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Military Equipment and Maintenance

Depictions of military personnel interacting with various equipment, including munitions and military vehicles, highlighting maintenance operations.

Polish Lublin-class Minelayer ORP Poznan US Marine Corps

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 16, 2012) Landing craft air cushion (LCAC) 59, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, approaches the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Rushmore is a part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

DF-ST-86-09488. Base: Marietta State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011102-F-0308N-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Southwest Asia Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

A 30 mm cannon loader is loaded aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-89-10727. Base: Unknown

970422-F-5502B-004. State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A partial right side view of an M-93 Fox nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) reconnaissance system deployed for Operation Desert Storm. The M-93 is a variant of the West German Transportpanzer 1 armored personnel carrier.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

220720-N-XB010-1020 SASEBO, Japan (July 20, 2022) A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) attached to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 enters the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) well deck. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

DF-ST-85-11235. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Fort Wainwright State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) from the 3rd USMC Division is maneuvered onto the Russian Navy tank landing ship BDK-007 at a beach near Vladivostok for cross training operations between U.S. and Russian AAV battalions as part of the combined American-Russian disaster relief exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION FROM THE SEA Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: Russia (RUS)

Soldiers from the Armys 101st Airborne prepare to board a Marine KC-130/R from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) for a flight out of Bagram, Afghanistan back to the Kandahar Airport during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bargram Air Base State: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252

PHILIPPINE SEA (MAY 19, 2022) Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus face masks sit in a repair locker after a damage control drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105). Dewey is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleets principal surface force.

AH-1 Cobra gunships are wrapped for transport as they line a pier in preparation for loading aboard Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ships. The helicopters will be redeployed to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ad Damman Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

000926-N-3560G-001. Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

On the afternoon of May 21st, 1996, soldiers from the Mortar Platoon, 4th Battalion, 12th Mechanized Infantry, download ammunition from a Hemmett vehicle, near Glamoc, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during a live fire exercise in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-85-03647. Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct fire response procedures by clearing a building during an Operational Readiness Exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 13, 2022. Exercises and operations incorporating agile combat employment concepts ensure forward-deployed forces in the Indo-Pacific are ready to protect and defend.

DN-ST-88-09796. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 437th Aerial Port Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., load a C-17 Globemaster III with relief supplies. The U.S. Air Force is flying in personnel and supplies into St. Thomas and St. Croix to provide humanitarian relief from the hurricane. Subject Operation/Series: HURRICANE MARILYN Base: Saint Thomas State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 321st Strategic Missile Wing works at a control panel inside a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silo. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1300th Military Airlift Squadron airlift control element (ALCE) load ammunition aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Desplazameinto Combinado. Subject Operation/Series: DESPLAZAMEINTO COMBINADO Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

DF-ST-87-00852. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08398. Base: Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of a Patriot tactical air defense system missile launcher deployed during Operation Desert Shield. The launcher is assigned to Btry. F, 2nd Bn., 7th Air Defense Artillery Bde. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A Tactical Resupply Vehicle-150 prepares to take off to conduct a ship-to-ship transfer of supplies near Camp Pendleton, Calif. as part of Project Convergence - Capstone 4. The TRV-150 is designed to provide rapid and assured, highly automated aerial distribution of supply packages to small units operating in contested environments. PC-C4 is the largest, two-phase experiment hosted by Army Futures Command from February 23 through March 20 to assess how technology can enhance cross-domain military operations and unified strategic approaches involving partners from various nations and joint services. Army

Zach Burleson (left), 809th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Non-Destructive Inspection technician, works on a T-38 as part of the Talon Repair Inspections and Maintenance (TRIM) program as Larry Hall (center), 809AMXS, and Robert Pilarczyk (right), Hill Engineering, observe, Aug. 24, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The TRIM program will be performed on 190 T-38 aircraft. The capability allows for localized depot-level maintenance to replace or repair key parts.

