Military Operations and Humanitarian Aid

Scenes depicting military personnel engaged in various operations, from disaster response to peacekeeping, showcasing their crucial roles in global safety.

Kashmiri students protest, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

020508-A-9890P-011. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2002 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific

United Nation soldiers are posted at the entrance to the Port-au-Prince, Haiti airport on Jan. 20, 2010 during Operation Unified Response. A devastating earthquake hit the region on Jan. 12, 2010.

A United Nations vehicle sits outside the Bangladeshi K-4 Circle compound in Mogadishu as a guard patrols the barbed-wire perimeter. The Bangladeshis operate a food-for-work program in support of the Somalis. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Georgian and U.S. Special Operations Forces work together to conduct a personnel search during an ambush during Noble Partner 22 at Tbilisi, Georgia, Sept. 2, 2022. The Noble Partner 22 exercise consists of 2,400 military personnel from more than 21 countries and is designed to enhance Georgian, regional ally, partner, and U.S. forces' readiness.

Second LT. Christopher Walton and other members of the Army's 284th Military Police Company examine unexploded ordnance found in a fenced-in yard. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Miscellaneous - Security Photos - 26-HK-436-90. Hurricane Katrina

Soldiers from A Company, 2nd, Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Ft Drum, NY, direct Haitian civilians as they enter the street to evacuate a building that is about to be raided during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

000505-N-6492H-541. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

030515-M-4419R-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Division NBC

Kashmiri students protest, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

Malaysian Army Soldiers conduct training on protection and control of an established United Nations (UN) site during Garuda Canti Dharma II / Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise 22 at Pusat Misi Pemeliharaan, Indonesia, July 27, 2022. UN sites include key areas such as hospitals and airports that are critical to the success of UN peacekeeping operations. Exercise Garuda Canti Dharma II enables instructors from multiple countries to integrate and provide cross education, further strengthening cohesion between allies and partners.

Rwandan refugees enter Goma after a civil war erupted in their country. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fold a fuel bag to extract fuel for an aircraft during a forward arming and refueling point exercise within a combat service support area on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2023. A CSSA provides Marines on the ground with food, water, and fuel to support the mission and sustain an area of operations. A FARP extends this capability to include fuel for the 31st MEUs air combat element. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of USS America 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.

US Marines enter the main gate at the embassy compound. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

990627-M-5696S-020. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

U.S. Army 7th Special Operations Group Soldiers provide security as El Salvadoran soldiers pass out 300 food packets to the village of Al Karaade, Iraq, on Nov. 12. The El Salvadoran army teamed up with the Iraqi army and U.S. Army to provide humanitarian aid.

Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) personnel stand in formation during the opening ceremony for the Department of Defense Humanitarian Mine Action training program conducted by U.S. Marines with 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group for the PNTL EOD team in Dili, Timor-Leste, May 3, 2022. This train-the-trainer program will enhance Timor-Lestes EOD capabilities and demonstrates the growing security cooperation and U.S. commitment to partnership with Timor-Leste.

030411-M-6538A-005. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force participate in Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Palestinians are devastated following an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestine.

060403-A-5745M-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

Gaza City. Palestine. 14th May 2023. Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza city.

021026-A-3497H-085. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Nejhab Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Army deputed at Gate way of India after Terrorist attack by Deccan Mujahedeen on 26 November 2008 in Bombay Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

AMC (Agartala Municipal Corporation) workers destroying illegal liquor shops along with police personnel at the Battala market area at Agartala. Tripura, India.

army helicopter republic day, Red road, Kolkata, west Bengal, India, Asia Copyright: xGoutamxRoy/DinodiaxPhotox

040916-A-9531S-111. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Rioters break glass panes of vehicles in Bhandup after the Dalit community resort to violent protests, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

DF-ST-86-11781. Base: Ojo De Agua Country: Honduras (HND)

Guatemala, Antigua. Uniformed police officers guarding gem store.

