Military Evaluation and Ceremony Activities

Photos of equipment and personnel involved in military evaluations, ceremonies, and meetings, highlighting teamwork, training, and commemorative activities.

Navigation and communication tools rest on a medical lane evaluation table at the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition, held on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 30, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt-to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events, evaluating their physical endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

Navigation and communication tools rest on a medical lane evaluation table at the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition, held on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 30, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt-to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events, evaluating their physical endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

DATE: 9-10-12LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise.

Kelly McKeague, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) director,signs a POW/MIA flag during a Family Member Update (FMU) inDallas, Texas, March 25, 2023. The DPAA provides periodic updates and hosts annual government briefings for families of Americans who are missing from past conflicts. Since 1995, these events not only brief the families on the latest up-to-date information available about their specific cases, but they also provide reassurance to fellow Americans that the agency will continue to investigate, recover, identify and return MIAs.

Soldiers assigned to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) provide ceremonial support for the National Memorial Day Observance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, May 30, 2022. President Joseph R. Biden participated in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor wreath-laying ceremony hosted by Maj. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, commanding general, Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington.

A U.S. Marine with 2d Marine Division takes notes during the Division Leader Assessment Program 4-22 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 9, 2022. The assessment program provides Marines with learning and mentorship opportunities, which helps train and develop Marines that demonstrate an apex level of lethality, endurance and comprehensive warfighting ability.

DN-ST-87-08967. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Garrett Jewett, military police, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, writes notes on how to find a potential hostile in a crowd during the Department of Homeland Security Surveillance Detection course at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 5, 2022. The course provided skills to service members to detect a potential hostile threat within a crowded area and how to locate vulnerabilities on a building.

A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, takes medical notes a night-time casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) training at Fort Pickett, Virginia on Jan. 6, 2022. A CASEVAC is the transportation of a wounded military personnel, usually by air, from a combat area to an area where proper medical care can be provided. The Department of Defense, through the U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.

New U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, make a phone call home during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 17, 2022. The recruits were checked for contraband, given a haircut, made a phone call home, and issued gear.

Radar Repair Technician SGT. Teresa Corey, from the 2nd Combat Communications Group, is working on an AN/GRA-53 UHF transceiver. Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030326-M-2900S-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Special Agents from Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 811 train for alert response and photography Aug. 28, 2022 on Whiteman Air Force Base. Detachment 811 is composed of three components, including criminal, counterintelligence, and fraud investigations.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Frank Yuvan, 23rd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron operational medicine flight chief, pricks his finger to test an EldonCard during exercise Agile Flag 22-2 at Avon Park, Florida, July 24, 2022. EldonCards are used to establish blood types for development of walking blood banks. Agile Flag 22-2 is Air Combat Command's first lead-wing certification event designed to demonstrate the 23rd Wing's capability to generate combat air power while continuing to move, maneuver, and sustain the Wing and subordinate force elements in a dynamic and contested environment.

A representative of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Logistics Science and Technology displays bagged water from the Atmospheric Portable-water Sustainment Unit and Lightweight Water Purification System at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2022. The combination of the APSU and Lightweight Water Purification System bolster the 3d Marine Littoral Regiments logistical power by desalinating ocean water and taking in the atmospheric humidity and condensing it to potable water. Portable-water sustainment paired with 21st century foraging concepts enable commanders to extend and enhance operational rations for a period without needing outside logistics support.

DN-SC-86-03588. Base: Naval Station, Anacostia State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220904-N-DE439-1079 IRISH SEA (Sept. 4, 2022) Jason Ward, site lead and external operator, looks at the video being recorded by a VBAT unmanned aerial systems during a flight test launched from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) while conducting routine operations in the Irish, Sept. 4, 2022. Arleigh Burke is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Airlift Wing participate in Wingman Day activities in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 4, 2024. This year's Wingman Day consists of different sessions focused on one of five pillars of resiliency, which are spiritual, physical, social, mental, and financial. Air National Guard

060721-N-6403R-019. Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

Capt. Paul Lanzilotta, the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) commanding officer, receives a brief prior to a flight in one of the ships ready rooms, Nov. 10, 2022. Exercise Silent Wolverine is a U.S.-led, combined training exercise that tests Ford-class aircraft carrier capabilities through integrated high-end naval warfare scenarios alongside participating allies in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The Gerald R. Ford Strike Group is conducting their first deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations.

