Military Ceremonies and Events

Photos capture ceremonies and formal gatherings involving military personnel, showcasing respect and commemoration. The mood is solemn and ceremonial.

DN-ST-87-01800. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DD-ST-89-03724. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-06800. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ex-POWs are greeted upon arriving from Hanoi, North Vietnam, by (Left to Right) Unidentified Air Force CMSGT greets unidentified ex-POW, LGEN William G. Moore Jr., Commander 13th Air Force greets Air Force LCOL Lewis Wiley Shattuck, (Captured 11 Jul 66) and Admiral Noel Gaylor, Commander Pacific Command greets U.S. Air Force MAJ Norman Alexander McDaniel (Captured 20 Jul 66). Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

An airman leaps over ropes on an obstacle course while an instructor watches him closely. Country: Unknown

American Reunion on the Mall. The U.S. Honor guard and President-elect Clinton, march over the Memorial Bridge during the Reunion walk for the ceremony, "Ringing of the Bells". Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A drill instructor from the Woman Recruit Training Command conducts a close order drill for recruits at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-01800. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to Europe: Italy, Naples: President Kennedy arrives at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Headquarters, 4:30PM. President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits in an open convertible with Commander-in Chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), Admiral James S. Russell, after arriving at AFSOUTH, a NATO military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks.

Inaugural Parade.A Marine STAFF Sargeant signals for one of the marching units participating in the 1993 Presidential Inaugural parade to close the gap. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

One of three rescued civilian sailors attempts to communicate with a crew member aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). Marc Dupauillion, Edward Provost and Allison Wilcox were rescued by SH-3 Sea King helicopter off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey, after spending ten days at sea in a life raft. Their sailboat had capsized near Delaware during Hurricane Bob.. Country: Atlantic Ocean(AOC)

DN-ST-86-06786. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Honor Guard members load rifles onto a bus after performing in 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)

Members of the 435th Tactical Air Wing Confrontation Management Team, equipped with body armor and riot control helmets, prepare to protect the base during an expected demonstration against NATO's decision to deploy Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DA-SC-87-09051. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-01772. Base: USS Okinawa (LPH 3)

DN-ST-90-00309. Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

TRASLADO DE FRANCO AL VALLE DE LOS CAIDOS. Location: EXTERIOR. MADRID. SPAIN. FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE (1892-1975).

DN-ST-86-07256. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Guests wait for the commissioning ceremony to begin for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN 720). Base: Naval Submarine Base, New London State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-02025. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vice Premier Geng Biao of China is given a tour of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Dortmund. IG Metall warning strike at Hoesch AG on 18. 9. 1986

A US Navy dentist (left) examines the teeth of a Somali man as part of a medical civic action program conducted in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia. The dentist is from the Marine Expeditionary Unit, Service Support Group 15, Camp Pendleton, California. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Vice Premier Gen Biao of China salutes as he deplanes a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-ST-90-00260. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

September 11 second year anniversary, Ground Zero

DM-ST-86-07505. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navy reservists board a bus at the airport after returning from duty in the Persian Gulf region following Operation Desert Storm. The reservists will be taken to Naval Reserve Readiness Command 20 (REDCOM-20) for processing. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Ronald Regan's motorcade gets underway for the trip to the pier, where the recommissioning ceremony for the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) is being held. Reagan will be the principal speaker at the ceremony. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Chilean sailors flank a United States flag made from flowers during a wreath-laying ceremony at a marker dedicated to the 58 men who died aboard the United States frigate ESSEX when the ship was attacked by two British warships in the city's harbor on March 28, 1814. Four United States Navy ships have stopped in Valparaiso while taking part in the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXXII. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile(CHL)

A returnee waves from a hospital bus at Clark Air Base shortly after being released from a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam. Country: Philippines (PHL)

Vintage Baseball players

Veterans Day Parade, St. Louis, MO

DA-SC-86-09015. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010621-D-9880W-080. State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-09629. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-06493. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The interior of a bus being used as a first aid station during proceedings on Inauguration Day. The services of the military medical teams were used by many persons on this exciting day. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Interpreter Le Kyle talks with several Vietnamese refugees aboard the Military Sealift Command merchant ship USNS MASON LYKES. The refugees are part of a group of 59 who were rescued from a small boat in the open ocean by the crew of the MASON LYKES. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

The wife and a son of Captain Mike Hicks, Marine Detachment, wait to greet him upon his return to home port after 11 months at sea aboard the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62). Mrs. Hicks, like her husband is a captain in the Marine Corps. Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Landing signal officers use pickle switches as they guide incoming aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

USA: An anti-Vietnam war protestor offers a flower to a military policeman, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, 21 October 1967. Photo by S. Sgt. Albert R. Simpson.

