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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.

030404-M-5753Q-152. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 22, 2022) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Spenser Sweet, from Butte, Montana, assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) directs the crew of an amphibious combat vehicle, assigned to 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, as they maneuver through the well deck, June 22, 2022. John P. Murtha is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

The mess deck escape scuttle on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

USA, Alaska, Kodiak, Kodiak Military History Museum. WWII Communication Equipment at Fort Abercrombie.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-215. AIRSTA NOLA--debris near locker structures2. Hurricane Katrina

030406-M-3138H-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-F-0859C-015. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Armando Perez, a motor transport mechanic with the Motor Transport Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) maneuvers through an obstacle during physical conditioning on an endurance course as part of sustainment training at DArta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 8. The 11th MEU is deployed as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

030412-M-0049F-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

old cast-iron cannon, Fahidi fort night view

041123-M-2583M-032. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Border early 19th century Irish. Border 218494

(220526-N-OI810-0526) KEY WEST, Florida (May 26, 2022) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Juan Dominguez, from Guayaquil, Ecuador, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, collects debris as Seabees repair a damaged section of runway at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 26, 2022. NMCB-14 teamed up with NASKW Public Works and NASKW Air Operations Department to complete the needed airfield damage repair. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

070102-A-9445T-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Display of Fire Arms Training System (FATS) in the 55th Wing's 55th Security Police Squadron's combat arms training classroom at Offutt AFB, Neb. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030822-M-7837W-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Blaire Airfield, Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-270. AIRSTA NOLA--flooded, debris-filled sleeping quarters2. Hurricane Katrina

Finger Pointing to a Ding in Armor Where a Bullet Struck an Up Armored Humvee, Haditha, Iraq

DN-SD-03-12638. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

U.S. Marines from Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, guide service members and civilians into amphibious assault vehicles, for demonstrations aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD7), off the coast of Chirigui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations.

Mortar launched over the Kalemegdan Fortress during the bombing of Belgrade (October, 1915). Military Museum. Belgrade. Republic of Serbia.

SPC Chiquita Mercado, 714th Medical Detachment, Fort Bragg, NC, wears her back-pack sprayer to spray a ditch outside the warehouse of the Joint Combat Camera team in Port-au-Prince. She is wearing a protective suit, mask and rubber gloves. The 714th Medical Detachment is providing insect spraying to control health risks for all services in theater during Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

031210-F-4192W-003. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

241101-N-OL176-1098 ELIZABETH RIVER, VA (Jan. 11, 2024) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) stand on the pier as the ship arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard to complete a planned incremental availability (PIA). PIA is designed to increase lethality, survivability and complete preservation and upgrades for future operations.

Demonstrations, riots and clashes on New Year's Eve in Mong Kong. Hong Kong on 2019-12-31.Manifestations, émeutes et affrontements durant la nuit du nouvel an à Mong Kong. Hong Kong le 2019-12-31.

DN-ST-90-03767. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-04142. Base: Naval Air Station Country: Bermuda (BMU)

An Air Force Reservist presses the button to begin flushing an aircraft. He is participating in PATRIOT PORT '83, a reserve exercise in which Air Force Reserve personnel from the 57th and 85th Aerial Port Squadrons (APS), Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts take over the duties of the 437th APS. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PORT '83 Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-03084. Base: Naval Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-420-53. Hurricane Katrina

030526-M-0175R-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-41. CGC Dauntless -- Coast Guardsman in interior of commercial vessel --- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole participating in announcement of 100 aviation heroes, part of the events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Crash and salvage crew members stand by with a damage control vehicle during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Damaged internal parts from confiscated weapons destroyed by IFOR troops in 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 Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Talal Yordi, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit; examines a biological lab during a CBRN Response Element exercise on Okinawa, Japan, July 13, 2022. A CRE-EX tests CBRNs ability to respond to different operations, including investigating clandestine labs, containing chemical munitions, and countering weapons of mass destruction while performing reconnaissance, decontamination, and rapid insertion for casualties. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Old fortress at kibbutz Revivim, in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 and during the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines. Thirty members of the kibbutz survived the war, while eight were killed in raids and pitched battles with Egyptian forces

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Colby Jackson, 786th Civil Engineer Squadron locksmith uses a breaking kit on a stuck lock at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 17, 2022. Once the lock cylinder is broken, the locksmith can access the latch mechanism inside to open the door.

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class Ulysses Ware inspects a shipment of beef to the commissary. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

A simulated M-8 chemical detection paper reads training marks during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. After chemical agents are detected by personnel, bioenvironmental engineering and emergency management flights deploy to conduct a more thorough test of which contaminant is present.

