Military Honoring Ceremonies

Ceremonies recognizing military service, featuring presentations of awards, medals, and commemorations of veterans' sacrifices.

Military officer holding a folded American flag during a ceremon
Military officer holding a folded American flag during a ceremon
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lays a rose on the tomb of the unknown warrior at the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand, on November 5, 2010.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, where he joined National Park Service Director Fran Mainella and other officials for tours of the grounds and a re-created version of the 17th Century vessel, the Godspeed, as well as for other events marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown
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040812-F-0375W-019. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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011027-F-0966E-005. Complete Scene Caption: The Star Spangled Girls, a group of former Miss New Jerseys, perform 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)
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Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Cozad and his wife pass through the saber cordon May 14, 2022, as they enter the Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The event honored the Wright-Patt Airmen recently selected for promotion to the Air Forces highest enlisted rank.
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Dale Norton, long-time aircraft executive with Learjet Corporation and predecessors, and father of Secretary Gale Norton, standing next to tablet marking the spot of the first successful airplane flight, while accompanying the Secretary on visit to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina for tours and events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial
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010523-N-2781V-501. Base: Uss Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Past and present Soldiers attend the 213th Regional Support Group's Dining Out at The Meadows in Hellertown, Nov. 5, 2022. Then event was the 213th RSG's first since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The evening program included toasts and an award ceremony. Brig. Gen James McCormack, the Assistant Adjutant General-Army of the Pennsylvania National Guard, Col. Frank Montgomery, commander of the 213th RSG and other distinguished visitor shared remarks during the event. (Photo by, Staff Sgt. Brandon Nelson)
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Sailors and Marines Reunite With Their Families, San Diego Naval Base, California (SD)
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Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, 36th Wing commander and Lt. Col. Rebecca Heyse, 36 FSS commander, cut the ribbon at the renaming ceremony of Shakey's Cove at Andersen Air Force Base on April 29, 2022. Shakey's is named after the 36 MUNS mascot, Shakey the pig, one of two official mascots in the U.S. Air Force.
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Practice Inaugural Parade. GEN Robert L. Stephens Director of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee being interviewed by the press at the Parade rehearsal on 10 January 1993 for the 42nd Presidential Inauguration. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The Honorable Olympia J. Snowe, US Senator, Maine, speaks during the christening and launch ceremony of the guided missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68). Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Retired Admiral Arleigh Burke and his wife Roberta wave before being transported from the pier onto the guided missile destroyer ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51). Among those accompanying the Burkes are their grandson, Dr. Pat Ward (behind Mrs. Burke), and the ship's prospective commanding officer, Captain John Morgan (behind Admiral Burke). Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Co-host Art Edmonds, designer Jennifer Bertrand and Military Makeover host Montel Williams, holds a ceremonial key at the revealing of the restoration of a North Carolina National Guard Veterans home in Statesville, North Carolina, Jan. 21, 2024. Military Makeover, a television series dedicated to honoring deserving military families, and Purple Heart Homes, a local military non-profit that improves Service-Connected Disabled Veterans and their families housing, renovated the home of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Bowman, a Raleigh native and soldier assigned to the NCNGs Delta Company, 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, who is recovering from parachute training injuries from 2022.
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Jiffy Helton, a Gold Star mother, speaks to members of the 6th Security Forces Squadron before the 13th annual Helton Hall 5K at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 8, 2022. The event is held in memory of 1st Lt. Joseph D. Helton, a security forces officer who was killed in 2009 during a deployment to Iraq.
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Doctor Jeffrey McGovern, 12th Air Force historian, gives a briefing to 435th Air Ground Operations Wing leaders at Pointe du Hoc, France on August 11, 2022. McGovern previously served as the 435th AGOW historian, and he returned to lead a historical tour through Normandy, France as part of a Battle Staff Ride during the AGOWs commanders conference.
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030820-F-5550W-001. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An officer from Carrier Air Wing 15 performs during a variety show aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70). Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
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Ontario, Canada, Kingston. Fort Henry, National Historic Site of Canada, UNESCO. Children's education program with soldier in vintage uniform.
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disabled war veterans in action while playing basketball on a basketball court with professional sports equipment for the disabled. High quality photo. disabled war veterans in action while playing basketball on a basketball court with professional sports equipment for the disabled
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American soldiers returning home from the war in Iraq at the Tucson Airport 2004, Tucson, Arizona
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Ms. Sapna Sharma, a staff member of the House Armed Services Committee, tours 10 Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, to learn of the units capabilities during a house armed services committee staff member visit aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 31, 2023. Mr. Patrick Nevins and Ms. Sapna Sharma, professional staff members of the House Armed Services Committee, visited II MEF and major subordinate commands to discuss amphibious readiness and shipping, force posture and other topics related to the Commandant Force Design 2030.
