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Military Operations in Desert Areas

Images depict military camps and operations in arid landscapes, featuring tents, vehicles, and sparse vegetation under a clear sky.

Aerial of Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11393

030813-M-7837W-023. Base: Camp Snoopy, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-234

Oil fires started by the Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm continue to burn north of Kuwait International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Aerial border patrol on the U.S./Mexico border.

DN-ST-89-00059. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Israel, View of minefield with sign board

Shot of the Radar Approach Control Center and the TPN-19 Radar at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-401-25. Hurricane Katrina

Personnel assigned to the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, evaluate battle damage on the targets for potential updates to weaponeering models and software on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nevada, Sept 13, 2022. The NTTR mission is to create, operate, and maintain live and synthetic environments and integrate partners to optimize warfighter capabilities.

Graves at the Battlefield of Willowgrange. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa

Air Force military installation on the top of Puig major, Escorca, Natural area of the Serra de Tramuntana., Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

A view of an unexploded mortar round laying inside a mined area at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Grave of Lt. General Penn Symons at The Talana Museum, Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Italian tank cemetery in Asmara, capital of Eritrea, Africa

An aerial view of radar domes at the 3rd Detachment, 3rd Space Support Wing facilities at Thule Air Base. Country: Greenland (GRL)

041211-M-2583M-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Explosive devices await destruction. The weapons are part of a 13,000 cache destroyed by the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Alpha Flight, Sather Air Base, Iraq.

Strong back tents erected at Camp Lima are laid out in neat rows. Over 10,000 Cubans, now living in Panama, will soon begin to arrive to live in these tents. US Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Port Hueneme, California, with the help of 100 Cubans migrant carpenters, plan to build 1,950 tents by June, 1995. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Crewmen relax on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) as the ship transits the Suez Canal. Country: Egypt (EGY)

Armstrong canon, one of the strongest canons worldwide, in Fort Rinella, Rinella, Malta, Europe

030815-M-7837W-042. Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: HMH-462

Villagers from Mado Gashi village move through a drop zone collecting bags of corn to move to a local warehouse for storage during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-02-04690 or search 980304-M-4605W-009). Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Madogashi Country: Kenya (KEN)

040328-M-5753Q-006. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-104. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William Betts, the commander of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, and petroleum, oil and lubricants Airmen, assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, drag a fuel bladder into place at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 6, 2022. Betts visited the POL flight to learn about their capabilities and recognize their outstanding performers.

Wasserträger in Oberägypten , in upper Egypt Copyright: xZoonar.com/DagmarxRichardtx 346588

Poland, Oswiecim, Birkenau Death Camp, Barbed wire fences

060510-A-7969G-006. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Shadow Wolves Drug Smuggler Trackers

Iraq, Ninawa province, Mosul on 2022-10-18. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. Here, in the old city of Mosul destroyed by Daesh, writings, posters or flags warn of the presence of explosive remains. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Ninive, Mossoul le 2022-10-18. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines antipersonnel prohibant lacquisition, la production, le

Moore, Okla., May 22, 2013 Federal Urban Search and Rescue Team, Tennessee Task Force 1 searches an open field during rescue operations. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013. Moore, OK, May 22, 2013--Federal Urban Search and Rescue Team, Tennessee Task Force 1 searches an open field during recue operatoins. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Blackhawk, cordon off the town square of a small village near Combat Outpost Yosef Khel March 10. Members of Co. A were assisting the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan National Army conduct traffic check points near the village when one of their vehicles got stuck in the mud and had to be pulled out.

A civilian inhabitant of the Dobrini suburb speaks to a member of the 55th Signal Company, Combat Camera about the progress of rebuilding his home and the presence of unexploded ordnances in the area. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Dobrini State: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Memorial to British casualties in Battle of Spioenkop (24 Jan 1900) the bloodiest battle of the Boer War

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan -Soldiers assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team security forces team, conduct a presence patrol though Mangow village in eastern Afghanistans Nuristan province, Aug 26. The Nuristan PRT works closely with the provincial government in order to achieve enhanced security, facilitate economic and infrastructure development and extend the reach of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Aerial view of the 67th Combat Support Hospital located on the Taszar Airfield. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Taszar Air Base Country: Hungary (HUN)

980310-F-4116M-010. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) completes M4 rifle qualification requirements July 26, 2022, on Range 18 on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding annual training at Fort McCoy.