A firefighter wears an oxygen mask during efforts to extinguish a fire that started in a Naval Supply Center building at Pier 4 of the Naval Station, and eventually spread to the converted Raleigh class command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF 3). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

RVD / Royal House photo collection. The Prinsjes Maurits and Bernhard live in the airbase Deelen T.g.V. The 60th anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Arnhem an open day. An air show was held .. undated. Deelen, Gelderland

DN-ST-87-02203. Base: Qingdao Country: China (CHN)

971222-A-4357C-003. Base: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-ST-85-08959. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Santa Maria City firemen arrive to extinguish an "aircraft crash" fire during training. This exercise is part of joint-community wilderness, structure and oil field fire training. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Atlantic Fleet Audio-Visual Command video film crew interviews members of the Navy Special Warfare Group 2 parachute demonstration team Chuting Stars after a performance at the 1984 Azalea Festival Air Show. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) D.G. Doherty, a member of a Coast Guard law enforcement team aboard a hydrofoil patrol combatant missile ship on a Joint Task Force 4 drug interdiction patrol, establishes communication with a merchant vessel about to be boarded. Country: Unknown

Members of Panama's Guardia Nacional (National Guard) pass in review during the Fourth of July Parade. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

Ex-POW and U.S. Navy CMDR Collins Henry Haines (Captured 5 Jun 67) gets farewell hug from one of the many well wishers who came to the flight line to say goodbye as he leaves for the United States. CMDR Haines was released in Hanoi by North Vietnam on 4 Mar 73. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DN-ST-85-00868. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00209. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

DF-ST-89-01895. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A woman waves to crew members aboard the frigate USS MARVIN SHIELDS (FF-1066) upon the vessel's arrival in port. The ship has just returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-08226. Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Transport by ambulance from the exercise injured from the German Gibraltar Kaserne to the station in the context of 'Combi Care' exercise.

Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China on a tour of the USS ARIZONA memorial 1984. USS Arizona (BB-39) was the last of the Pennsylvania class of "super-dreadnought" battleships built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Zhao Ziyang (17 October 1919 - 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician and premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987

North i.e. West End parade for returning prisoners of war , Parades & processions, Veterans. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Guests attending the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS UNDERWOOD (FFG-36), read a program of the days events. The ship was built by Bath Iron Works Corp. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On board a bus, members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing (Wisconsin Air National Guard) are enroute to a KC-135 aircraft to deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: General Mitchell Angb, Milwaukee State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

A lunch in the Engelbrecht of Nassaukazerne. Conscripts at the command of command troops. Conscripts during command training.

Italian police in Milan, Italy.

DN-ST-86-01781. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cororal Bill Sherwin holds a newspaper showing a front page picture of him taken at the beginning of Desert Shield. He is marching in the Welcome Home parade honoring the men and women who served in Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Navy photographer's mate videotapes the "San Diego Salutes the Troops" parade. The parade is being held in honor of all veterans, with special recognition being given to units that took part in recognition being given to units that took part in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Costa Rican boy tries on a flight helmet as other children study a Detachment 1, 1ST Special Operations Wing UH-1N Iroquois helicopter which is being used to transport personnel for civic action projects. Country: Costa Rica (CRI)

A photo taken from the bridge captures the efforts taken to combat fire directly after the No.2 16-inch gun turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) exploded. It was later determined that 47 sailors were killed by the blast, which occurred as the IOWA was conducting routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

SOLDADO EN LA CALLE - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: EXTERIOR. JERUSALEM. ISRAEL.

Military personnel man the phones in the dispersal control post set to control spectator activity during 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)

Lieutenant Steve Weingart, second from left, the damage control assistant aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), coordinates damage control efforts from damage control central during a general quarters drill. At left is Hull Technician 2nd Class Jim Mason, the enlisted damage control assistant. The drill is taking place during FLEET EX '90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX '90 Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

GEN. Wesley K. Clark, Commander in CHIEF US Southern Command, MAJ. GEN. Lawson W. Magruder III, Commanding General US Army South and commander of troops (COT) accompany President Ernesto Perez Balladares on a review of the troops during the Fort Amador Transfer Ceremony. Base: Fort Amador Country: Panama (PAN)

DN-ST-85-07702. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-09526. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

TOM HANKS and STEVEN SPIELBERG in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

DN-ST-85-03872. Base: Naval Air Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the 80-90s, Bergen-Belsen. Commemoration of Nazi victims 84-5

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