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970423-F-3798Y-019. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Before and after. 1st Lt. Henry Von Kohorn in front of his units entrance in 1970 and again 52 years later in 2022. Left photo from Von Kohorn collection.
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1978 - Two US Army military policemen on patrol in an M151 light vehicle.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Feb. 3, 2024) - Republic of Korea Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Yang Yong-mo meets with U.S. Naval Academy 65th Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, faculty, staff and midshipmen from the Republic of Korea during a tour of the Naval Academy grounds. As the undergraduate college of our countrys naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Navy
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US Airways Flight 1549 pilots reunite at Hudson River crash site.
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Michael B. Ker, a Navy veteran who served with Alpha Company, First Battalion, First Marine Division, receives the Bronze Star Medal at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, June 24, 2022. Ker and two other veterans were recognized fifty-four years after their valiant actions in the Vietnam War.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Apr. 5, 2022) The Honorable Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, and performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy, goes out on a Yard Patrol (YP) with midshipmen. The honorable Berger experienced first hand the training that goes into preparing midshipmen for the Navy. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
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MIAMI (Feb. 23, 2024) Port of Miami Public Information Officer, Alfredo Freddy Pereira, left, speaks with Chief Religious Program Specialist Kevin Grier with Navy Region Southeast (NRSE), center, and Lt. Netetia K. Walker with Navy Recruiting Command (NRC), during a site visit. Sailors with NRC, NRSE, and Navy Talent Acquisition Group Miami, met with other agencies to confirm events and locations in preparation for the citys Navy Fleet Week on May 6-12. Navy
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DF-ST-88-10207. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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020920-F-3329S-001. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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960711-A-5195H-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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040506-F-6844O-003. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC
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051221-N-0696M-078. Base: Qasim Army Airfield Country: Pakistan (PAK)
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Karen Durham-Aguilera (left), executive director, Army National Military Cemeteries, offers condolences to Mary Hill following the funeral service for Hill's grandfather, U.S. Navy Chief Pharmacists Mate James T. Cheshire, in Section 62 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., July 22, 2022. Cheshire died on Dec. 7, 1941 when the battleship he was assigned to, the USS Oklahoma at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, was attacked by Japanese aircraft.From the Defense POW/MIA Account Agency (DPAA) press release:The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Cheshire.From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nuuanu Cemeteries.In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGR
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221027-N-GR655-0506 GROTON, Conn. (October 27, 2022) - A sailor assigned to the USS North Dakota (SSN 784) embraces his loved one during a homecoming event at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., Oct. 27. North Dakota returned to homeport from its 3rd full deployment since commissioning in support of the Navy's maritime strategy - supporting national security interests and maritime security operations - in the 6th Fleet area of operations. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS North Dakota and crew operate under Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) FOUR and its primary mission is to provide attack submarines that are ready, willing, and able to meet the unique challenges of undersea combat and deployed operations in unforgiving environments across the globe.
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Two men looking at names on the Vietnam Memorial i nDC
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040723-N-2197S-081. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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220709-N-PV401-1036 PEARL HARBOR (July 9, 2022) The crew of Indonesian Navy frigate KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai (332) perform during a reception they held to mark Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with Mark Wahlberg at the annual Army-Navy football game, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 10, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)
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CDR. Jane F. Vieira, CHC conducts the Easter Sunrise Service on the fantail of the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32) while the ship is en route from Guam to Sasebo, Japan. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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DN-SC-88-03297. Base: Sitrah Country: Bahrain (BHR)
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SHIMODA, Japan (May 22, 2022) - Yoko-pon, the official mascot of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), poses for a photo with an attendee of the 83rd annual Shimoda Black Ship festival. The Shimoda Black Ship festival, or Shimoda Kurofune, celebrates Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival to Japan, Japan's subsequent opening to international trade, and the U.S.-Japan alliance. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th fleet's forward deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.
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Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling delivers opening remarks during the Vicenza Military Community Masquerade Gala April 29, 2022, at Villa di Montruglio, in Vicenza, Italy. Rohling, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commanding general, introduced the keynote speaker, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Commanding General Gen. Christopher Cavoli. The evening event was the first of its kind organized by SETAF-AF since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Guests were entertained by the U.S. Army Europe-Africa Band, opera arias, jugglers, a contortionist and a live DJ.
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040528-F-0848C-001. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF