Military Operations and Equipment

1940s and 1960s images showing military personnel conducting various operations, equipment handling, and historical military advancements.

1945 - The SSB attaches to the side of a merchant ship and one operator connects a warhead to the ship's hull.

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Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-140. CGC Dauntless -- USCG RHI boat crew boarding commercial vessel-- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

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Cairo, Egypt, Jan 25, 2025 An Egyptian policeman walks under a beam of light on Tahrir Square in the morning.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Kenneth Mateo, CH-53E Super Stallion pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an aerial maneuver rehearsal during exercise EFES 2022 in Turkey, June 4, 2022. EFES22 is an international combined joint live-fire exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

221205-N-XK462-1225 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2022) U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Bryson Hudgins, from Wytheville, Va., performs maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet's panels in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 26, 2022) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Neal Eichler, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), prepares for a firefighting exercise, Sept. 26, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

The U.S. Air Force F-35 Demo Team flies at the 187th Fighter Wings Family day at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Alabama on Feb. 10, 2024. (Alabama National Guard

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