Military Events and Ceremonies

Photos capturing military personnel and civilian interactions at various events, highlighting camaraderie and ceremonial moments within military bases.

A flag officer talks with a member of Beachmaster Unit 2 upon his return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05442. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-86-06006. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An air boss briefs flight deck personnel before a firefighting drill on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Fleet Ex '90. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

MAJ. GEN. Harley C. Davis (right), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, Vice President Al Gore (center), and Brig. GEN. James E. Sandstrom (left), Commander, 23rd Airlift Wing, Pope AFB, NC, make their way to the podium to talk to the members of the Joint Task Force. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Former prisoners of war are reunited with their loved ones following their return to the United States. The POWs were held captive by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Recruits undergo basic training at the Naval Training Center. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-90-00430. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-03823. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Journalist 1ST Class Sharie Derrickson poses for a photograph with a group of Russian sailors from the guided missile destroyer ADMIRAL VINOGRADOV. They are attending a party hosted by the USS KINKAID (DD-965) for members of various navies taking part in coalition efforts to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iraq during Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Bahrain (BHR)

A flag officer talks with a member of Beachmaster Unit 2 upon his return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American students receive instructions by US military personnel prior to being evacuated from the island. Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

CDR. Donnie Cochran, commanding officer of the Navy's Blue Angel Flight Demonstration Squadron, signs autographs for admirers after the airshow at the Naval Air Station. Base: Naval Air Station, Cecil Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to Western States: China Lake, California, (Naval Air Facility) NAF. Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Kenneth P. O Donnell (left, wearing safari hat and holding a bottle of beer), and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (also holding a bottle of beer), observe activities during President Kennedys visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lakes Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.

American students wait to board US military aircraft for their evacuation from the island. In the foreground, a US serviceman stands guard with an M60 machine gun. Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

DF-ST-89-06334. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

COL. C.O. Hoelle, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C., welcomes home a Marine returning from Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Officers observe the operations 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)

SSGT Borgman and TSGT Elliott, Charleston AFB, S.C., assist in greeting passengers as part of the Non-Combatant evacuation. Due to intense threat of terrorist activity in the Middle East, non-essential personnel were evacuated from Saudi Arabia, and repatriated at Charleston AFB, S.C. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-05705. Base: Legaspi Country: Philippines (PHL)

Members of the news media interview the commanding officer of the destroyer tender USS ACADIA (AD-42) following the ship's return from its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-05261. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

960907-F-6293H-016. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: IFOR

DF-ST-89-00754. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

A couple on hand for the christening and launch of the guided missile destroyer JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-53) examine a display case furnished by the U.S. Naval Academy Museum. The case contains items that belonged to CMDR John Paul Jones, for whom the ship is named. Base: Bath State: Maine(ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-09770. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

DF-ST-88-10209. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-06616. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-ST-85-05619. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-00258. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-08727. Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

A petty officer assigned to the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) is met by his family following the ship's arrival at its new home port. The INDEPENDENCE is relieving the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier. Base: Naval Station, Yokosuka Country: Japan(JPN)

A crew member aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) exchanges his old Mark V gas mask for a new MCU-2P mask. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Medical personnel transfer patients from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft to a bus that will take them to Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crowd welcomes A-7E Corsair aircraft aircrews, returning home from aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). The pilots are from the Light Attack Squadrons 25 (VA-25) and 113 (VA-113). Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-02893. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-04097. Base: Naval Operating Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military and civilian dignitaries attend the deactivation ceremony for Naval Station, Subic Bay. Following the ceremony, which is being held at Tappan Park, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority will assume control of the station. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Anefo photo collection. Spanish sailors Schiphol removed ship. August 16, 1988. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

DF-ST-87-13230. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Inaugural Parade. GYSGT Paul A. Avila, T&E Co., H&S BN, MCCDC, Quantico, Va. entry control, receives and directs participants at the entry control on 20 January 1993, at the staging area North Pentagon Parking Lot. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-10767. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Admiral (ADM) James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations, kisses his wife Sheila McKinney Watkins, sponsor, after she breaks the traditional bottle of champagne over the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729) during the launching ceremony. Behind them (from left to right) is David S. Lewis, Chairman of the Board at General Dynamics; Maid of Honor Susan Watkins and Senator Mack Mattingly, R-Georgia. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A flight deck crewman signals directions to aircraft as the ship operates off the coast of Italy. Base: USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)