060630-N-4973A-057. Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

Index.FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq ñ Sgt. Casey OíToole, an infantryman from Eden Prairie, Minn., assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad, uses Handheld Interagency Identification Detection Equipment to scan a Sons of Iraq memberís index finger during payday activities Dec. 16 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

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

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Rios, a 31E/Corrections Specialist with Bravo Company, Regional Training Center-East, plots his first point during the night land navigation event at the 2012 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 17. Rios, from South Ozone Park, N.Y., is representing the 84th Training Command at the competition. This year's Best Warrior competition will determine the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier who will represent the Army Reserve in the Dept. of the Army Best Warrior competition in Oct. at Fort Lee, Va.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 102nd Cavalry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, initiates their deployment at the 102nd Cavalry Regiments fairwell ceremony at the Westfield Armory, Westfield, New Jersey, on Jan. 14, 2024. More than 1,500 NJARNG Soldiers will deploy in support of U.S. Central Commands Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. CJTF-OIR advises, assists, and enables partnered forces until they can independently defeat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - ISIS - in designated areas of Iraq and Syria, in order to set conditions for long-term security cooperation frameworks. It is the largest deployment of New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers since 2008.

Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents discover planning documents for a simulated terror attack during Exercise Lethal Breeze 2023, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 27, 2023. The exercise was conducted in partnership with state and federal law enforcement and local first responders, with the purpose of enhancing cohesion, response proficiency, and safety measures throughout the installation.

Annie Smack, a military spouse, disassembles an M16A4 service rifle during a Spouse Warrior Day at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 16, 2022. The purpose of the event was to allow military families to form relationships with one another as well as give back to those who support the unit. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Caryln Brown, 432nd Wing Staff Agency protocol specialist, reflects on photos she had previously taken at Creech Air Force Base, Feb. 15, 2024. Its one thing to take pictures and to enjoy the moment but, actually admiring the artwork is what I enjoy the most, said Brown. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos A. Rocha, an electronic warfare technician, uses the Common Aircraft Reprogrammable Equipment to update the Missile Warning System software onboard a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Sergeant Rocha is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) from the 452nd Maintenance Squadron.

Army soldier toys set up on a table.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division logs coordinates on a map in preparation for exercise Vigilant Fox held at Niinisalo, Finland, July 25, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT, and Finish and British army units trained in Finland to further strengthen the relations and interoperability between the nations.

Denmark, Funen, Odense, Odense Bunker Museum, Cold War-era Civil Defense bunker interior

TSUGARU STRAITS (Feb. 4, 2024) Petty Officer 3rd Class Makayla Pollock stands watch in the combat information center (CIC) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) while transiting the Tsugaru Straits. Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force. Navy

YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 2, 2016) Information Systems Technician Seaman Apprentice Joseph John Rabe, assigned to the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), sands playground equipment at the Shunko-Gakuen Orphanage during a community relations event to refinish all the equipment. Ronald Reagan provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Chandler Stacy, combat graphics specialist, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, plots points on a map during the land navigation portion of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Corporals Course 2-23, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, MCBH, April 7, 2023. The course was held to provide Marine noncommissioned officers with the skills and knowledge necessary to become successful small-unit leaders.

SSGT Harvey Kislow, SSGT Craig Matters and Sam Brown, 11th Weather Squadron, study weather charts during the joint service exercise Brim Frost '89. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT. 1ST Class Clarence Beard, 55th Personnel Service Center, Nuremberg, GE, and SGT. Joseph Thomas, 181st Transportation in Mannheim, GE, provide support to Joint Task Force (JTF) personnel during Operation Provide Promise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

Best Medic Competition physical fitness portion of the competition, Sep 28 ,2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Tx. During the competition, two-soldier teams navigate a grueling series of events that push their stress and physical fitness. Competitors progress through all of these exhausting challenges in just three days.

Hands, planning and tablet with man in military base for administration, research or war strategy. App, scrolling and target location with army personnel in command center for attack coordination

Video engineer Jonathan Ehrhart readies sound equipment before filming Coffee Talk, the live-streamed show from Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 22, 2022. Bass, Chief Master Sgt. Stefan Blazier and Chief Master Sgt. Keith Castille answered viewer questions and discussed issues affecting the Air Force enlisted and total forces.

U.S. Marines in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) check into an IRR Muster in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 28, 2023. Marines that take part in the IRR Muster are screened in order to ensure readiness for augmentation into the active component of the total force. The IRR Marines were required to attend a reserves opportunity and obligations brief as well as complete an admin audit in order to ensure their information is up to date in the case of receiving recall orders.

