Military Equipment Inspection

Close-up views of military equipment, including a semi-trailer van being uploaded, damaged supplies, and explosive ordnance operations in a controlled environment.

A Finnish soldier with Ekenas Coastal Battalion, primes a detonator during an Explosive Ordnance Disposal range in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 4, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

The ramp and legs rub together on the XM-971E1 semi-trailer van as it is uploaded into the cargo opening of a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The purpose of the van is to house and transport sensitive electronics equipment under operating conditions. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-43. Hurricane Katrina

A Finnish soldier with Ekenas Coastal Battalion, primes a detonator during an Explosive Ordnance Disposal range in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 4, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

A view of a damaged sleeping bag stuff sack used by a Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-25. Hurricane Katrina

040823-F-4441R-049. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 12, 2022) Machinists Mate Fireman Seibren Theirgood, from Dallas, inspects valves during a general quarters drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65). Benfold is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force.

Katrina - General - 26-HK-408-34. Hurricane Katrina

A dummy that will be used for casualty extraction training lies at the bottom of a manhole during a Homeland Response Force validation exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA on September 10, 2022. Soldiers assigned to the HRF will be tasked with rappelling into the hole and retrieving the dummy. (New York National Guard photo by SSG Matthew Gunther)

Shot of detontaion cord found by US Army soldiers (not shown) out of Camp Dobol. The soldiers secured the house where serbian policeman and others were staying after discovering explosives and other various weapons during a search in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DA-ST-85-02274. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

DF-ST-85-05216. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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A view of an enlisted berthing area aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN-735). The lower bunk at center has been propped up to show the gear storage space located beneath it. Base: Naval Submarine Base, New London State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Aftermath - Aviation Training Center Damage - 26-HK-287-31. Bldg 51-02. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SC-87-07996. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-14. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

An overhead view of the cockpit of an A-6E Intruder aircraft as it sits on a catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61).. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

220504-N-OG067-1145ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 4, 2022) - Fireman Alex Weaver, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), conducts maintenance on an eductor, May 4th, 2022. Bataan is underway in the 2nd fleet area of operations. Bataan is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Venice - 26-HK-197-13. Hurricane Katrina

DETALLE DE TANQUE DE COMBATE F4. Location: EXTERIOR. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Mine service. Parts of the lens water cleaning.

040608-M-0706S-033. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator with the 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, sifts through rubble for simulated patients during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Guardian Center, Georgia, May 9, 2022. The ST team responded to a mass casualty event at the site of a reported explosion and used their rescue and medical expertise to extricate and treat wounded civilians.

DN-SC-85-12200. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

The engine housing of an A-6E Intruder attack aircraft from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35), deployed from the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60), shows battle damage from a mission at the start of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-30. Hurricane Katrina

Service members assigned to Shaw Air Force Base participate in a variety of games and obstacle courses during the Commanders Cup sporting event at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sep. 9, 2022. The Commanders Cup sporting event highlighted the strength and resiliency of Shaw Air Force Bases staff.

030508-F-7203T-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

240126-N-UF592-1015 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 26, 2024) Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Isaac Eaker, from Menifee, California, chisels tiles while conducting deck demolition in a compartment aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while in-port Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Jan. 26. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of the Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interest in the Indo-Pacific region.

030206-M-5753Q-038. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

060520-N-1332Y-078. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

An inopertable 14.5mm ZPU-1 Anti-aircraft Machine Gun firing/barrel unit, with its barrel cut in two pieces, rests on a metal sheet that is lying on the ground at the 2nd Brigade Combat Team Headquarters located at Camp Lisa, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Base: Camp Lisa Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030413-M-3138H-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A sailor cleans the ladder leading out of a compartment aboard the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) as he helps prepare the ship for its arrival at Naval Station, Charleston, S.C. The MACDONOUGH will return to Charleston tomorrow following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

060426-N-8604L-002. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) State: Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-SC-90-01892. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the crew's head, located in the missile compartment, third platform, aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the roll control spoiler panel with one of the flaps torn off on the wing of a B-52G Stratofortress bomber aircraft from the 1708th Bomb Wing and other battle damage sustained during a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

DA-ST-85-04924. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030408-M-3138H-091. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Air-raid shelter, military museum, Stammheim, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Photographer in camouflage attire, photographing at an Avian Research Center

Air National Guard members unload supplies from he USNS Comfort at a medical site in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, on October 26, 2022. Through the State Partnership Program, Arkansas Air National Guard members participated in Continuing Promise 2022 to build and improve interoperability with military and civilian personnel from the U.S. and Guatemala. The mission increases readiness while providing humanitarian assistance with expeditionary medical care, and reflects the United States' enduring promise of friendship, partnership, and solidarity with the Americas.

