Military Operations in Challenging Environments

Scenes of military personnel engaged in missions, delivering aid, traversing difficult terrains, and showcasing abandoned military equipment in war zones.

December 16, 1992. Baidoa, Somalia. US Marines atop a Bradley tank are seen delivering food aid to the famine stricken people of the Somali countryside. Late in 1992, troops from the United States and other nations attempted to restore political stability and establish free and open food-aid routes by protecting ports, airports, and roads. However, there was widespread looting of food-distribution sites and hostility toward the relief effort by heavily armed militant factions.

December 16, 1992. Baidoa, Somalia. US Marines atop a Bradley tank are seen delivering food aid to the famine stricken people of the Somali countryside. Late in 1992, troops from the United States and other nations attempted to restore political stability and establish free and open food-aid routes by protecting ports, airports, and roads. However, there was widespread looting of food-distribution sites and hostility toward the relief effort by heavily armed militant factions.

An abandoned Iraqi D-30 122mm howitzer sits in the sand beside a road during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit hike 14 1/2 miles through the mountainous terrain here April 13. The service members were able to increase mental toughness and physical endurance while building unit cohesion.

A view from the Company G, area of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment, 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Marines of Company H, 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit, load supplies and equipment onto a cargo truck as they prepare to redeploy from the city, at the conclusion of their participation in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Members of a U.S. Marine detachment advance up a hillside during PACEX'89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX Country: United States Of America (USA)

A long-range view of the setup for the 5th Combat Communications Group communications system. Included is the AN/Tactical Radio Communication-170. This wide band communication system provides command and control, voice and data for the leadership and will also provide an occasional morale call for the troops. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

041225-F-2034C-022. Base: Baba Kurz Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the 3rd Combat Communications Group erect tents on the communications site during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Steyr vehicles and light armored equipment are parked at an outpost during Operation Desert Shield. Steyr vehicles and light armored equipment are parked at an outpost during Operation Desert Shield.

Troops advance toward the "enemy" in a desert assault that is taking place during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

Marine CPL M. W. Stitzer and LCPL S. L. Smith of Bravo 1/10, sit in their fighting positions as oncoming Huey helicopters fly onto the air strip in support of Operation Uphold Democracy at Cap Haitien. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

U.S. Army Sgt. Sterling Shearer, team leader attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team walks and talks with an Afghan boy in Alisheng district, Laghman province, Sept. 12. The PRT, partnered with the security forces assistant team and the Afghan National Police, patrolled through a village to talk to the locals and teach the ANP proper procedures during patrols.

DA-ST-85-02249. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

First Lt. Scott Adamson, an engineer attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, climbs up a bamboo ladder after inspecting a project in Qarghah'i district, Laghman province, Sept. 8. The engineers attached to the PRT conducted quality assurance checks on three projects and discussed construction plans for a fourth in the district.

020105-F-2034C-050. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Thumrait Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing

While local Haitians look on, 10th Mountain Division soldiers fill sandbags at Port-au-Prince airport in support of Restore Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

Marines from 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, conduct gun drills with their M-109A1 self-propelled 155mm howitzer during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A soldier of the 7th Air Defense Artillery Brigade keeps watch from a bunker during Operation Desert Shield. Two of the brigade's Patriot tactical air defense system missile launchers are in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion fill a water tank with freshly purified river water for local Mozambicans July 30, 2010. The Marines are working to purify the local public water source as part of exercise SHARED ACCORD 2010. The event is taking place throughout the east-African country Aug. 3 - 13. The exercise is an annually scheduled, bi-lateral U.S.-Mozambican even coordinated by U.S. Marine Forces Africa for U.S. Africa Command.

The U.S. Army Civil Affairs, U.S. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa J44 Force Engineers, U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron and village elders discuss the layout of water pipelines during a visit at Chabelley Village, Djibouti, July 15, 2022. The team conducted initial operational testing and assessments of the well pumps capabilities to rectify the lack of running water in the village medical clinic.

AQABA, Jordan - Royal Saudi Marines prepare for training at Exercise Eager Lion 22 at the Royal Jordanian Naval Base, Jordan on September 11, 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.

Viet Cong soldiers carry a litter with injured American POW, CPT David Earle Baker, (Captured 27 June 72) from the hospital tent to the release point. American and South Vietnamese prisoners were exchanged for Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese (NVA) prisoners. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam

A sandbagged shelter at the command post bunker of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Marines patrol through the jungle at the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Guam, March 19, 2013, during Exercise Gauhan Shield. Guahan Shield is an exercise designed to facilitate multiservice engagement and provide potential rapid response to theater crises and contingency operations in the Asia-Pacific region. The Marines are part of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

051229-A-7969G-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A490CA

Madagascar, near Ambatolampy, farmers digging up fields

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 40th Air Lift Squadron and 515th Air Mobility Element (AME) load equipment onto a C-130J Super Hercules in support of Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 25, 2023. During Bamboo Eagle 24-1, the 515th AME and the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron focused on strengthening their ability to rapidly mobilize units and support multiple spoke locations.

