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Military Homecomings and Ceremonies

A series of images capturing military reunions and ceremonies, featuring crowds, military personnel, and celebrations at various U.S. naval bases. The mood is festive and patriotic.

DN-ST-86-02227. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A mess management specialist services meals aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) while the vessel is in the region in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Persian Gulf

DF-ST-89-10703. Base: Seoul Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An inter-service honor guard carries the body of retired five-star GEN Omar N. Bradley, USA, to his grave site, at Arlington Cemetery. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-88-06557. Base: MC Air Facility, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SD-07-26050. Base: Hector Air Field State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The United States Ambassador to the Philippines, The Honorable John D. Negraponte, addresses an audience at the World War II commemorative ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery and memorial at Camp S. D. Butler. Base: Manila Country: Philippines

930216-D-2987S-002. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-06314. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-00871. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-04216. Base: Venice Country: Italy (ITA)

California Emergency Services search and rescue personnel explain how their dogs assist in the search for victims trapped in debris following a major earthquake. They are participating in an international disaster relief effort. Base: Mexico City State: Distrito Federal Country: Mexico (MEX)

ROBIN WILLIAMS in GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987), directed by BARRY LEVINSON.

A child stands behind a sign held by her mother as they welcome the guided missile cruiser USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52). 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 Country: Philippines

A sailor from the destroyer tender USS ACADIA (AD-42) is greeted by one of her loved ones on the pier. The ACADIA has returned to San Diego following 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-85-10684. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-11950. Subject Operation/Series: HAY LIFT II Base: Columbia State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-00251. Base: Boston State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Polish sailors walk past local residents on the pier as they stand in line to board the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG-59), moored in the background. The KAUFFMAN and the guided missile cruiser USS HARRY E. YARNELL (CG-17) and the guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG-59), are visiting Poland in conjunction with BALTOPS '90, a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea. Their visit represents the first such port call by American vessels since 1927. Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '90 Base: Gydnia Country: Poland (POL)

Events, with Secretary Gale Norton, marking debut of Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, Monticello, Virginia

A member of the media interviews an officer from the combat stores ship USS SAN DIEGO (AFS-6) shortly after the vessel's arrival in port. The San Diego has returned to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Officer Candidates laden with boxes of uniforms and supplies struggle to keep up with their Marine gunnery sergeant drill instructor during the first of 14 weeks of training. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Republican William L. Dickinson, Republican-Alabama, emerges from a hatch aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ALABAMA (SSBN 731) after touring the ship at the conclusion of its commissioning ceremony. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR Presidents Momcilo Krajisnik, and Kresimir Zubak (left to right), of Bosnia and Herzegovina attend the transfer of authority ceremony to Allied Land Forces Central Europe. The ceremony was held at the Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-ST-86-02304. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Left side front view of a member of the US Air Force Special Operations Command's STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Specialists) from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (Right), as he hands out special tactics and STARS team literature to civilians in Key West, Florida. This image is seen in the August 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Guests attending a Medal of Honor award ceremony at the Pentagon stand during the playing of the national anthem. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08569. Base: Nettuno Country: Italy (ITA)

Rear Adm. Benjamin F. Montoya, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command chief of civil engineers of the Navy, talks with the leading students from Garfield High School about career motivation during a luncheon at a local restaurant. Montoya presented his own career and the career of Vice Adm. Diego E. Hernandez, commander, 3rd Fleet, as examples of how Hispanics have risen in the ranks of the Navy. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to Western States: China Lake, California, (Naval Air Facility) NAF. President John F. Kennedy (right) greets spectators gathered during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lakes Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; White House Secret Service agent, Walt Coughlin, stands at center.

DN-ST-86-02835. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-89-07852. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970323-N-2619S-003. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 970323-N-2619S-003

US President George W. Bush gives the audience of service members and their family members the "thumbs up" during his recent visit to Marine Corps Base (MCB), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: COMMANDER IN CHIEF

DF-ST-87-07893. Subject Operation/Series: HAYLIFT Base: Maxwell Air Force Base State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-02459. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Presentation of a painting of the Pearl Harbor Memorial for President Kennedy, with Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. and Representative Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii). Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard (center), accepts a painting of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor for President John F. Kennedy. The painting, signed by Francis Loui, is a gift from the Pearl Harbor Association and its president, William D. Bennett. Representative Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii) stands at left and an unidentified man stands at right. East Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Crewmen and their guests walk down the brow as they disembark from the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) following its arrival at the air station. The MIDWAY, which has come to North Island to prepare for decommissioning, had been based at U.S. Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, since 1973 as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

After participating in the Surgery Desert Storm and Operation Phalanx in the Persian Gulf, the supply ship Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis (A 832), the L-FREGAT HR.MS. Jacob van Heemskerck (F 812) and the S-Fregat Hr.Ms. Philips van Almonde (F 823) On 19 April 1991 back in the home port Den Helder. The welcoming home front.

