Military Repair and Field Operations

Images depicting military personnel conducting maintenance and repair operations in various settings, illustrating practical military tasks.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Troy Ferrie, left, and a member of G Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discuss tactics inside an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle prior to its coming ashore during OPERATION RESTORE HOPE relief efforts. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

960806-F-0954H-001. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Troy Ferrie, left, and a member of G Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discuss tactics inside an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle prior to its coming ashore during OPERATION RESTORE HOPE relief efforts. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

DF-SD-03-06115. Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AIR MOBILITY COMMAND

To ward off the cold chill during the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron week-long field training exercise, a technician lights each heater in all of the tents. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Angie Hunter, Services SPECIALIST, 1ST Services Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia reads the morgue information tag of AIRMAN First Class Ernest Nisperos, 1ST Equipment Maintenance Squadron, to MASTER Sergeant Anthony Blake inside the morgue during the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). US Air Force Staff Sergeant Angie Hunter, Services Specialist, 1st Services Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia reads the morgue information tag of Airman First Class Ernest Nisperos, 1st Equipment Maintenance Squadron, to Master Sergeant Anthony Blake inside the morgue during the 1st Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI).

DF-ST-89-01028. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-89-07661. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-88-08111. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Base: Evenes Country: Norway (NOR)

DF-ST-87-07456. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

10th Mountain Division troops load onto the first C-141 to depart for Haiti.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-09826. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011019-F-1616C-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Minimal care (ambulatory) "simulated" patients (actually medics from the 433rd ASTS, Kelly AFB, Texas and the 302nd ASTS, Peterson AFB, Colo. walk off the rear ramp of the medevac configured C-130 Hercules during a Mass Casualty exercise at the Kansas City Downtown Airport during Patriot Express '95, a 4th Air Force Reserve exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT EXPRESS '95 Base: Kansas City Downtown Airport State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-09782. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

970108-A-6522J-002. Complete Scene Caption: Major General MGEN Montgomery C. Meigs looks on as MGEN Michitish, Program Executive Officer for Ground Combat and Support Systems, shakes hands with Command Sergeant Major Laws, First Infantry Division Command Sergeant Major CSM, during his visit to Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Straight on, Medium shot of two US Marines from 1ST Tanks, Charlie Company, work together with a Sailor assigned to a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) as they secure steel cables to the floor of the vessel. This mission is in direct support of Operation KERNEL BLITZ '99. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two combat photographers inspect equipment prior to videotaping the arrival of aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) at the station. The various squadrons, stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66), are returning to Oceana following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An air crewman receives 9mm ammunition clips to put in his survival vest as he prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DF-ST-89-00798. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DM-ST-86-05684. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 18th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG), Pope AFB, NC, deploy to Haiti in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05327. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE 87 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040708-F-1601R-002. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USA

970906-F-7910D-004. Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

970630-M-0023H-008. Complete Scene Caption: A crew of Marines go over the LTI (Limited Technical Inspection) procedures for a MEP-005 generator prior to performing it, at the Bjugn Cave facility, Norway, while preparing it for movement to Estonia for Baltic Challenge '97, a Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. The US Marine Corps has equipment stored in Norway, as part of the Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB) Prepositioning Program. The NALMEB program contains equipment and 30 days of supplies to support a 13,000 person Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The Government of Norway is the on site "contractor", and provides storage, maintenance facilities and services, and security. This gear is stored in a series of 6 caves, located in the Trondheim region of central Norway. Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC CHALLENGE '97 Base: Bjugn Country: Norway (NOR)

970227-F-0994L-524. Complete Scene Caption: Flight nurse Lieutenant Colonel Karen Wolf and another flight nurse secure a litter of medical supplies into place at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia prior to the day's flight. The 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, with Aeromedical Evacuation personnel fly patients bound for Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany. The 61st Green Hornets fly and maintain their C-130's while deployed to Ramstein AB, Germany, during Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. Tuzla is the dispersion and collection point for supplies, vehicles and personnel. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia

030509-M-0175R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

RADM William Retz, commander, Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, speaks with a soldier as CAPT Robert Annis, executive officer of the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3), stands by during the unloading of supplies from the BELLEAU WOOD. Members of the Joint Task Force Garden Isle are taking part in the supply delivery to assist residents of Kauai and surrounding areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki. Subject Operation/Series: GARDEN ISLE State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members from the 437th Operations, Services, Weather, Intelligence, Logistics, and Equipment Maintenance down load from a C-5 Galaxy in Spain to take part in the relief mission. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP)

MASTER Sergeant Anthony Moyer, an AIRLIFT RODEO '90 maintenance umpire, inspects a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft during the basic post flight inspection phase. He is assigned to the 919th Special Operations Group, Duke Field, Florida. 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: AIRLIFT RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

030130-M-9892R-029. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD MEDICAL BATTALION

Ten veterans of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion were returned to the U.S. by the Castro government in May 1961. Fidel Castro proposed to exchange the other prisoners for 500 large farm tractors, valued at US $28 million. Instead, the U.S. agreed to a ransom of $53 million in food and medical supplies, donated by U.S. private companies.