A truck enters the Joint Task Force Somalia headquarters during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The headquarters was established at the former U.S. Embassy c ompound. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) soldier prepares to climb a telephone pole and simulate the cutting of phone lines at the Twin Bridges training area on Nov. 1, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, is the site for a simulated battle on Nov. 2, 1998, between a ROKA Armored Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Two Belgian military police officers, left and right in the frame go through the possessions of a Somali taxi driver who stands between the two officers. Both Belgian Soldiers carry a 5.56mm FN FCN rifles over their shoulder. They all are standing on a dirt road behind the taxi. They are at a checkpoint prior to the entrance into the compound at Kismayo Port, Somalia. The Belgian contingent has been responsible for security in Kismayo since 4 May 1993. This mission is in direct support of Operation Continue Hope. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)

051215-A-4182R-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 155 BCT

PFC. Kevin Johnson, 155th Transportation Company, Fort Eustis, VA, provides security and inspects vehicles before they are loaded on board the USNS Denebola. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Moroccan Royal Army members set up a quick response containment and treatment facility during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) defense demonstration hosted by the Moroccan military in Agadir, Morocco, June 28, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

Liberia , Bong, Gbarnga, Trucks Stopped At Roadblock In Area Under Control Of Militia Forces.

A U.S. serviceman, armed with an M-60 machine gun, guards a group of Cubans in a containment area during Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

A demonstrator with a homemade shield runs away from a cloud of tear gas as clashes and riots take over Yumbo, Valle del Cauca in Colombia between demonstrators and Colombian riot Police (ESMAD) in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on May 17, 2021. Amid 20 days of violent and peaceful protests against the government of president Ivan Duque, and Police Brutality that lead now at least 40 dead and 16 women abused since the demonstrations began.

A 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Cargo/Troop Carrier, with a severely cracked passenger side front window and a vacancy where the front passenger side door should be, damaged by the explosive concussion of a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine exploding after another US Army HMMWV struck and detonated the mine. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

051011-A-1327A-030. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

Police standing Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Military and civilian traffic moves along a road on the outskirts of the city. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060603-N-9076B-124. Base: Jolo State: Sulu Country: Philippines (PHL)

US Navy Personnelman 3rd Class (PN3) Zikomo S. Bullock (left) and Electronics Technician 3rd Class (ET3) Marvin T. Marsh, USN, (right) "apprehend" Crytologic Technician SEAMAN (CTSN) Martin Quackenbush, USN, as a suspected bomb smuggler during a demonstration of vehicle search techniques. Agana Naval Air Station, Guam, 8 May 1998. Base: Naval Air Station, Agana State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Armed US Army TF 1-18 soldiers, some wearing camouflaged BDUs and others wearing sweat suits, involved in fighting a fire, seen burning in the background, that broken out in a warehouse located at Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina. These US Army soldiers are in Bosnia participating in Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Mcgovern Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Rapid action force commandos taking photograph after terrorist attack by deccan mujahedeen in Bombay Mumbai Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

051003-A-8255A-152. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030202-M-7031A-015. Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

A Indian policeman guards a polling station during the first phase of assembly election in south Kashmir's Pulwama. The elections in Kashmir are being held after a ten year gap in three phases for 47 assembly seats of Kashmir. The election is also the first time since 2019 when India abrogated Article 370 of its constitution which granted Kashmir autonomy. Kulgam, Kashmir, India.

051218-N-0000X-005. Subject Operation/Series: LIFELINE Base: Muzaffarabad Country: Pakistan (PAK)

Villagers help to unload building material from an air-cushioned landing craft of Assault Craft Unit 5 during Operation Sea Angel, a U.S. military effort to aid victims of a cycloned which struck the area on April 30th. Subject Operation/Series: SEA ANGEL Base: Sandwip Island Country: Bangladesh(BGD)

030407-M-0175R-104. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kashmiri students protest, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

050414-N-6501M-002. Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sylhet, Bangladesh. 18th July 2024. Students protesting by blocking the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway demanding quota reforms. Police thereafter tried to stop and block the protestors.