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

030412-F-8362B-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-426-200. Showing the Admiral around. Hurricane Katrina

Aerial view of Maintenance City at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Personal working in Maintenance City are a part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An aerial view of Observation Post Charlie 9 showing it's location on a Macedonian mountain top during Operation Able Senty. Subject Operation/Series: ABLE SENTRY Base: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD)

060128-A-7969G-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A490CA

DF-ST-87-09729. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040716-A-7128J-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baiji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Task Force Danger

041116-M-1250B-019. Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An aerial view of Nellis Air Force Base during Operation Gunsmoke '81. Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '81 State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Russian search and rescue all terrain vehicle (ATV) drives Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA from the medical tent to his awaiting helicopter after he and Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) landed in their Soyuz TMA-13M capsule in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, deploy a ribbon-bridge section while preparing for a wet-gap crossing operation part of Defender Europe 22 held at Dęblin, Poland, May 17, 2022. Defender Europe 2022 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

High oblique aerial view of March AFB looking south. This Air Mobility Command Facility has a combined Air Force Reserve & Air National Guard components assigned, flying KC-10A Extender aircraft, KC-135E Stratotankers and C-141B Starlifter transports and inflight refueling tankers. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tel Saki site of a fierce battle in the Yom Kippur war

. Military guard post

961012-A-4491R-013. Complete Scene Caption: An IFOR marked US Army 74th Assault Floating Bridge Company and 502nd Assault Floating Bridge Company M812 (6x6) 5-ton Cargo Truck launches a Ribbion Bridge (floating bridge) Interior Bay unit on to the Sava River, while three US Army FBM Marine CSB Bridge Erection Boats are seen in the background. This floating bridge will cross the Sava River, between Orasje, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Zupanja, Croatia, and be used by IFOR troops crossing the Sava River as they re-deploy from Bosnia during in Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor 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 Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

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.

041124-M-2583M-095. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050116-F-3587F-003. Base: Unknown Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050713-A-6108G-532. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An aerial view of flood damage to 22 Area Camp Pendleton California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sudan, Tribal People, Dinka Fishing Festival. Mass Of Tribesmen In Waist Level Water Using Spears And Nets To Catch Fish

Crewmen at the bombing range tear down and reconstruct targets during Operation Gunsmoke '81. Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '81 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Thai Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians place ordnance for 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.

Hoetensleben border memorial, former GDR border fortifications in Hoetensleben, today the state border between Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, 22 April 2019

Empty chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule await Spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté, Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, and Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Michael Barratt just minutes after they landed in their Soyuz TMA-14 capsule near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberté who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft.

An aerial view of a tent city near Zakhu. The city was established to shelter Kurdish refugees during 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)

Armored Corps memorial Latrun Israel

020512-F-2902B-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A BLU-109B bomb after the sled test was performed. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050821-A-6108G-174. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040921-M-2306K-022. Complete Scene Caption: A Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) transceiver (green), circa 1950's, and other communications equipment, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Dick S. Kotecki) (Released) Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

In 1776 the Dominguez y Escalante Expedition traveled over impassable terrain through the Uinta Basin, homelands to the Ute Indians.

An aerial of a refugee camp near Kukes, Albania, from an MH-53E (not shown) from HM-15. HM-15 is currently embarked on the Amphibious Assault ship, USS INCHON (MCS-12) (not shown) which is operating in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, supporting Operation Sustain Hope, a joint, combined NATO and U.S. military humanitarian relief effort in conjunction with civilian relief agencies. Operation Sustain Hope is bringing relief to thousands of refugees created from the recent unrest in the Kosovo region. Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Kukes Country: Albania (ALB)

Distance board at pakistan check post guarded by soldier Kamanpost Uri Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir India 6-April-2008 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

AN air-to-air left side view, from left to right, of two OH-58 Kiowa helicopters, four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and two AH-1 Cobra helicopters in front of two pyramids during exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

030810-M-7837W-012. Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

010413-F-3128G-016. Base: Rapid City State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The grave of James Rorke, buried at Rorke's Drift, site of a fierce battle during the Anglo Zulu War of 1879. kwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

The Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271) Combat Engineers set a patriotic tone by aligning sandbags around the bunker in the colors of the American flag in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force run with their Israel Defense Force group leader while participating in an orientation exercise prior to the start of Exercise Juniper Cobra in Israel, Feb. 10, 2016. JC is a combined Israeli-U.S. exercise designed to improve interoperability between the two countries' armed forces.

Aerial view of a military camp of warehouse area in the foreground, with roads, bridges and terrain in the background.. Aerial view of a military camp of warehouse area in the foreground, with roads, bridges and terrain in the background..

DA-ST-87-01754. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Asia, China, Shaanxi Province, Xian, Terracotta Army (Warriors) at the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum Site Museum, The Repair Section

Sa Coma factory Sa Coma factory, General Bayo s headquarters during the republican landing, Spanish civil war, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21753917

very big military tent in the field

050821-A-6108G-222. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulimaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050821-A-6108G-119. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

960613-F-2907C-004. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Mostar Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Infographic about the manoeuvres used in the Battle of Kadesh (1275 B.C.), in which the Egyptian empire fought against the kingdom of the Hittites. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 5000x3139.

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