Military Leaders and Site Surveys

Casual images of military personnel engaged in discussions and planning activities at different locations, highlighting interactions with civilian partners and leadership.

DF-ST-86-12618. Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Haner, lead engineer, conducts a site survey of a school prior to Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 9, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept. 12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Angel operations build relationships between partner and allied nations and the United States, promoting military-civilian-nongovernmental organization cooperation and improving the quality of their response and coordination with civilian disaster response agencies and regional partners.

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

A close up view of the driver of the TRAK All-Terrain Lifter Army System (ATLAS) as he loads supplies inside the North Carolina National Guard's old Kinston Armory after Hurricane Bonnie. Base: Kinston State: North Carolina (NC) 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. Here the welcoming home front for the Heemskerck.

110530-N-TU221-246 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 30, 2011) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Stephen Dinsdale, assigned to the combat systems department, supervises Sailors as they position a RIM-162D NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow missile during an ordnance evolution aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

Maj. Gen. Jeff Broadwater, deputy commanding general, V Corps, discusses lessons learned during previous exercises implemented in the DEFENDER-Europe 22 exercise during an interview with Evelyn Kaldoja, journalist, Postimees newspaper, at the Radisson Hotel, Tallinn, Estonia, May 13, 2022. The DEFENDER-Europe 22 exercise takes place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africa's ability to aggregate combat power quickly, increase the lethality of the NATO alliance, build unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment, and leverage host nation capabilities to increase the common operational reach. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within the U.S. European Command Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africa's ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of

Interior Operations - 26-HK-81-24. CG Interior Ops --close-up of female in civilian clothes, 050829. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-86-12618. Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the Combined Joint Force - Horn of Africa perform swimming drills during a pre-assessment to prepare them for the French Desert Commando Course (FDCC), Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 7, 2022. Since 2015, the French Forces stationed in Djibouti (FFDJ) have invited U.S. service members with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa to participate in the course. During the FDCC, the members are evaluated on mountain confidence, knot tying, night obstacle courses, aquatic obstacle courses, and battle maneuver tactics as well as presented with physical challenges.

Anne O. Brockett, architectural historian, District of Columbia Office of Planning/Office of Historic Preservation, and Christine Ames, Assistant District Archaeologist, Historical Society of Washington D.C., tour the Brig. Gen. West A. Hamilton Museum at the D.C. Armory, Feb. 14, 2024. The museum is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the District of Columbia National Guard and honoring the memories of the Soldiers and Airmen who, for over 200 years, have served the District of Columbia and the nation whenever called upon. The museum educates the public on the heritage of Capital Guardians, both in peace and in times of war. Air National Guard

041110-A-1067B-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

051215-A-7359K-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

050122-F-5343T-009. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Airmen and their children participate in a variety of activities as part of a "Take your child to work day" event, June 21, 2022, at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio. Some of the activities included touring a C-130, visiting the fire department, and watching a flag folding demonstration.

010723-M-6537L-013. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MARDIV

A personal photo of Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, the first Soldier recipient for actions in Afghanistan/Operation Enduring Freedom.

A sailor uses a video camera to film sailors from the frigate USS BAGLEY (FF 1069) picking up supplies on the pier at the beginning of PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03185. Base: College Park State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220501-N-CY569-1039 IONIAN SEA (May 1, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Vanessa Ledesma, from El Monte, California, screws on a bomb rack of an E/A-18G Growler in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), May 1, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.

During the Norwegian Exchange at Camp Ripley, Norwegian and American service members joined together for a joint chapel service, March 30, 2022. The Exchange is the longest-running military exchange and began with a handshake nearly 49 years ago. (Minnesota National Guard Photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

U.S. Army Cpl. Callie Lopez, a human resources specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Allied Forces North Battalion, checks for vital signs on a simulated casualty during a Combat Life Saver class, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, July 28, 2022. The Allied Forces North Battalion-led joint class taught combat medical skills to Airmen with the SHAPE U.S. Air Force Elements, and Soldiers assigned to four different U.S. Army units stationed in the Benelux footprint.

