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander, U.S. Central Command, joins King Fahd of Saudi Arabia to conduct a review of international coalition forces united against Saddam Hussein during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DF-ST-87-13360. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

COL. Allen Gardner, U.S. Army, the new Joint Task Force Provide Promise (JTFPP) (Forward) Commander and Colonel Burton Quist, U.S. Marines, out going Commander JTFPP (Forward) cut a commemorating cake as refreshments are served after the JTFPP (Forward) Change of Command ceremony, Camp Pleso. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Pleso State: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

LT Jeff Lunn takes a call on the bridge of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) while on duty as junior officer of the watch for communications. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Bryant Gumble of NBC's "Today" show talks with two Air Force officers while on a tour of an air base during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

President George Bush leans on the hood of a vehicle as he talks to some Marines during a Thanksgiving Day visit to a desert encampment. Mrs. Bush is accompanying her husband, President George Bush, on a round of visits to U.S. troops who are in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Members of the delegation from China are given a tour of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG-33). Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Brigadier General Sergio Arnoldo Camargo Murralles, CHIEF of STAFF, Guatemalan Army during a visit to U.S. Army Southern Command's DOL Weapon Repair Section is briefed on the operational capabilities of the "Squad Automatic Weapon" (SAW), M249 from Mr. Gilberto Marrero-Camacho. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

Soldiers with the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps pass out clothes and toys to Serb refugees who live in an abandoned building in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The Honorable Javier Solano, NATO Secretary General, awards a NATO medal to ADM Thomas Joseph Lopez (USN), Commander Allied Forces Southern Europe, during ceremony transferring IFOR command authority from Allied forces Southern Europe to Allied Land Forces Central Europe held at the International Airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Vice Admiral James Hogg, Commander of the Seventh Fleet, signs Aviation Storekeeper 1ST Class (AK1) Pedro Bagunas' cast as he tours Helicopter Combat Support Squadron One (HC-1), Detachment 6 Facility. Base: Naval Air Facility, Atsugi Country: Japan (JPN)

Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III is met by a group of officers upon arriving aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). The NASSAU is anchored off the coast of North Carolina to offload the Marine units that had been embarked aboard during the ship's deployment of nearly eight months. During that time, the sailors and Marines of the NASSAU were involved in Operation Sharp Edge in Liberia and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf region. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMSHARP EDGE Base: Onslow Bay State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-07792. Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Secretary of Defense William Perry (left), Ukraine ministry of defense Mr. Schmarov (center) and Russian Ministry of Defense ltgen Grachov (right), celebrate the completed dismantlement of silo 110 and the Ukraines completed nuclear weapons arsenal dismantlement. Silo 110 is the first of 160 Ukrainian silos to be dismantled in the next two years as part of the Nunn-Lugar / Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Country: Ukraine (UKR)

Members of the 18th Aircraft Generation Squadron look over the scores after time completion of Sabre Spirit One, the first annual 5th Air Force munitions loading competition. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, is greeted by senior Omani military officials as he arrives for a visit at Seeb Air Base in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Seeb Air Base Country: Oman(OMN)

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