Military parade of armed forces in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Visitors, traders and illegal Burmese immigrants walk by barbed wire at the Thai side of the Thailand - Myanmar border at Mae Sot, Thailand.

THE FLOWERS OF WAR (2011) -Original title: JIN LING SHI SAN CHAI-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

051011-A-1327A-048. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

A Cuban migrant medical patient is lifted into an ambulance under camouflaged netting. The migrant arrived from Panama and will be ferried to Guantanamo Bay's windward side for processing. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Military Police look into a hand bag filled with weapons confiscated in downtown Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

A Vietnamese soldier is carrying an injured person on his back, while another soldier is walking next to him trying to send onlookers away. War in Vietnam (1960-1975). Saigon (Vietnam), 1968.

Marines, riding on an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), move through streets past civilians and buildings of Cape Haitian during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

020413-F-2902B-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

050414-A-3240S-004. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Debris from a crashed T-2C Buckeye aircraft sits on pallets on the deck of the aircraft USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16). The BUCKEYE hit the carrier's tower during a touch-and-go-practice landing October 29, killing its student pilot and four others. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Police outside hotel Taj Mahal after terrorist attack by deccan mujahedeen Bombay Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

990618-M-5696S-021. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Cernica State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU

Palestinians are devastated following an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestine.

040818-F-4441R-034. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Mumbai police constables are running to attend the meditation camp, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NO MR Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-29. Hurricane Katrina

Police and TSR (Tripura State Rifles) personnel are destroying illegally planted marijuana plants on the outskirts of Agartala. Tripura, India. (Photo by: Majority World/UIG)

U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force airmen team up to move a concrete mixer at the Pembangunan Anak-Anak Yatim Bekas Perajurit Malaysian orphanage in Kulim, Malaysia, April 8, 2012. More than 50 U.S. and Malaysian Air Force members spent the day mixing and pouring concrete to create a multi-use sports court at the orphanage as part of a community relations project during Cope Taufan 2012.

US Marines take cover behind two High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) after a large mortar explodes, billowing black smoke into the morning sky. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

The police guard a road of the centre of Reggio Calabria where there is unrest due to the decision of the provincial capital. Reggio Calabria, September 1970.

050110-M-0764W-017. Base: Colombo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)

010825-A-9369L-009. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

A group of Marines forms up behind a truck load of weapons confiscated during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Djambi. Population looks at extinguishing a fire on a jetty in the river. December 30, 1948. Djambi, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Army personnel & armed police deployed to prevent rioting after religious fundamentalists demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on 6/12/1992 The rioting continued till January 1993 in Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

030418-M-1112H-307. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sylhet, Bangladesh. 20th June 2023. Amid heavy rainfall, EVM machines are being sent to the polling stations from the AMA Muhith Sports Complex ahead of Sylhet City Corporation Polls slated for June 21st 2023.

Idlib, Syria. 11th February 2023. On the 6th February an earthquake struck northern and western Syria. The catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake has so far killed more than 3500 people, while 5.3 million people in Syria may be homeless after the earthquake. It is the deadliest earthquake to have affected Syria since the 1822 Aleppo earthquake.

Policemen outside the Taj Mahal hotel after terrorist attack by Deccan Mujahedeen on 26th November 2008 in Bombay Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

The police guarding a central road, where one can see a small fire still alight, following some troubles due to the decision taken by the provincial capital. Reggio Calabria (Italy), September 1970.

060119-A-1211S-072. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal students respond to an EOD spot task during a Humanitarian Mine Action EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 29, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.

Indian Bihar menders Ladakh Himalayas India

Second World War. Soldiers in a gym converted to the intermediary

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 25, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Clayton Hudson signals an EA-18G Growler assigned Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

Kansas Senator Robert J. Dole arrives in Saudi Arabia to visit troops during OPERATION DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Kandahar city, Southern Afghanistan. 31st August 2021. Taliban fighters and their supporters celebrated across Afghanistan with the final departure of all U.S. troops. Brining to an end of 20 years of foreign military presence.

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