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. Security checks are routinely performed on all vehicles entering and leaving the compound to ensure weapons are not being transported illegally. This mission is in direct support of Operation Continue Hope. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)

A view of two simulated anti-aircraft missile installations used for air-to-ground target practice on the Korean Tactical Range. Base: Sang Dong Country: South Korea

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Jones, left, a survival evasion resistance and escape instructor from U.S. Air Forces Central A3 Operations, works with a Royal Air Force of Oman pilot on a survival training scenario during Accurate Test 22, in the Oman desert, May 17, 2022. This joint force training created a greater partnership between the two forces and improved the accuracy of combat search and rescue operations.

Kurdish refugee children and and old man help U.S. military personnel dislodge a light vehicle from a rut. The U.S. forces are in the region as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

An observation post of Company G, 2nd Battalion Regiment, 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit, near the Beirut International Airport. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A view of an Afghan burial site near Kandahar, Afghanistan, photographed during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DN-SN-85-00770. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Florek, a bulk fuel specialist from Oak Forest, Illinois, with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares fuel hoses for a forward arming and refueling point practical application, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at, Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2022. The WTI course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

030208-M-5753Q-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH MARINES

An Iraqi shepherd moves a heard of sheep through a field at Combat Qualification (Qual Com) as US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Robert Mendoza, from Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271) watches, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060405-A-1211S-078. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Cob Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Squads of Fox vehicle teams from the 1ST Platoon, 51st Chemical Company, Fort Polk, Louisiana, set up base camp complete with individual camouflage netting over each Fox vehicle. The Fox unit detects chemical and biological contaminants while personnel remain safely inside their pressurized armored amphibious vehicle. This unique platoon will be challenged by the desert environment, and integration with a variety of other U.S., and multi-national services. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030616-F-7685H-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

050628-A-1566H-005. Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The TSW -7 Mobile Tower is operated by members of the 5th Combat Communications Group from Robbins Air Force Base Georgia. Soon this site will be controlling all arriving and departing aircraft bringing troops, equipment and supplies in support of the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Corporal Bates and MASTER Sergeant Miller take a group photo with workers at the Kenya United States Liaision Office (KUSLO) warehouse during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

DN-ST-88-02507. Country: Unknown

Dramatization of the battlegrounds, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

Cpl. Kofi Agyeman, Disbursing pay master, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) stares out of a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements after the dust settles while on a convoy through the rugged terrain of Helmand province, Afghanistan on Sept. 24, 2010. 9th ESB Marines conduct engineering operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

Soldiers of the 222nd Transportation Company, Arizona National Guard, work their way through an obstacle on the confidence course. The soldiers are preparing for their deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Fort Huachuca State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu. A1 Hill, Eliane, battle site of the final Vietnamese military victory over the French in 1954, French tank

Africa's oldest civil war is being fought by men like these

Cannons flank the entrance to Nizwa Fort, built in the 17th Century by Imam Sultan bin Saif bin Malik Al Ya'arubi.

Men from the village of Maleel stack bags of wheat as a Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363) CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter prepaers to drop another load during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The grain, donated by Australia, is being delivered by helicopter insterad of truck convoy because it is suspected that the roads to t he village have been mined. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Watrous, New Mexico, Park Service workers maintain the ruins at Fort Union National Monument. From 1851-1891, Fort Union defended the Santa Fe Trail, protecting settlers against Natives upset that their land was being taken

Young Somalis search through the trash of the Belgian Army. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (May 4, 2022) Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18, lift and place c-wire around a battalion tent as part of perimeter defense practice during a Command Post Exercise (CPX). CPX is a training evolution conducted by Seabee battalions to assess their mission readiness exercise to prepare battalions for future operations. NMCB 18 Seabees are the expeditionary engineering and construction experts of the naval service. They provide task-tailored, adaptable and combat-ready engineering and construction forces that deploy to support Navy objectives globally.

Low angle, medium close-up of a US Army Soldier from the 9th PSYOPS, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, handing leaflets to the several outreached arms of Somali Nationals on the streets of Kismayo, Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)

011223-F-3961R-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030402-M-5150A-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Vietnam, Central Highlands, Pleimurong Village, 'Vietnam War. Montagnard Village Soldiers Filling Finely Woven Bamboo Rice-Carrier Baskets, Prpearing To Make Rice Wine.'

030310-F-9528H-030. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Dani men engaged in a mock battle with long spears, in a display of prowess and opulence of dress and decoration, Obia Village, Baliem Valley, Central...