020306-F-4177H-013. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

$Sunlight Refracts Around the Gripper of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot$

France, Pas de Calais, Wizernes-Helfaut, La Coupole, WWII German V2 rocket bunker, German V1 Flying Bomb.

070105-N-4519D-006. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70)

030324-F-4376W-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

061115-N-6106R-019. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

DF-ST-87-13140. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DM-ST-85-09149. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lockdown, pandemic, Covid-19, Closed Stores in José Paulino street, Bom Retiro, Sío Paulo, Brazil

220715-N-OH262-0945 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 15, 2022)-A view of the ship's bell of Military Sealift Command's dry cargo, ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), during an underway replenishment at sea, July 15.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-20. Hurricane Katrina

A Harvest Eagle tent city kit waits for transport to its site during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '89. One kit for a 1,040-man site complete with dining hall, bathrooms, and its own water purification units, was deployed by the 6314th Support Flight in less than 24 hours, and set up by Prime Beef construction teams. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

DA-ST-85-02297. Base: Southport State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060520-N-9076B-044. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)

An aerographer's mate runs along the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) as he attempts to launch a radiosonde balloon during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

AN/TPS-43E radar equipment is set up by personnel of the 622nd Tactical Control Flight, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Gruenstadt Army Compound Country: West Germany (FRG)

Radar dome with 3-D radar, guided missile frigate Hr. Ms. De Ruyter, Dutch Navy warship, Naval Museum, Den Helder, North Holland Province, Netherlands

DF-ST-87-08062. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, washes a CH-53E Super Stallion during daily maintenance aboard the USS New York, Dec. 8, 2012. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is coming home from a nine-month deployment with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group in which they served as an expeditionary crisis response force in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

Nazi German U-boats hunting allied shipping as a combined pack.

DA-SC-85-13283. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-123. Hurricane Katrina

030923-F-2902B-001. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command

DN-SC-89-06648. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

When transporting three Hawk rockets from a launcher on a DAF truck it has been wrong. The Hawk has been driven by the windows of the driver's cabin.3e group of arms guided weapons in Blomberg.

Air Force members push pallets of mobility gear into a C-5 aircraft. Cargo and troops are being deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: Restore Hope Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United Nations soldiers push pallets of food and relief supplies for the war-torn city out of an American C-130 Hercules aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

After tearing through several boxes containing only water bottles, an Andros F6 robot discovers a simulated improvised explosive device, crafted from gas cans, gravel and a cellular device, during a training exercise July 29, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Explosive ordnance disposal technicians use the F6 robot to gain information about, and potentially render safe, the ordnance they are dealing with while remaining at a safe distance.

Technicians assist a test subject into a harness prior to a simulated free fall exercise in a vertical wind tunnel. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220410-N-XK047-1035PACIFIC OCEAN (April 10, 2022) - A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) directs an Amphibious Combat Vehicle assigned to the 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in the well deck during waterborne training in the Pacific Ocean, April 10. The two-day waterborne training evolution focused on safety and transport capabilities for both the Navy and Marine Corps and is part of a larger training plan to refine tactics and doctrine for amphibious operations. Makin Island is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

"US Navy blimps, tied up at a newly won base in Southern France, were used to search for German subs in the Mediterranean and Atlantic." Caption on Negative Sleeve: "During German sub operations in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, the US Navy's big blimps swept the waters in search of the underseas raiders.".

The Norwegian Heimevernet RRF service members completed a Situational Training Exercise, April 1, 2022. Throughout the training, Soldiers conducted a reconnaissance, encountered an opposing force, reacted to contact and set up an ambush. (Minnesota National Guard Photo by Spc. Sara Messner)

A train carrying M-151 light vehicles arrives at the railhead for offloading during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Pyong Taek Country: South Korea

Submarine bunk, Submarine Tonijn, Naval Museum, Den Helder, Province of North Holland, Netherlands

Torpedo Room U.S.S. Pampanito Submarine

Modern weapons on the deck of a military ship. Day view

DN-SC-88-03956. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-11819. Base: Van Nuys Air National Guard Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

240126-N-LM220-1141 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2024) M-4 service rifles rest on the deck during a small-arms live exercise on an aircraft elevator aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains.