060327-N-7130B-084. Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Demonstrations, riots and clashes on New Year's Eve in Mong Kong. Hong Kong on 2019-12-31.Manifestations, émeutes et affrontements durant la nuit du nouvel an à Mong Kong. Hong Kong le 2019-12-31.

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo (21 July to 27 September 1936). Explosive charge made by the besieged forces in the Alcázar. Metal and chemical compounds. Army Museum. Toledo, Spain.

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-278-91. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Stations - 26-HK-333-73. ATC Mobile Damage. Hurricane Katrina

US Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class Robert Rose grinds the paint off of toolboxes to prime them for new paint aboard USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). AD Rose is assigned to Fighter Attack Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105). Truman is enroute to the Persian Gulf to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

DF-ST-85-12629. Subject Operation/Series: NIGHT TRAIN/GLOBAL SHIELD '84 Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close-up view of an Iraqi sand table found in a building at the Ali As-Salim Airfield during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

020311-A-0030T-024. Base: Port Of Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Aftermath of a Hamas rocket attack in a hospital in Ashkelon, Israel. On 7 October 2023, the paramilitary wings of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, launched a series of coordinated armed incursions into Israeli territory. The attacks, initiated the Israel-Hamas war. The attacks resulted in 1,139 deaths695 Israeli civilians (including 36 children), 71 foreign nationals, and 373 members of the security forces. Approximately 250 Israeli civilians and soldiers were taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Gulfport-Biloxi Mission - 26-HK-367-4. Hurricane Katrina

030501-F-9072P-003. Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

030407-M-3138H-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Firefighter wearing protective clothing while on duty

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

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-45. Hurricane Katrina

A binder containing ACFT forms sits on the cockpit table of a 117th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Forbes Field, Kansas KC-135 Stratotanker during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2022. RF-A is designed to provide realistic training essential to the continued development and improvement of combined and joint interoperability in a simulated combat environment.

Coast Guard Stations - 26-HK-333-69. ATC Mobile Damage. Hurricane Katrina

England, Dorset, Blandford Forum, Royal Signals Museum, Interior Display of Historic Military Communications Equipment

030406-M-3138H-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

CAÑONES EN EL PATIO DEL MUSEO MILITAR DE LISBOA - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: MUSEO MILITAR. LISBOA. PORTUGAL.

Latrine at an Austere Military Base in Afghanistan.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center

A view of an Iraqi mine that an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team found and disabled during mine-clearing operations on the Kuwaiti coast and in the Persian Gulf following Operation Desert Storm. The names of the EOD team's members are written on the mine. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Aftermath - 26-HK-372-10. Hurricane Katrina

030412-M-5753Q-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Participants in a Community Leader Engagement visit the subway training facility at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility on April 19, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. More than a dozen community leaders from Tomah, Sparta, and other nearby municipalities gathered at Fort McCoy to see the posts mission first-hand. During their visit, the community leaders received a driving tour of the installation and made stops at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility on South Post, Fort McCoy Commemorative Area, Fort McCoy Simulations Training Complex in the 200 block on the cantonment area, Garrison Headquarters, and McCoys Community Center where they received a lunch.

221201-N-NO146-2001 GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 1, 2022) Photo of a U.S. service member holding a proximity fuse seized from a fishing trawler interdicted by expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller, Dec. 1, in the Gulf of Oman. Forces from Lewis B. Puller found more than 1 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition; 25,000 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition; nearly 7,000 proximity fuses for rockets; and over 2,100 kilograms of propellant used to launch rocket propelled grenades.

011108-N-3560G-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Kitty Hawk

Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, repaint a park building during Navy Fleet Week New Orleans, at Carver Playground, April 21, 2022. Navy Week New Orleans is an important opportunity for citizens to meet their Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-214. AIRSTA NOLA--debris near locker structures. Hurricane Katrina

A damaged MOLLE (MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment) pack used by a Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) 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

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-28. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina

Artifacts are shown at the Fort McCoy, Wis., History Center on Aug. 12, 2022. The History Center is part of the installations Commemorative Area. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all of the men and

030412-M-5753Q-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

040120-F-0703J-006. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-87. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Gulfport, Mississippi - 26-HK-310-128. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne in Gulfport, Mississippi September 2 through 8, 2005. Hurricane Katrina

Cemetery for Soviet prisoners of war, stone tablets for partly unknown Russian soldiers of World War II, war cemetery Tannenhausen, Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

030406-M-3138H-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-173-11. Hurricane Katrina

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