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Military Personnel in Exercises

Photos show military personnel in various exercises and discussions at different bases, exhibiting teamwork and operational readiness.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuchs des Deutschen Kontingents eFP auf dem NATO-Stuetzpunk in Rukla, 03.11.2023
Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuchs des Deutschen Kontingents eFP auf dem NATO-Stuetzpunk in Rukla, 03.11.2023
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ANSBACH, Germany - Will Rogers, Senior Climate Advisor to The Honorable Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the United States Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (ASA (IEE)), snaps a photo of the ASA (IEE) just before riding up in an Aerial Ladder Truck with U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach Commander, Col. Aaron Dixon and Installation Management Command-Europe Deputy Director, Col. Chistopher Danbeck, during her visit February 21, 2024. Jacobson went up in the truck to view future sites of a community activity center, Army Family housing and other quality of life projects on Urlas kaserne. The new infrastructure projects are needed as the USAG Ansbach community grows with the recent addition of two units in the garrison. Army
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Armenia, Yerevan. Yerevan Military Museum, paintings of Armenian generals.
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STS032-S-056 (20 Jan 1990) --- STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers depart the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout (O and C) Building enroute to KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. Dubious weather at the return-to-launch site (RTLS) caused postponement of yesterday's planned launch. From left to right are Mission Specialist (MS) G. David Low, MS Marsha S. Ivins, MS Bonnie J. Dunbar, Pilot James D. Wetherbee, and Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein. All crewmembers are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and Low, Ivins, and Wetherbee wave to spectators as they head to the transportation van. Following the crew are astronaut Michael L. Coats (left) and NASA/JSC manager Donald R. Puddy.
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Veterans Day ceremony and aftermath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne delivered the opening remarks, and joined participating dignitaries including the former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, along with Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Founder and President Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation Founder and President Diane Carlson Evans, Mary "Edie" Meeks of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, William Hansen of Lockheed Martin, and William Murdy of Comfort Systems. Ceremony, co-hosted by the Memorial Fund and the National Park Service, highlighted the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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The funeral of Hans-Ullrich Rudel, the only Knight's Cross winner with golden oak leaves and a member of the right-wing radical DRP, turned into a gathering of old and young supporters of Adolf Hitler. Several of his mourners saluted with the Heil Hitler, Deutschland
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Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse.
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General Ronald Fogelman reviews the RODEO 94 troops who are particpating in the annual air mobility competition. Accompanying him is Dr. Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force, and MAJ. GEN. Marv Ervin, Rodeo Commander. Saluting GEN. Fogelman is Wing Commander J.S. Wilson, United Kingdom's Team Commander, from RAF Lyneham, UK. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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French police outside the Koeningsberg Castle in Eastern France.
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221019-N-ZG822-1306 ADRIATIC SEA (Oct. 19, 2022) Sebastian Prengel, center, BILD journalist, speak with Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Nick Lampley, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during the NATO-led vigilance activity Neptune Strike 22.2 (NEST 22.2), in the Adriatic Sea, Oct. 19, 2022. NEST 22.2 is the natural evolution of NATO's ability to integrate the high-end maritime warfare capabilities of a carrier strike group to support the defense of the alliance in Europe.
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A Russian security officer stands guard as the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Russia, Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia, and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson is scheduled for Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10:04 a.m. Kazakhstan time.
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21st Theater Sustainment Command Host Nation Support and logisticians, representatives from Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, 598th Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Norwegian Armed Forces and representatives from Norways government and civilian sectors toured rail facilities near Rygge Air Base, Norway Oct. 18, 2022 during a tabletop workshop aimed to enhance host nation support and interoperability between the U.S. and Norway.
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Deployment of German police officers in Kosovo, the police operations are part of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, in Gjakova, Kosovo, Europe
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Checkpoint Charlie Friedrichstrasse Berlin Germany
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WOODY HARRELSON in MIDWAY (2019), directed by ROLAND EMMERICH.
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JSC2000-E-27077 (16 October 2000) ---Expedition One crew members in Moscow's Red Square. From left, Soyuz pilot Yuri Gidzenko, flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, and expedition commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd. While in Moscow, the trio also visited the grave of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968). Paying respects to the first man in spaceis customary in Russia prior to a spaceflight.
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Germany, Berlin, the checkpoint Charlie, former border crossing, soldier, no modelrelease
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A photographer stands atop the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft long after it landed with Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station.
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany. Wall separated West Berlin from East Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
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Visit from H.M. Koningin Beatrix at the Mariniers corps in the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne in Doorn. The queen and the other attendees protect their ears during a demonstration with a helicopter.
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Stonham Barns History Alive event, Living History, Suffolk, England, UK 2019
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Royal Australian Air Force, Air Commodore Harvey Reynolds, lays a wreath at the base of a memorial during an ANZAC Day dawn service at MacDill Air Force Base, April 25, 2022. Though repelled by Ottoman forces, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day commemorates the World War I campaign when Australian and New Zealand forces stood together in effort to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula. ANZAC Day is a day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand to honor those who served and died in military operations.
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Reenactment of World War II 1940s style car in Reading, PA held June 18, 2009
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Zaragoza April 8, 2014 maneuvers of the Guadarrama XII Armored Brigade in San Gregorio photo Fabián Simón archdc.