Members from the 23rd Wing A-staff and special staff provides command and control to other Lead Wing force elements from the wing operations center at the Air Dominance Center, a Combat Readiness Training Center, in Savannah, Georgia, July 26, 2022 during Agile Flag 22-2. Agile Flag is Air Combat Commands contributing certifying event for its Lead Wings throughout the AFFORGEN cycle, ensuring they are capable forces that meet combatant commanders needs.

A close-up view of a map used by the commanding officer of Co. C, 2nd Bn., 297th Infantry Group (Scout), Alaska National Guard, during exercise Kernal Potlatch '89. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL POTLATCH '89 Base: Amchitka Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from across the 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade (10th MDSB), 10th Mountain Division competed in 10th MDSBHolistic Health and Fitness’ (H2F) first-ever “Get a Grip” Competition, Sept. 9, 2022, on Fort Drum, N.Y.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership, students and staff participate in a 9/11 Never Forget Challenge on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022. The event included a 2,200 steps per teams in relay mode activity to remember the fallen, the injured and everyone who was impacted by the events of 9/11. The steps challenge was designed simulate the equivalent steps of the World Trade Center Tower.

060826-N-6403R-014. Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

DA-ST-87-01547. Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020608-F-5646C-002. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) provide ceremonial support for the National Memorial Day Observance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, May 30, 2022. President Joseph R. Biden participated in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor wreath-laying ceremony hosted by Maj. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, commanding general, Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington.

030911-F-2828D-180. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040715-F-2621S-025. Base: Swanton State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A1C Marty Graves, continuous photo processor for the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, operates a film processor during Display Determination '89, a combined NATO exercise focusing on the defense of southern Europe. The machine processes aerial photography taken by the RF-4C Phantom II aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '89 Base: Zweibrucken Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-SC-87-08104. Base: Naval Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Journalist 2nd Class Ed Buczek, left, and Journalist 3rd Class Alan Day read the nightly news on the closed-circuit television system aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

special forces soldiers team in urban environment making tactical assault action

A trinket displaying a photo of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Marimar Rivera-Medina, first sergeant of the 113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard, and her spouse Viviana Velázquez, stands at her desk at Bolesławiec, Poland, Aug. 18, 2022.

PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 02, 2022) Sailors onboard USS Shiloh prepare for a gunnery exercise in the Combat Information Center of the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG67) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Dec.1. Shiloh is on a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific, conducting operations with Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 and the USS Ronald Reagan to support peace and stability in the region.

220523-N-VJ326-6056 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 23, 2022) - Sailors assemble Lego bricks during a Morale, Wellfare and Recreation (MWR) event on the mess decks aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 23, 2022. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet.

David Smith, Abilene Military Affairs Committee member, records a video of munitions being loaded onto a B-1B Lancer by weapons load crew members assigned to the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit during a Load of the Quarter competition at Dyess Air Force Base Texas, April 14, 2022. The Abilene MAC visited Dyess AFB to understand Americas LIFT and STRIKE Bases capabilities and roles in the shifting strategic environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Paulett Stone (left) and Pfc. Ana Escobar (right), both administration specialists with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, paint underneath a table at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2514, New Bern, North Carolina, April 20, 2022. The cleanup was part of the Single Marine Programs eighth annual “Days of Service”, where Marines volunteered around the air station.

220801-F-LN908-0186DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (Aug. 1, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class John Dragneff, from Webster, Florida, leads medical training aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) prior to departure, Aug. 1, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Members of Lt. Col. Alvin Bradford's, 507th Medical Squadron commander, family pins on the rank of colonel to Bradford's cover during a promotion ceremony September 30, 2022, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kevin Landis, an accident investigator with Provost Marshal's Office, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, receives his reaction time test results after consuming alcohol during a DUI training event at Naminoue Driving School, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, July 15, 2022. The joint training event consisted of a wet lab where participants consumed alcohol for a few hours, then drove through an obstacle course in a controlled environment. Marines and Naha Police Department personnel watched them to understand the signs and behaviors of drunken drivers to prevent accidents in the future

031205-F-0881Z-002. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

040325-F-6470S-002. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Interior Operations - 26-HK-81-9. CG Interior Ops--- close-up of Coast Guardsman working in dim light, 050829. Hurricane Katrina

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. War Remnants Museum, interior gallery of weapons used during Vietnam War

A crewman plots a course aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Samantha Sabol, military legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, operates an F-35A Lightning II aircraft simulator during a visit, May 5, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The simulator is one of the first steps used to train new U.S. Air Force F-35 pilots at the 56th Fighter Wing and sets the foundation for a more lethal, ready force. Familiarization with Luke AFB equipment allows Sabol and the Arizona Congressional Staff Delegation to better understand the 56th Fighter Wings mission, successes and challenges.