110104-N-2055M-045PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 4, 2010) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Rebecca Ammons stands as a safety observer in a refueling station aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a refueling at sea. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations East- Marine Corps Base (MCIEAST-MCB) Camp Lejeune, gives a speech at the II Marine Expeditionary Force and MCIEAST Joint Spring Reception on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 13, 2022. The reception was held to promote community relations and celebrate key leaders in the community for their support of service members across MCIEAST-MCB Camp Lejeune.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Gordon, a transmission system operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, communicates with other vehicles during a convoy in route to Combat Support Center Omsaderh established in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during exercise Native Fury 22, Aug. 19, 2022. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enables U.S. Marine Corps Central Command and U.S. Central Command to receive and employ forces and resources rapidly in the region through a growing network of western geographic access and staging points.

030415-F-5712B-006. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sports Medicine Injury Prevention Trainer Jay Gibson assists recruits with Romeo Company, Support Training Battalion on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island S.C., Sep. 28, 2022. Romeo Company, formerly known as Special Training Company, is a rehabilitation, recovery, and reconditioning company with the mission of getting recruits back to the fight.

DN-ST-88-07494. Base: USS Simpson (FFG 56)

050109-N-9885M-168. Base: Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Base State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: CVN-72

DF-ST-85-11709. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030314-M-5505M-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DN-ST-87-06274. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 21, 2022) Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 2nd Class Kendra Spaulding uses an irritant spray to test a respirator fitting on a shipmate aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), Nov. 21, 2022. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Stephanie Reyes (left), 502nd Air Base Wing honorary commander, and Christina Bergmann, 802nd Security Forces Squadron honorary commander, look at POW items during an honorary commanders program tour, 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.

060629-M-0374B-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070101-F-3961R-161. Base: Grand Rapids State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Secretary Gale Norton at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Army desert training at Fort Irwin

030317-M-5505M-018. Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd LAR

060421-N-3136P-034. Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

Special warfare candidates run short laps to keep muscles warm between swim tactics and team building exercises during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 14, 2023. Trainees in every course in the pipeline are provided hostic support to prepare each candidate physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators.

A combat medic says goodbye to his wife before deployment.

DF-ST-88-02917. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldiers with Able Company, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, teach Cub Scouts how to properly fold the American Flag in a military funeral ceremony at Conlon Hall, Bergen Field, New Jersey, Feb. 6, 2024. Teaching the flag folding ceremony to the Cub Scouts of America is believed to teach the youth of Bergenfield the history and traditions involved in rendering honors at a funeral. Army National Guard

061210-N-8591H-184. Base: Yokosuka State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

050621-F-7203T-049. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

RADM James Perkins conducts a briefing during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Young boy wearing military helmet.

DM-ST-86-07504. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, execute the pull-up portion of the physical fitness test (PFT) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 3, 2022. The PFT is a test all recruits must pass and sets the standards that all marines must maintain once a year.

031129-F-7234P-034. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Air Expeditionary Group

Ariana Sarar, Professional Staff Member for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Nicholas Vance, Professional Staff Member for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, participate in a tour of Hangar two, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 8, 2022. The purpose of the visit was to discuss how the Navy and Marine Corps are training for future conflict in complex environments, as well as allowing the opportunity for a broader perspective on operations and contributions to national defense.

An aspirant command shoots a compass position during a card reading exercise. Conscripts at the command of command troops. Conscripts during command training.

DF-ST-87-09699. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-123. Hurricane Katrina

Sailor of the Royal Navy (km) in ceremonial outfit with black pants and white bath (1989).

Dr. Debra Zinni, deputy director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's (DPAA) laboratory, briefed a tour group during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 9, 2022. Papua New Guinea National Museum Art Gallery (NMAG) is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. The NMAG has assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of and returning over 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ally Bellas, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team linguist, meets with an excavator operator during a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, Aug. 5, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

US Army General Henry Shelton, Chairman Joint Chiefs of STAFF, addresses the Sailors and Marines of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) in the ship's hangar bay. Truman is on station in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

DN-ST-86-02849. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, execute a rear choke during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) belt advancement in Setermoen, Norway March 22, 2023. martial arts instructors are responsible for training, mentoring, and leading students through a challenging curriculum that includes moral development, hand-to-hand combat, physical and mental fitness.

