Military Operations and Equipment

Historic black-and-white images of military activities featuring troops with anti-tank guns, briefings, and logistical support during various military exercises.

Anti Tank Guns - Guns - War. May 2, 1941.
Anti Tank Guns - Guns - War. May 2, 1941.
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SGT. John Janey, 548th Corps Support Battalion, gives his generator one last check at the end of his 24-hour shift. Fort Drum personnel are working around the clock in support of communities crippled by the recent ice storm. Soldiers are augmenting community clean-up efforts and providing trucks, electrical power, mobile kitchens, heaters, and more than 60,000 sand bags. (Duplicate image, see also DASD9901537 or search 980112A0000R001). Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A detachment of U.S. Marines, with snow ski's and alpine gear, prepare for departure from the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) in the hangar bay during NATO Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Base: Trondheim Fjord Country: Norway (NOR)
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Allied capture of Mubo. Sergeant Robert Clark of Los Angeles and Corporal Horrie Panye of Drummoyne, N.S.W. with a Jap pennant captured during the fighting at Nassau Bay. The pennant was illustrated with a sketch depicting the Jap navy and airforce in action. August 5, 1943. (Photo by Department of Information Commonwealth of Australia).
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A Marine Corps colonel, left, accompanies an Army major general, second from left, and his staff into a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq, following their arrival for an inspection tour. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Germany, Berlin, 16, 11.1992, eviction of an alternative bicycle shop in Lettestraße, (police operation after complaint by the owner), Frank Reiche, der Kiez sieht Dich
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A collapsed nosewheel assembly lies beside the fuselage of a Spanish AV-8 Harrier aircraft after its crash. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)
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DM-SN-85-12983. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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SGT Anderson and Loading Crew Supervisor, SSGT Ron Lowery, left to right, use a quick loader to load 20mm rounds into an F-4 Phantom II aircraft nose gun. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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DM-SN-88-03567. Base: Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)
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Britain's Frog Men -- A group of frog men showing their gear and web feet.Naval volunteers. Britain's "Frog Men" in special diving suits with web like flippers on their feet, destroyed the D. Day undersea obstructions. The frog men like this human mine sweeps were trained in secret at a little fishing town in north Devon. September 12, 1945. (Photo by Fox Photos).
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DN-SN-85-00753. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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DN-SN-90-11439. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 State: Rayong Province Country: Thailand (THA)
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Front Line Shop -- NAAFI British troop comfort (Navy Army and Air Force Institute) in famous all over the world for the way in which is brings everything from tea and buns to extra clothing to British Troops.It is doing its job in Korea and Cameraman Thomas Dixon sends this picture of a NAAFi mobile shop. It is serving the first battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. December 19, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).
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DF-SN-85-11479. Country: Unknown
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Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger is taken by jeep to tour the Tank Battalion. M-109 self-propelled howitzers are staged on both sides of the road. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DA-SN-87-08934. Subject Operation/Series: YAMA SAKURA XI Base: Camp Sendai Country: Japan (JPN)
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Anefo photo collection. Third day hostage train the point; Photographers in transition. May 25, 1977
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Students from the Saint George's University School of Medicine climb aboard a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that will transport them to Point Salines Airfield, where they will be evacuated from the island on transport aircraft. They are being evacuated to Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)
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Anefo photo collection. Human blockage on railway line at Deventer to hinder ammunition transport to Germany. Police end of blockage. January 19, 1982. Deventer
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Two young lieutenants make their way through the snow and underbrush during the "three-day war," part of a Marine officer's training at The Basic School. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport exercises Depot Special troops. Instructor in two-fighting. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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DF-SN-85-13571. Base: Carswell Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Crewmen transport a victim during emergency operations following a fire in a berthing compartment aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). Country: Caribbean Sea
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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (July 18, 2022) File photo from Sep. 05, 2012 by Paul Farley captioned, Master at Arms 2nd Class Myrna Tangar mans an M240 machine gun on a harbor patrol boat while underway for a routine patrol”. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., Allied, and Partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.
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PFC Joseph Roberts, 7th Marines, has the honor of pinning a new battle streamer on the regimental colors during a re-dedication ceremony. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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LT L. D. Dacanay, in striped shirt, senior surviving officer of the beached and overturned Filipino frigate RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76), sits near the wrecked ship and discusses its grounding with Commodore Brillante Ochoco, with helmet, Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard, and RADM Simeon Alejandro, flag officer in command of the Philippine navy. Base: Calayan Island Country: Philippines
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A group of midshipmen enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) wait to take off for a demonstration flight in a CH-46 Sea King helicopter. The midshipmen are participating in a one-week aviation training program designed to familiarize them with the work of the naval aviators. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Navy dive team prepares to depart the platform in a rubber raft, to locate to victims and wreckage from Flight 90, the Air Florida Boeing 737 that crashed into Rochambeau Bridge (14th Street). The divers are from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Indian Head, Maryland and Harbor Clearance Unit Two, from Little Creek, Virginia. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Army personnel & armed police deployed to prevent rioting after religious fundamentalists demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on 6 December 1992 The rioting continued till January 1993 in Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra india Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox
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DN-SN-87-04946. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '86 Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1)
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A US Navy Seabees and members of a Tunisian construction battalion take a break from repairing a flood-damaged railroad during exercise ATLAS RAIL. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RAIL Country: Tunisia (TUN)
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Anefo photo collection. Catastrophe at Liège, work to remove the embers. February 4, 1961. Liège
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LCPL Guy Green along with other members of Co. K, 3rd Bn., 6th Mar., are going through the Brazilian marine obstacle course. This is a part of cross training between the two countries, prior to their participating in the amphibious landing exercise, Unitas XXII. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXII Base: Rio De Janeiro Country: Brazil (BRA)
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ADM William J. Crowe Jr., USN commander in chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, speaks at a briefing on the beach, during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '81 Base: Doganbey Country: Turkey (TUR)
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Anefo photo collection. UNIFIL battalion back from Lebanon. Soldiers greet their family. October 21, 1983. Crailo, Noord-Holland
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A Marine messenger rides a motorcycle during the amphibious assault Exercise Operation Kernal Blitz '87-2. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. Second day hostage of train at the point; Rechercheurs bring to train to train with lorry. May 24, 1977
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Everyday life of Bundeswehr recruits in a barracks on 26.05.1976 in Hemer, Germany, Europe
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Shipping from the U-Brigade from Batavia to Padang (4th series). A smiling soldier. November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra
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DM-SN-89-05151. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marine LCPL Patricio Taucan of Co. K, 3rd Bn., 6th Mar., is interviewed by the Chilean television news media. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXII Base: Valaparaiso Country: Chile (CHL)
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A band from the 7th Brigade Royal Scots, 1ST United Kingdom Armoured Division, provides entertainment at the 1ST Marine Division's Camp 5 Christmas party during Operationa Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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A US soldier tending a wounded fellow soldier in Vietnam.