AIRMAN First Class Fran Chevalier assists in the dental identification of Marine casualties arriving from Beirut, Lebanon. The casualties are the result of a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Civic leaders get a tour of the Human Performance Training center where they learned about Special Warfare Airmen and cadre embedded/holistic Human Performace, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, as part of a multi-day immersion tour Sept. 8, 2022. The AETC civic leader program offers key civilians leaders in the local community a way to familiarize themselves with the unique missions associated with the command.

Photographer's Mate 1ST Class Mike Harnar directs the filming of the Navy Broadcasting Service's Navy News This Week with Journalist 2nd Class Quinn Lyton and Journalist 2nd Class Gene Brink on the set at the Naval Imaging Command studio. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041029-M-3843C-049. Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

Women at War 1939 - 1945 Auxiliary Territorial Service: The ATS signal room at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit, Shoeburyness, Essex.

Descendants of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy, the man whom Fort McCoy, Wis., is named after, visit the Fort McCoy History Center on July 8, 2022, during a special visit to the post by the McCoy family. The McCoy descendants visited the Fort McCoy Commemorative Area and all it offers to learn more about their familys military history with the installation.

Retired U.S. Army Air Forces Chief Master Sgt. Mel Jenner, 452nd Bomber Group radio operator, looks at a World War II display at the National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 14, 2022. Jenner began his 26 year military career by training as a radio operator at what was then known as Keesler Army Airfield.

A spectator records video during a Victory in Europe Day” World War II remembrance ceremony outside the Haut-commissariat de la République Tahiti, French Polynesia, May 8, 2022. The ceremony kicks off the first iteration of exercise Marara 22 at the multinational level.

A detailed map shows only a part of the area controlled by the Emergency Communications Center April 7 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The ECC receives and disseminates information on approximately 1,500 calls per year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

060706-A-7356L-026. Base: Aberdeen State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

040401-F-5646C-002. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DM-ST-86-07538. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

111102-N-VH839-091PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 2, 2011) Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Carlos Ramos, from Whittier, Calif., updates information on the status panel aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) during Annual Exercise 2011. ANNUALEX is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Georgia, Andersonville, Andersonville National Historic Site, site of the fist Civil War-era Prisoner-of-War camp, National Prisoner-of-War Museum, interior

DF-ST-87-12601. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Man collect the name of the dead for memory in Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC,a marble wall with names of fallen soldiers at the Vietnam War.Close-up shot of the names of the soldiers,United States,USA

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Medical Squadron food inspection team and U.S. Army Soldiers from the 109th Medical Detachment Veteran Support Squadron test Meals Ready to Eat for quality and freshness at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2023. Airmen from the Operational Medical Readiness Flight inspect MREs bi-annualy, ensuring AASAB, Al Jabar, and Cargo City have safe, ready to consume food items while supporting missions throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Museum Art Culture Science Air Force Museum Berlin

A model of a T-1 is displayed during an honorary commanders program tour of the 99th Flying Training Squadron, Aug. 17, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The honorary commanders program enhances the knowledge of community leaders regarding the missions, policies, programs and people of the U.S. military, while fostering a supportive relationship between the military and the community.

041117-F-6449C-011. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

230403-N-OX847-1008 IONIAN SEA (April 2, 2023) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Jillian Carector, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), restocks boxes of energy drinks in the ship store, April 2, 2023. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

030131-A-7362S-016. Base: Fort Buchanan, San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DAHLGREN, Va. - Readiness and Training Systems Department interns (from left to right) Johnathan Gilliam, Alexander Brown, CJ Paterno and Will Anderson collaborate on designing the destroyers that will protect the teams digital convoy against marauding enemy U-boats during the Wargaming Hackathon at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Divisions Innovation Lab on July 12. For some of the summer interns, the competition was the first time they engaged in computer programming and digital modeling activities.

031206-F-5253G-101. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: HQAF

Senior Airman Victormore Ogunnowo, a force protection escort assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, teaches Airmen how to play a traditional Nigerian version of mancala called "Ayoayo," during International Heritage Night, September 2, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Ogunnowo belongs to one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, known as the Yoruba, which totals more than 20 million people.

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