Military Moments in Darkness

A collection of historical and emotional military scenes, featuring soldiers in shadowy settings, significant military events, and intimate reunions, evoking a sense of nostalgia and bravery.

A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team demonstrates how to clear rooms by using smoke and flashlights to maneuver.

070127-N-2959L-126. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)

The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 The scene in the gun pit of a 155mm gun of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery during the barrage. The 155mm was an American gun often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team demonstrates how to clear rooms by using smoke and flashlights to maneuver.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

U.S.S. Coral Sea. January 10, 1952. (Photo by Look Magazine).

The Army National Guards 1-135th Assault Helicopter Battalion performs night operations during Exercise Agile Tiger at Whiteman Air Force Base, April 6, 2022. Exercise Agile Tiger was a 509th Bomb Wing-led interoperability training exercise which combined and honed the skills of active duty, guard, and reserve U.S. Military Forces to ensure combat-readiness.

111223-N-DR144-195 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 23, 2011) Interior Communications Electrician Fireman Michael Liermann ascends an access trunk after completing maintenance on the 46MC announcing system in a weapons magazine aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a western Pacific deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cooper Schell, a grenadier with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, participates in a combat marksmanship range during Fuji Viper 23.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Nov. 22, 2022. Exercise Fuji Viper exemplifies a commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 1/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Schell is a native of Greenville, South Carolina.

U.S. Air Force tactical air controllers with the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing and joint tactical controllers with the Army and Navy conduct munitions tests at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, August 19, 2022. In this exercise they designated targets and guided attacks from two F-15 Strike Eagles and an AC-130 gunship. Long exposure photos.

110312-N-6505H-127ARABIAN SEA (March 12, 2011) Sailors raise aircraft to the flight deck on an aircraft elevator aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

050226-F-8584G-136. Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Security Forces Airmen conclude training during the Agile Flag 22-2 exercise, at Avon Park Auxiliary Air Field, Florida, July 26, 2022. AGILE FLAG 22-2 is Air Combat Command's contributing certifying event for its Lead Wings throughout the AFFORGEN cycle, ensuring they are Agile Combat Employment-capable forces that meet combatant commanders needs. ACE is a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power.

U.S. Air Force Airman Zayne Story, Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice with the 1st Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, performs engine checks during his shift September 13, 2022. Aerospace Propulsion Airmen, test, maintain and repair all parts of aircraft engines, ensuring Airmen and aircraft stay safe while in the air.

U.S. Air Force Airman Zayne Story, Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice with the 1st Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, performs engine checks during his shift September 13, 2022. Aerospace Propulsion Airmen, test, maintain and repair all parts of aircraft engines, ensuring Airmen and aircraft stay safe while in the air.

A closing ceremony is held for Exercise Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 12, 2022. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific Operation Pathways, Yama Sakura 83 is the largest and most complex U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral command post exercise to date.

A U.S. Air Force 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, prepares to fire a M583 40mm White Star Cluster flare from a M203 grenade launcher during training at AB 201, Niger, Dec. 13, 2022. The training was conducted to provide service members with familiarization of the use of flares.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jack Hylanddeleon, a heavy equipment engineer operator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, prepares a DD 1380 casualty card during a combat life saver course on U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 4, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

980625-F-9580Z-004. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Providers assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division discuss and prepare for convoy on Fort Bragg, NC, March 28, 2022. The Field Training Exercise ensures Paratroopers stand ready to fight, win, and meet the 18 hour deployment standard.

A team of Soldiers participate in the Army Combat Fitness Test as a part of the Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark Jr. U.S. Army Best Medic Competition which started Jan. 24, 2022, Fort Hood, Texas. Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgment while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dylan Bailey)

Valencia, 09/11/2017. Fire in the city of justice of Valencia. Photo: Mikel Ponce Archdc.

AQABA, JORDAN- U.S. Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) fight a simulated fire during a damage control drill as part of Exercise Eager Lion 22, September 5, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

060227-A-5747J-090. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION KATRINA/IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Brassfield-Mora State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rudolph Padia, MV-22 Osprey crew chief assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163, looks out the side of an MV-22 during a training sortie over the Gulf of Aden, July 13, 2022. VMM 163 deployed in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa by providing capabilities for personnel recovery and casualty evacuation of U.S. forces throughout East Africa.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Enoc Glaude, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five, works by light during bomb disposal robot training during Valiant Shield 2022, at Naval Base Guam, June 13, 2022. The Sailors removed physical, manmade, and explosive threats impeding the force's ability to maneuver on land and sea, enabling freedom of movement for the fleet and joint force. In doing so, they refined expeditionary warfare skills and enhanced their integration ability with the fleet and joint force.

Red Army: ROSTA Windows by V. Mayakovsky, Stepanova, Varvara Fyodorovna (1894-1958)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Snider (left), and Staff Sgt. Antonio Tucker, both dedicated crew chiefs, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Sq., Creech Air Force Base, Nevada conducts post flight maintenance on an RQ-1 Predator at Aeropuerto Rafael Hernandez outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on 27 Jan., 2010. The RQ-1 remotely piloted systems are operating out of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. Airmen from Creech Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev. are providing 24 hour a day full-motion video in real time to international relief workers on the ground in order to speed humanitarian aid to remote and cut-off areas of the country following the earthquake on 12 Jan., 2010.

Right side rear view medium shot at nighttime through a Starlight System as a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, delivers U.S. personnel and supplies to Beira, Mozambique before returning to Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, where they are deployed during Operation Atlas Response. The U.S. aircraft are deployed to South Africa to provide humanitarian relief to the people (not shown) forced from their homes in the flooded regions of Mozambique. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF)

Station Officer J. Cavill, of Auburn Fire Station resting on the footboard of a truck after a falling beam had struck him on the head during a fire which destroyed a P.M.G. workshop at Lidcombe last night. July 18, 1951.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, signal a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

A U.S. Marine keeps the ship safe during his security watch on the pier alongside the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing flies ahead to conduct an air-to-air refueling with a 352d Special Operations Wing MC-130J Commando II during pilot proficiency training, U.K., Aug. 3, 2022. Nighttime training with the MC-130J prepares Airmen to conduct real-world airdrops and air refuels at any time, any place.

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Cossaboom, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, leads a low-light photography training scenario during Scorpion Lens 23 at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, South Carolina, March 22, 2023. Exercise Scorpion Lens is an annual training event held at McCrady Training Center, hosted by the 1st Combat Camera Squadron (1CTCS). The exercise provides expeditionary skills and training to Combat Camera professionals from the United States Army, Air Force, and Marines worldwide.

U.S 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 14, 2015) A Sailor welds metal in the pipe shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.

Soldier doing salute hand gesture towards Chinese flag, feeling pride in serving country. China army personnel does military greeting gesturing while listening national anthem

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks speaks at the National Capital Region ROTC Detachment commencement at Fort Myer, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The class of 2022 had 87 cadets with 14 of them commissioning as Distinguished Military Graduates, the top 20% of cadets in the nation.

010717-F-7203T-030. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division participate in the 10k Presidents Day Ruck, February 19, 2024. The ruck was hosted by Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) and celebrated all 46 of the United States' current and former Presidents. Army

U.S. Army Maj. Jon Siegler, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, looks at the pile of luggage located in the museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, Sept. 16, 2022. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division on rotation in Europe visited the site as part of an effort to develop a better understanding of significant historical events.

Students and teachers are debriefed of their mission in the Navys Virtual Reality Experience, the Nimitz, during Discovery Park of Americas 2022 Military History and Armed Forces Symposium. Commander, Navy Recruiting Command is one command of the six U.S. military branches attending Discovery Park of Americas 2022 Military History and Armed Forces Symposium.

111028-N-YZ751-168ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 28, 2011) Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class David L. Beal extinguishes a simulated fire during a damage control drill aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103). Truxtun is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, photographed during the silent commemoration of the end of the World War in the Neue Wache in Berlin. StS Tobias Lindner, is accompanied by Oleksij Makejew, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany and the Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner (CDU) . 08.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

DA-ST-90-01405. Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Snider, dedicated crew chief, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Sq., Creech Air Force Base, Nevada conducts post flight maintenance on an RQ-1 Predator at Aeropuerto Rafael Hernandez outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on 27 Jan., 2010. The RQ-1 remotely piloted systems are operating out of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. Airmen from Creech Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev. are providing 24 hour a day full-motion video in real time to international relief workers on the ground in order to speed humanitarian aid to remote and cut-off areas of the country following the earthquake on 12 Jan., 2010.

Senior Airman Chase Montgomery, 15th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party member, surveys a mountainside on Oct. 25, 2022, at Red Devil Drop Zone, Fort. Carson, Colorado. The 15th ASOS from Fort Stewart, GA, trained the 13th ASOS from Fort Carson, CO, on enabling command and control for the developing innovative concept of employing precision strike teams in support of the Combined Forces Air Component Commanders priorities.