DN-ST-88-03081. Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An interior view of the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft shows the RSSK-1A Rigid Seat Survival Kit, which secures a life raft and survival equipment to a jet crewman's ejection seat system. The cockpit is on display at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030201-M-7031A-031. Base: Austal Westpac Express Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

HAWK launcher at Koni-Shelter: a spherical dome that was pulled over the launcher.

DF-ST-87-00817. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States citizens sit onboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing. The aircraft assisted in the transport of 90 American citizens from South America to the United States.

Trip to Maryland, New York Florida: Visit to Cape Canaveral, 10:10AM. President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) is briefed by Dr. Wernher Von Braun regarding the Saturn rocket at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (L-R) Associate Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator George Smathers of Florida; unidentified (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Administrator of NASA James E. Webb; Dr. Von Braun (partially hidden); Deputy Administrator of NASA Dr. Hugh L. Dryden; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton.

Team members of the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit begin Sabre Spirit I munitions loading competition by loading an F-4E Phantom II aircraft with a Mark 84 2,000-pound bomb. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

alte Waffe ist eine Artilleriekanone im Krieg in der Ukraine Ohne Soldaten old weapon is an artillery cannon in the war in Ukraine and the Kursk region of Russia Without soldiers LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 23220940

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-352-5. Empire. Hurricane Katrina

A-10 Thunderbolt II's from the 124th Fighter Wing conduct target practice at the Saylor Creek Range in southern Idaho, Oct. 14, 2022. As a part of Wing Hawg Day, service members, family and friends were invited to attent to witness the A-10's in action.

DN-ST-89-06369. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

alte Waffe ist eine Artilleriekanone im Krieg in der Ukraine Ohne Soldaten old weapon is an artillery cannon in the war in Ukraine and the Kursk region of Russia Without soldiers LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 23221105

Staff Sgt. Alex Dixon, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, examines the tail fin of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 20, 2022. The Corrosion Control shop completed their project to paint F-16 Fighting Falcon heritage tail flashes for the 8th Fighter Wing, 80th and 35th Fighter Squadrons, and the 8th Operations Group Jan. 24. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)

DF-ST-87-02459. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 20, 2024) Captain Patrick German, USS New Orleans commanding officer, and Kimi Onoda, chairwoman of Japans House of Councillors Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense discuss the significance and functionality of an Amphibious Transport Dock class ship during the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Defense (House of Councillors, The National Diet of Japan)s visit onboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18). New Orleans is forward deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Navy

AFN Kaiserslautern hosts a radio show at the Ramstein Bazaar, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, September 15, 2022. The Ramstein Bazaar hosted 123 different vendors.

The components of a multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) kit for use on an M-1 Abrams main battle tank lie spread out on the concrete. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senior Airman John Fleetwood inspects an augmenter flame-holder and spray-rings during an engine tear down, Oct. 14. Airman Fleetwood and his wingmen of the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, keep Kadena's F-15's in the air. More than 200 engines are maintained by this unit, providing support for F-15's as well as A-10's from Osan Air Base, Korea.

War; Aleutians; Digital. Subjects: Military; Wildlife refuges. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

DF-SC-84-08707. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030124-F-1443F-037. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A field X-ray unit is used for full body X-rays of Marine casualties arriving from Beirut, Lebanon, where a terrorist bomb destroyed the Marine barracks and headquarters building. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Air Force Military Training School (Limos) Instruction BOFors 40L70 Fully automatic air goal canon.

Senior Airmen Christine Collier (left) and Spencer Keeley (right), both 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmasters, secure a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle in a C-17 Globemaster III at a non-disclosed Southwest Asia location March 10, 2010. Airmen Collier and Keeley were part of an all-female crew in honor of Womens History Month.

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