030416-M-7371B-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hasham Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 030416-M-7371B-001

A Marine ducks as blasting caps detonate holes which when filled with quick drying cement will anchor an arresting gear system on an expeditionary field during Weapons and Tactics Instructions Class (WTI) 2-99. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PFC Jeremy Smith, PFC Gregory Shaw, and PFC Jong Staley roll up a camouflage net at the Tactical Assembly Area Santa Barbara outside Wonapsan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. Smith, Shaw and Staley are attached to the1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington. The 3rd Brigade is in Korea as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Wonapsan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Joint Task Force-Bravo worked side-by-side with the locals to aid and inoculate nearly 80 cows thus encouraging food stability for the region. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jaylen Molden)

A Marine rests his injured foot as he reclines on a bench in a field hospital during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Mali, Tombouctou, tuareg

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members Machinist's Mate 2nd Albert Moore III (left) and CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson, place leftover 4th of July fireworks with mines that are to be destroyed. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Soldier watchs ditch diggers, Bamiyan

CPL Joshua McNew, 1ST Marine Division, G-2 slides camouflage "cammy" netting over his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to break up the outline of the vehicle. G-2 supported 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion during the exercise.THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Needles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Thai Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians observe the aftermath of a large scale detonation at Ta Mor Roi Training area during Humanitarian Mine Action EOD Level 3 in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 27, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train Thailand Mine Action Center 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.

030402-M-5150A-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) participate in a disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 24, 2022. The ceremony was part of DPAAs efforts to disinter the remains of unknown service members lost during the Korean War. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Vintage Photograph. Riders perform traditional Moroccan fantasia with skill and precision.

Critical Incident Stress Management - Mississippi - 26-HK-140-337. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-89-09512. Base: Andersen Air Force Base State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Airborne troops land after jumping from a U. S. Air Force HC-130 Hercules aircraft while conducting a combined air drop called a friendship jump during the joint Thai-U. S. training exercise Cobra Gold '92. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '92 Base: Korat Country: Thailand (THA)

Country of the Gadarenes. 1898, Israel

Disabled and abandoned Iraqi vehicles sit in a dispersal area pockmarked with bomb craters following Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Donald Wheakley, with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the 705th Ordnance Company EOD, Fort Polk, Louisiana, assigned to Bagram Airfield, arranges unexploded ordnance for destruction, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM 2003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Camp in Mogadishu for people displaced by the fighting in Somalia.

Marines maintain their positions in foxholes tented with camouflaged ponchos. They are securing the air strip at Cap Haitien which is a vital link for incoming logistics support during Operation Uphold Democracy. Local Haitians watch from nearby. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Afghanistan, Balkh, Looters' trench with discarded artifact

A competitor crawls through the mud under barbed wire on the combat endurance course during Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Soldiers in high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) of Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, 4th Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, negotiate the difficult and flooded road between Mirebalais and Loscahobas, Haiti on the afternoon of 21 February 1995. The soldiers will stay two days and two nights in Loscahobas, where they will conduct foot patrols and set up vehicle checkpoints during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Mirebalais Country: Haiti (HTI)

Distinguished Visitors who are taking part in COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 watch as Marine Recruits take on the Confidence Course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations .... Complete Scene Caption: Distinguished Visitors who are taking part in COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 watch as Marine Recruits take on the Confidence Course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's cond

DM-ST-86-07520. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut.

Samburu

Explosives being detonated for the combat control team. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vietnam, Cu Chi, Cu Chi Tunnels, former underground city used by the Vietcong during the Vietnam War, statues of Vietcong guerillas

Paintball, car jumping or male in shooting game playing with speed or fast action on fun battlefield. Mission focused, military guns or man running with weapons for survival in an outdoor competition

Carved Italian Army Fusiliers Emblem, Above Gheralta Lodge; Gheralta, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

SSGT Carl Black, Detachment One, 1365 Audiovisual Squadron, takes a bath in a 55 gallon drum under the water tower overlooking the camp. The Sergeant is taking part in exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

Afghan children go back to their village, after bringing shia tea to Afghan National army soldiers, U.S. Soldiers, from 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, and U.S. Marines, from Embedded Training Team 1-12th, patrolling Depak Valley, in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2009.

Deployed U.S. military personnel sunbathe while taking a break from duties during the multi-service exercise Solid Shield '87. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '87 Base: Palmerola Country: Honduras (HND)

Post apocalyptic survivor creature with homemade weapons.

A donkey cart in the village. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM)

DA-SC-88-08163. Subject Operation/Series: MEDRETE Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Duikers and Kikvorsmen demonstrations at the diving center of the Royal Navy in Den Oever. A "Mud-Crawl" also includes there.

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