DN-ST-86-07181. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08825. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Wisconsin veterans and their family members participate in the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the crowd gathered to welcome recently released prisoners of war home from Vietnam. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-05718. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-13246. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

American students speak to the media after their arrival from Grenada. The students were evacuated by US military personnel during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-01131. Base: Lagos Country: Nigeria (NGA)

TECH. SGT. John DeLorenzo, right, operates the video camera as retired SENIOR MASTER SGT. Robert G. Cole, center, and his family record a "video post card" message for base personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Plattsburgh Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Shipbuilding and Logistics, George A. Sawyer speaks during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729). Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-03353. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

960711-A-5195H-005. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Colonel Edward P. Frey, Commander, 475th Air Base Wing, and grand marshal of the open ceremony parade, rides in a golf cart during the 1986 Special Olympics being held at Bonk Field. More than 1,200 military and civilian volunteers are helping during the event designed to improve the self-confidence of the mentally handicapped through sports and recreational experience. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

A juggler dressed as Uncle Sam entertains the crowd gathered on the pier to welcome home five ships of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) battle group. The ships are returning to Mayport today following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-06227. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army soldiers drive an M-1A1 Abrams tank in 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)

Soldiers from Kyrgystan pose for a photo on Onslow Beach during one of the many cultural events taking place during exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Secretary of the Navy William L. Ball III speaks at the commissioning ceremony for the dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-44). Seated behind Secretary Ball are, from left to right, RADM Glenn E. Whisler Jr., commander, Amphibious Group Two; VADM John W. Nyquist, assistant chief of naval operations, Surface Warfare; and Sen. Charles S. Robb of Virginia. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990621-M-5696S-007. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Koretin State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

An American serviceman stands reading the sign outside a bar before entering. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Rise crown prince. Together with some classmates, Prince Willem Alexander comes to the main building of the Royal Institute for the Navy for following a training as a spare reserve officer Special Services Sales Service (Arosdz).

The wife of a sailor assigned to the destroyer tender USS ACADIA (AD-42) holds their new baby as she waits on the pier for her husband's arrival. The ACADIA is returning to San Diego following 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)

DF-ST-86-09390. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '85 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011027-F-0966E-004. Complete Scene Caption: Miss USA 2001 Kandace Krueger from Austin, Texas performs at Liberty State Park, New Jersey during the "Support Our Troops" rally for national "Make a Difference Day." Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Ladies Auxiliary, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs sponsored the rally. The event hosted numerous entertainment acts for the 15,000 attending the three-hour rally. "Americas armed forces are gearing up for a long and arduous war on an invisible, but terrifying enemy," said VFW Commander-in-CHIEF Jim N. Goldsmith. "We are asking a lot from our men and women in the military, which is why it is imperative that we show them our support. The rally also will demonstrate to the world that the actions of September 11 and the recent anthrax exposures have not diminished our resolve, but have actually served to strengthened our unity as a nation." Base: Liberty State Park State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: U

Air Force Academy Cadets ride a subway train with one of their escorts, Cadet First Class Takeshi Shoda of the Japanese Air Force Academy (standing), during a visit to play in the Mirage Bowl football game against San Diego State University. Base: Tokyo Country: Japan (JPN)

High angle shot looking down at three members of the Tuskegee Airmen as they stand next to a partially shown P-51 Mustang, World War II era, fighter aircraft. From left to right are, retired Colonel Charles McGee, retired Lieutenant Colonel Woody Crockett and former STAFF Sergeant Ellsworth Jackson. The Tuskegee Airmen were members of an all-black combat flying unit during World War II. This image is from the February 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-88-01605. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980617-A-0550W-001. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '98 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II MEF

DF-ST-86-10063. Base: Sapporo Country: Japan (JPN)

RUC officers on armed foot patrol performing a mobile vehicle checkpoint on the streets of Northern Ireland. They are stopping vehicles to check driving documents and to search for arms and explosives. This image may only be used to portray the subject in a positive manner.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao's USS Steel West Coast Trip Weekend of 8/20/2001

DF-ST-87-08316. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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