030326-M-4779G-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-134. Hurricane Katrina

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. Here the welcoming home front for the Heemskerck.

DF-ST-88-05564. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SILVER Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-85-11584. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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060910-N-4965F-011. Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - TURRET HOMECOMING USS MONITOR

Sergio Matias Chontal-Harter participates in a simulated Army Combat Fitness Test with Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger on Feb. 12, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Matias, 6, interviewed Messenger as part of a school social studies project. Matias is the son of a Fort McCoy employee, and he also experienced what it's like to participate in the Army Combat Fitness Test and how to participate in retreat at the end of the duty day. Army

AIRMAN 1ST Class Marta Kimbal, crew chief, 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, cleans an F-15 Eagle aircraft canopy during exercise Cope North 86-4. U.S. Air Force squadrons are engaging in dissimilar air combat training with Japan Air Self-Defense Force squadrons during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 86-4 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

Secretary Gale Norton at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Natalie Proctor, 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy loadmaster and part of the LBGTQ+ community, prepares to lower the forward cargo door on a C-5M at Travis Air Force Base, California, June 28, 2022. President Joe Biden proclaimed June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month for the United States. The Department of Defense recognizes and celebrates the contributions service members of the LBGTQ+ community bring to the fight.

060826-N-8544C-008. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010821-F-1460M-008. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

221004-N-VJ326-1008 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 4, 2022) - Machinists Mate 3rd Class Alicia Turner, from Woodstock, Georgia, speaks into a sound-powered telephone during an engineering training team drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Oct. 4, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Crew members from the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) paint a local building during a civic action project. Base: Puerto Cortes Country: Honduras (HND)

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-35. AIRSTA OPS-- CG personnel autographing Katrina 2005 fire ax (7). Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Capt. Sarah Skelton, aeromedical and SERE psychologist assigned to 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, gives a class over methods of suicide intervention to groups of Soldiers during an eight-hour, ACE Suicide Intervention program held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Sept. 16, 2022. September is designated as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month to help Soldiers identify warning signs and prevention of suicide during an overseas deployment.

040505-F-6665C-002. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, participate in the Field of Glory Flag Day Ceremony June 14, 2022, in Erwin, North Carolina.(U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Bove)

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DN-ST-88-07567. Base: Silverdale State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Nathan Greeley with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, prepares to make a phone call during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 19, 2022. Recruits were instructed to call their next of kin or their recruiter to inform them of their safe arrival. Greeley was recruited out of Sacramento, California, with Recruiting Substation Chico.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania for tours, discussions with Park Service personnel

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Margie Taylor, 35th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog (MWD) handler and Bella, 35th SFS MWD, enter a training house looking for a trespasser during a bilateral training event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 29, 2022. This multi-day training event allowed Japan Air Self-Defense Force members a chance to see how U.S. Air Force MWD handlers train their dogs.

DF-ST-88-10004. Base: Camp Perry State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldier in uniform of World War I, sit down, resting on the pavement and smoking. Costume accord the times of World War I. Photo made at cinema city Cinevilla in Latvia. Cockade on the hat do not contain trade mark.

061102-N-6081J-311. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USS WISCONSIN

DN-SC-85-01059. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040401-M-7842H-080. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Kinser State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

A female ground crewman works on the flight line. Country: Unknown

220911-N-LK647-0082 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 11, 2022) Lt. Thejasa Jayachandran observes a demonstration of the weapons systems aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT), Sep. 11, 2022. SWATT, led by Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality, and interoperability of participating units.

040421-F-5646C-001. Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

020507-F-4328T-026. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Team Dover members smile during a sermon on a C-5M Super Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 9, 2023. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the 436th Airlift Wing Chapel team hosted 130 Team Dover members aboard a C-5 for a religious service.

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