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The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Ambassadors Rock Band performs live for Dzień Dobry TVN, a Polish television program, near the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków, Poland, Oct. 16, 2022. The USAFE Band partnered with the U.S. Consulate-Krakow to travel across southern Poland from Oct 11-20, 2022, conducting performances that celebrated the shared spirit of freedom and enduring friendship between the U.S. and Poland. The band brings Americas musical heritage and Air Force excellence to audiences across Europe and Africa.
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Men in Russian uniforms take a group photo at the Soviet memorial in Treptow Park to mark the 74th anniversary of Russia's victory over Germany, 09.05.2019
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Man sits on La Fiere bridge in Normandy, France in a 1940's style attire during D Day commemorations June 2, 2022. (Caption needed)
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Returnee roll call of the Sudan evacuation unit, Bundeswehr deployment at the air base in Wunstorf. Here, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), and Federal Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, SPD, in conversation with soldiers on board an A400M, Wunstorf, Germany, Europe
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Soldier with a gun in uniform of World War I. Costume accord the times of World War I. Photo made at cinema city Cinevilla in Latvia.
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USCGC Oak (WLB 211) commanding officer Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Loman presents Exercise Argus plaques to Danish and French partners during a meet-and-greet event in Nuuk, Greenland, July 9, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard members and those from France, Denmark and Greenland met for a morale event at the conclusion of the five-day Exercise Argus. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs.
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Finnish soldiers assigned to the Pori Brigade, and U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepare food during an Independence Day celebration at Huovinrinne, Finland, July 4th, 2022. The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and the Pori Brigade of the Finnish army began summer training in Finland to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between the two nations.
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Russian military officer in a dark cabinet
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971003-F-0024F-003. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Christians troops, Christian commemoration of the victory over the Turks in 1561. It Firó, Soller, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Veterans Day ceremony and aftermath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne delivered the opening remarks, and joined participating dignitaries including the former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, along with Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Founder and President Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation Founder and President Diane Carlson Evans, Mary "Edie" Meeks of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, William Hansen of Lockheed Martin, and William Murdy of Comfort Systems. Ceremony, co-hosted by the Memorial Fund and the National Park Service, highlighted the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Checkpoint near Chernowitz, cars are stopped and checked by volunteers
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Julie R. Snyder, Forest Lawn Group CEO, and Lt Col Randy Allen, 107 Operations Support Squadron commander, hold an interview with local media shortly after concluding the annual Wreath Laying Ceremony, January 5 2024, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo NY. "It was an honor to be able to host this ceremony," Allen commented. Air National Guard
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051208-A-9419D-007. Base: Greenville State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Electric fence in the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alex Fiscus, a boom operator with the 50th Air Refueling Squadron, ties a bow during the Second Annual Memorial Day Remembrance event at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, May 25, 2022. Over 75 signs and ribbons were placed to honor fallen service members.
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A group of friends visiting St. Mere Eglise, dress up as military members in preparation for the D-Day celebrations at Normandy, France, May 31, 2022. This year, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commemorates the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history, and highlights the U.S.' steadfast commitment to European allies and partners.
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051201-A-9419D-020. Base: Lansing State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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060827-F-0193C-003. Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Moors and Christians, "Es Firó" of Soller, Christian troops gathered on Luna Street, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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FIONN WHITEHEAD in DUNKIRK (2017), directed by CHRISTOPHER NOLAN.
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After participating in the Surgery Desert Storm and Operation Phalanx in the Persian Gulf, the supply ship Hr.Ms. Zuiderkruis (A 832), the L-FREGAT HR.MS. Jacob van Heemskerck (F 812) and the S-Fregat Hr.Ms. Philips van Almonde (F 823) On 19 April 1991 back in the home port Den Helder. Here the welcoming home front for the Heemskerck.
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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5. Februar 2015: Nazi-Konzentrationslager Auschwitz... Besuchereingang unter den berühmten Worten: Arbeit macht frei Arbeit macht frei *** 5 February 2015 Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz Visitor entrance at the famous Words Work makes free Work makes free 1104310001
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Poland - Auschwitz. Extermination camp
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New Bundeswehr base Bernsdorf, Bernsdorf, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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FRA - POLITICS - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI AND FLORENCE PARLY VISIT MANAGEMENT GENERAL ARMAMENT. On Monday, October 2nd, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital, and Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, visit the Directorate General of Armaments - Information Management (DGA - MI) in Bruz.FRA - POLITIQUE - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI ET FLORENCE PARLY VISITENT LA DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ARMEMENT. Le Lundi 2 Octobre, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé du Numérique, et Florence Parly, Ministre des Armées, visitent la Direction Générale de l'Armement - Maîtrise de lInformation ( DGA - MI ) à Bruz en Ille-et-vilaine.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, walk the grounds of the first camp at the memorial and museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, Sept. 16, 2022. Soldiers visited the site as part of an effort to develop a better understanding of significant historical events.
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A WAR (2015) -Original title: KRIGEN-, directed by TOBIAS LINDHOLM.
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Meeting of the Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) of NATO in the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. The American Chef Defensiestave, Admiral W.J. Crowe, arrives per KLM helicopter when visiting the Zaanse Schans that immediately followed the conference.