AIRMAN Patricia Mills, crew chief, 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, uses a headset to talk with the pilot of an aircraft during exercise TEAM SPIRIT '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: South Korea

SRA Abel Saenz, 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron, briefs passengers on the proper use of oxygen and flotation systems aboard a Strategic Air Command KC-10A Extender aircraft. Saenz is a refueling boom operator aboard the aircraft.. Base: March Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

DN-ST-88-07573. Base: Silverdale State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TSGT William P. "Wild Bill" Henneberger, an Air Force recruiter, talks with a prospective airman about the various goals that can be obtained by joining the Air Force. Base: Lancaster State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. GEN. Gary E. Luck, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, addresses elements of the 82nd Airborne Division upon their return from Operaton Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

PETTY Officer Tom Tucker (EWSN) stands guard duty over Cubans, who are attempting to flee their country, aboard USS GALLERY (FFG-26). He is one of thousands of Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, AIRMAN as well as Coastguardsmen serving in Operation Sea Signal. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

An Air Force family is reunited as a pilot returns home from serving in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota(ND) Country: United States Of America(USA)

DF-ST-87-12698. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '86-3 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-86-04912. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO WEST VIII Base: Tahkli Air Base Country: Thailand (THA)

DF-ST-87-09641. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Heong Song Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of the ship's helicopter crash crew gather for a group photograph on the flight deck of the French destroyer FS Jean de Vienne (D-463). The Jean de Vienne is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

U.S. Air Force personnel assist students from the Saint George's University School of Medicine as they exit from a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft. They were evacuated from Grenada during the multiservice, multinational Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sailor from the destroyer tender USS ACADIA (AD-42) is reunited with his family following the vessel's arrival in port. The ACADIA has returned to San Diego following deployment in the Persian Gulf region during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-05963. Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A little girl wears her father's military jacket as he prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President William Jefferson Clinton speaks with military peresonnel while having breakfast in the enlisted galley during a tour of area mielitary installations. Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of a base women's organization discuss where they will hang their yellow ribbons as they prepare for the arrival of the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH-3). The ship is stopping at Subic Bay during its return voyage to San Diego after its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Members of the 3d Infantry Division (M), and Hinesville community members during the Olympic torch relay. Base: Hinesville State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of a rebel faction controlling the area listens as Red Cross workers coordinate delivery of supplies for the country's refugees. Meals-ready-eat (MREs) are being unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-5A Galaxy aircraft and loaded aboard Red Cross vehicles for distribution to those suffering due to the country's civil unrest. The MREs are excess military supplies and are made available by authority of the McCallum Program and the DOD Excess Property Program. Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH)

DF-ST-86-10576. Country: Colombia (COL)

A female Navy plane director stands by on the flight line. Base: Yokohama Country: Japan (JPN)

Several sailors gather below decks aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61)to listen to the ship's decommissioning ceremony. Bad weather forced the cancellation of an outdoor ceremony. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-06811. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crewmen aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726) relax in a chief petty officer's stateroom. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) commander CAPT. Jay Yakeley, left, and CAPT. R.L. Ellis Jr., commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), center, talk with Carl Rochelle of Cable Network News (CNN) following a press conference aboard the INDEPENDENCE during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Gulf Of Oman

General Major Abdurakhmanov (far right), commander of the Uzbekistan Air Force and Air Defenses, and his staff along with Colonel Richard Noble (far left), commander of the 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National (ANG) Guard Station, South Carolina, and CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Tina Pastore, stand in front of an F16 belonging to the 169th FW. The 169th FW is the first ANG, F-16 equipped, Suppression of Enemy Air and Defenses (SEAD) unit. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-88-00828. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00660. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