220616-N-FD648-1020 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 16, 2022) Sailors secure a Sailor to a stretcher during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), June 16, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and war fighting capability before a future deployment. The George H.W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat Americas adversaries in support of national security.

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station New Orleans - 26-HK-192-30. Hurricane Katrina

A close up view of a bag containing 20 pounds of C-4 explosives and two hand grenades confiscated in a house to house searches in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A closeup of a D1 NATO-standard pressure locking fuel nozzle, left, used by Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) at the forward aerial refueling point at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. On the right is a CCR (Closed-Circuit Refueling) nozzle, with a gravity feed adapter. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Holes in the top of the wall are the only light source for the barn where Madame Brisset hid three American paratroopers from enemy patrols on June 6, 1944.

DF-ST-89-09394. Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220929-N-TO573-1026 NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 26, 2022) Sailors handle line on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), September 29, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port onboard Naval Station Norfolk.

Bullet marks on wall in nariman house jewish community centre by deccan mujahedeen terrorists attack in Bombay Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

A view of damage sustained by the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) when it was hit by two Iraqi-launched Exocet missile while on patrol in the Persian Gulf. Country: Bahrain (BHR)

The charred ablative heat shield boilerplate of the Apollo Saturn AS-201 command module recovered by the USS Boxer caused by reentry into the earth's atmosphere. This was the first launch of Saturn IB vehicle; with suborbital test on February 26, 1966.

030412-M-0049F-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DART Exercise 2002 'Response to Terrorism'

050906-A-9144B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karada State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A US Army soldier out of Camp Dobol displays a clapper, a mine device, and other mine parts found in a house in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hajevazi Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Coast Guard Station - Venice, Louisiana - 26-HK-347-49. Hurricane Katrina

A former United Nations communications van is repainted Implementation Forces (IFOR) green as it becomes part of the United Kingdom IFOR peacekeeping contingent in Split, Croatia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Split Country: Croatia (HRV)

Navy Seal sniper with rifle in action.

A member in support of Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) secures a drainage line underneath a spectacle blind to remove residual fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Jan. 18, 2024, Halawa, Hawaii. JTF-RH is now in Defueling Phase 5.B where personnel are focused on removing residual fuel and transitioning with the NCTF-RH. The transition will focus on NCTF-RH learning JTF-RHs processes and procedures for safety, security, and engagement to ensure continuity of operations. During this phase, JTF-RH retains command and control over the RHBFSF Joint Operational Area (JOA) and will synchronize actions to rebuild trust with Federal, State and local stakeholders.

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-98. Hurricane Katrina

Front view of the left wing of a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, somewhere in Korea. A crewman works under the wing attaching a bomb to the bomb rack.

Historic Fort McHenry, birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the USA.

Havalah Mealey, from Utah Military Academy, rappels down a tower during Army day of Freedom Academy, at Camp Williams, Utah, July 14, 2022. Freedom Academy promotes the ideals and principles of the United States of America, a sense of patriotism, and motivation to actively participate in preserving our freedom.

Wreckage from an Arrow Air DC-8 commercial aircraft is stored in a Gander Airport hangar for analysis by members of the Canadian Air Safety Board. The aircraft crashed at the airport with no survivors on December 12, 1985 while carrying 248 members of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert. Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN)

120702-N-IZ904-105 MINA SALMAN PIER, Bahrain (July 2, 2012) Navy Diver 1st Class Brandon Holt, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-5, surfaces in a sea well aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3) during the installation of a hull-trunk sensor for the ship's mine countermeasure sonar. Company 2-5 is deployed with Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, which provides maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Federal Bank Bunker Cochem, secret bunker, decontamination cell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

A800862 U12G RS-11 MINEBACK CARL SMITH (Project Engineer) JUN 10 80 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/10/1980 CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; MINEBACK; MINES; MINES (WEAPON); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RS-11; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A members of the Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, fire department, dressed in protective gear, gives the all clear sign after a fire at the transportation flight during Osan's Initial Response Readiness Exercise/ Combat Employment Readiness Exercise. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A U.S. Marine Corps 310 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle, attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, investigates a simulated improvised explosive device during an EOD exercise in support of exercise Northern Viking 2022, on Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, April 10, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

Abandoned Iraqi HY-2 Silkworm missiles line a hallway in a school which was used as the missile assembly and storage site by occupying Iraqi forces. The Iraqi troops fled the area when Allied forces reclaimed Kuwait City during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

The legs of US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Keith Vivian, Assistant Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Bus Maintenance at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, does routine maintenance a bus engine. SSGT Vivian is part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The legs of US Air Force Staff Sergeant Keith Vivian, Assistant Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Bus Maintenance at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, does routine maintenance a bus engine. SSGT Vivian is part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

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