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050210-F-9429S-001. Base: Over Afghanistan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Adam (right), pilot, 193rd Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, Middletown, Pa., conducts pre-flight with maintenance personnel on an EC-130J prior to a mission over Haiti on Jan. 30, 2010. The EC-130's are operating out of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. The EC-130J Commando Solo is a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport and is broadcasting AM and FM broadcasts in Creole to inform Haitians on various messages such as what to do when encountering a dead body, where to receive aid, and specific other government messages. U.S. Air Force

British Army Warrant Officer Andy Fairington (left) a joint terminal attack controller instructor with 255 (Somerset Yeomanry) Battery, Royal Artillery, and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Zane Pluhar, a forward air controller with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marines Expeditionary Force Information Group, pull targeting data and catalog for future missions during a live fire close air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, July 20, 2022. 1st ANGLICO trains with 255 Battery, to enhance proficiency in CAS and expand digital communications capabilities.

U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Blake Dimsdale, a member of USCGC Bears (WMEC 901) deck department, mans his position as helmsman during the Bears inbound transit, Boston, Massachusetts, Sep. 8, 2022. This was Dimsdales first patrol in the Coast Guard.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph Caponi IV, instructor loadmaster, 105th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, reviews aircraft data on a C-17 Globemaster III during a mission orientation flight over rural New York on June 3, 2022. Caponi supported flight operations for a mission orientation flight during a visit by Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard.

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U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct room clearing during a combat life savers course on U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 4, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Braskett, a rifleman with 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, applies a tourniquet to a mannequin during a Combat Life Saver (CLS) course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2022. CLS is designed to teach Marines the vital skill of immediate combat medical care.

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SWAT Team on a shooting range, NRW, Germany

10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets and Airmen with the 27th Special Operations Wing prepare to disembark and unload supplies during Arctic Edge 24 in Utqiagvik, Alaska, Feb. 29, 2024. Special Operations Command North deployed more than 400 joint and allied Special Operations Forces across the pan-Arctic region during Arctic Edge 24 to hone SOFs ability to disrupt irregular and conventional threats, erode competitors confidence to hold the North American Arctic at risk, and employ layered defense of the Homeland. Air Force

Lt. Col. Kelly Church, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron commander, and his co-pilot, Maj. Koani Lau, prepare a KC-135R Stratotanker for flight April 28, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Stratotanker, numbered 60-0329, has been an integral part of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron since forming in 1993 and is recognized for conducting the world's first tri-level refueling during the Vietnam conflict. The Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen flew the aircraft to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, so that it may become the first Stratotanker inducted into the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing performs pre-flight checks prior to the night scenarios of exercise Red Flag-Nellis (RF-N) 23-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 16, 2023. The 20th Fighter Wing is one of 21 units from across the coalition core function forces participating in RF-N 22-3.

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-268. CGC Dauntless --USCG RHI boat crew boarding commercial vessel -- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

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Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN Thomas Reade stokes a fire consisting of paper waste in the incinerator room on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

A view of the instrument panel and controls of a P-3C Orion patrol aircraft on display during the Patuxent River Air Show. (Substandard image). Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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An amphibious assault vehicle, with Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, departs the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD7), during demonstrations for service members and civilians, off the coast of Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations.

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214 prepare several AV-8B Harrier II aircraft to conduct support missions during Exercise Winter Fury 18 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 29, 2017. The exercise spans several locations including Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, MCAS Miramar and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.

Fireworks light up the night during festivities honoring U.S. military personnel who have returned home from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD Base: Omaha State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA)

040611-F-4539R-022. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Berlin Wall Photo - 1964 - Watchful Communist Border Guard Mans The Berlin Wall and Keeps a Constant Lookout for Persons Attempting to Escape from East Berlin.

U.S. Army Sgt. Joy Potter, a decontamination specialist with the Washington National Guards 10th Homeland Response Force, assists a Soldier with the 153rd Medical Detachment (Blood Support), 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade, in donning a M53A1 protective mask on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 23, 2022. Potter, with two other 10th HRF subject matter experts, taught a 2-day introductory course on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incident basics, proper wear of protective gear, and hazardous material detection and monitoring.

A Soldier secures a strap on a rucksack prior to the start of the 12-mile foot march event during the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 3, 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 and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

A Soldier secures a strap on a rucksack prior to the start of the 12-mile foot march event during the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 3, 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 and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

220407-N-MH210-1251NORFOLK, VA. (March 7, 2022) - A Sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) combats a simulated fire during a base wide fire, March 7, 2022. Bataan is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.

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