English instructor Antonio Martins (Left) uses anything he can to encourage learning - from the works of George Carlin, to pieces of string, to swapping high fives with Jordanian Major Adnan Dawagreh, Russian civilian Tatyana Kosareva and Thai Navy Captain Chanida Dechkum. This image is from the February 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010704-A-6472B-663. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Mrs. Bobbie Mitchell, wife of BGEN Bobbie L. Mitchell, commander, 89th Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, escorts Marilyn Quayle across the flight line as Vice President Dan Quayle, background, walks with BGEN Mitchell. The Quayles have just disembarked a VH-3D Sea King helicopter of Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1) and will be boarding Air Force 2 as they depart from Andrews AFB. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland(MD) Country: United States Of America(USA)

DD-ST-89-03778. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. Delisa Messington, a flight nurse from McChord's 40th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, assists Alexandra Barnett, a military dependent who fainted while standing in a processing line at the Military Airlift Command terminal during Operation Fiery Vigil. McChord is a stopover for hundreds of U.S. Air Force and Navy personnel, civilian employees and their dependents being evacuated from the Philippines after fallen ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo collapsed buildings and disrupted operations on military bases.. Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington(WA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

DF-ST-86-10004. Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08350. Base: Weisbaden Country: West Germany (FRG)

040305-F-0558K-011. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Equipment Operator 1ST Class Janas, diving supervisor, inspects divers in Mark 21 surface-supplied diving equipment before they splash into the water. Underwater Construction Team 2, of Port Hueneme, California, is repairing undewater cables off the coast of the island. Base: San Clemente Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An FBI agent takes a report at the joint Army/FBI/US Marshal tactical operations center for law enforcement set up to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SN-85-11195. Base: Camp H. M. Smith State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lorena Craig, a former Department Store Girl, is now a Cowler under Civil Service, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, photograph by Howard R. Hollem, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942

SGT. 1ST Class Moody and SPEC. Rivers take bar code readings while conducting an inventory of equipment bound for the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the 80-90s, Dortmund. TV media ca. 1984-5.WDR. ZDF

Tipper Gore receives a short brief on how the Tri Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIAD) works. MAJ. GEN. Smith is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISESUPPORT HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

William W. Giavelli, a military customs agent, checks the luggage of Sergeant William C. Rinaman of the 24th Security Police Squadron, and of Rinaman's wife Aydee, as they leave Panama after President Bush's order to reduce the number of US citizens in the country. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

DF-ST-87-03333. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Family and friends of crew members aboard two U.S. Navy ships gather to welcome their loved ones. Both the oiler USS PLATTE (AO-186) and the destroyer tender USS PUGET SOUND (AD-38) have returned from the Persian Gulf area where they were deployed during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-03609. Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Two airmen work at a station in a mobility line to help personnel preparing to deploy to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield resolve any medical or administrative issue prior to their departure. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Sheila E. Widnall, listens to a briefing on the operational assessment of the B-1 bomber at the Roswell Training Site. Subject Operation/Series: Dakota Challenge 94 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Volunteers from the United Service Organizations (USO) distribute gift packages to U.S. military personnel during a reception held at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Charles W. Hostler. Nearly 500 of the troops in Bahrain for Operation Desert Shield are attending the party, where they are also being treated to food and entertainment.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain(BHR)

DF-SC-85-09971. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Technical Sergeant Joseph J. Ostrowski (1), a precision measurement technician with the Precise Time Section at the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center, Newark Air Force Station, Ohio, helps secure a cesium beam "atomic" clock to the seat of a commercial jetliner. The clock is used to synchronize critical Air Force timepieces. Country: Unknown

Armed Forces Inaugural Committee behind the scenes. COL Edgar Steele, Director of J-6, AFIC, presents a momento to Ms. Livingston, Under Secretary of the Army, during her visit to the AFIC. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine standing behind an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), salutes dignitaries during the National Victory Celebration parade honoring the coalition forces of Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Family and friends of crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) display banners welcoming their loved ones home as the RANGER arrives in port. The vessel is returning to Naval Station, North Island following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mr. Doug Wilson (left) and Army COL Ron Grubb, Defense Information School commandant observe Army PVT Pamela Anderson in a graphic arts class during the grand opening tour of the school. Base: Fort Meade State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LTC Joan Olmstead meets with CPT Susan Rogers, center, 1LT Kathleen Rambo prior to the graduation ceremony for their undergraduate pilot training class. Rogers and Rambo are part of a group of 10 female officers who are the first women to graduate from the course. Base: Williams Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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