US Air Force CHIEF of STAFF General Ronald R. Fogelman speaks with service men and women deployed to US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during his tour of the base. Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

010426-F-8748C-005. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

970628-N-3149V-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Tarawa (LHA 1) Scene Major Command Shown: USS TARAWA (LHA 1)

US Army Sergeant First Class Lauren Burnham, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1ST Infantry, 6th Infantry Division, explains to a Thai soldier a wire cutting technique using an M-9 bayonet during the cross training phase of Exercise COBRA GOLD '96. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '96 Base: Nakhon Si Thammarat Country: Thailand (THA)

DF-ST-84-05758. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Marines receive classroom training as artillery forward observers. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Third Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, sit in class and listen to a briefing by German officals on differences between training in Europe and the US. The Third Brigade is being shipped to Germany to participate in exercise Reforger '82. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force General Charles T. Robertson, Jr., Commander, TRANSCOM/Air Mobility Command (right), discusses air traffic control manning problems with US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Robin McMullen (second from left) in the air traffic control tower at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel David E. Yow, Commander, 43rd Operations Support Squadron and US Air Force Brigadier General David L. Johnson, Commander, 43rd Airlift Wing, listen in. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-07473. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Southern California State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN watch as 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft prepare to depart for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

CAPT. Jim LeFavor, a F-15 Eagle pilot and LT. COL. Jackson, Commander for the 44th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, discuss the flight after a strike package mission. Subject Operation/Series: IRON FIST '95 Base: Raaf Williamstown Country: Australia (AUS)

TSGT Dan Laughlin and TSGT Manny Ferrara refuel an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during exercise Coronet Sail. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET SAIL Base: Lechfeld Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

San Antonio's Civil Air Patrol cadets receive scholarship information from STAFF SGT. George Evans, 37th Security Police Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas. Through its National Scholarship Program, CAP provides grants for futhering studies in engineering, science, aircraft mechanics and aerospace medicine. Best known for its search and rescue role, CAP actually has three congressionally mandated missions: emergency service; a cadet program and aerospace education. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 833rd Civil Engineering Squadron inspect equipment prior to taking part in the airfield lighting event, part of the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Personnel are processed during exercise Team Spirit (Coronet Spray). Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRITCORONET SPRAY Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Korean paratroopers prepare to jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea

Hospital Corpsman David P. Ryan reviews records on a computer in a field hospital during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Members of the 509th Organizaitonal Maintenance Squadron load a BDU-50A/B 500-pound practice bomb onto the wing os an FB-111A aircraft during the Strategic Air Command bomb competition Proud Shield. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPEC. James Freet (left) and SPEC. George Askew (right) solder together pipe that will be used to upgrade the bathroom. Specialists Freet and Askew are members of Company B, 92nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT HAVEN Base: Camp Ayoko Country: Suriname (SUR)

Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Michael Konick, Lab Technician for Fleet Hospital Zagreb, counts blood cells.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

Pilots from the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany conduct a pre-flight briefing before flying a simulated bombing mission over a Danish bombing range. This three week exercise is designed to test the effectiveness of both the American and Danish air defenses. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: TACTICAL WEAPONRY '95 Base: Flyvestation State: Karup Country: Denmark (DNK)

A Marine embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA-5) tries on a pair of night vision goggles during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines listen as General Carl Mundy, Commandant of the Marine Corps, gives Marines a speech on Marines quality of life. The General covered topics ranging from pay raises to dependent quality of life. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

A1C Joel Scott, left, and Tom Goul, right, check the write-up book of an F-4G Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Quick Thrust '83-1. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK THRUST '83 Base: Travis Field, Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. GEN. Choi Ki Duk, second vice chief of naval operations, Korea, tours a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-165), during a visit. Base: Mcas, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Patients wounded by an exploding mortar round at the Markale market in Sarajevo are removed from the C-130 at Ramstein AB, Germany. Once at Ramstein, the wounded are transported by medical bus to the Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

GEN P.X. Kelley, commandant of the Marine Corps, prepares to drive a crash crew truck during his visit to the base. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

LT. COL. Greg Smith (left), mission commander for the airflow and Captain David S. Argyle, deputy mission commander, both from the 438th Airlift Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ, look over the fuel planning documents for the mission. Subject Operation/Series: UGANDA AIRLIFT Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Airmen undergo rapid runway repair training. Base: Raf Bentwaters Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) line up for a late-night meal while waiting to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

MSGT Roy Taylor (kneeling), a RODEO 92 engine running on/offload (ERO) umpire, gets ready to time a team duirng ERO competition. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 92 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPC Elden Spoonhunter of Headquarter and Headquarters Company 7th Light Infantry Division, bound for Panama, chains down a pallet in the hold of a 60th Military Aircraft Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000808-A-4543J-005. Base: Kimhae Country: Korea Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Quartermaster Det.(Airborne)

DF-ST-89-05723. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88 Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-149. Hurricane Katrina

Artwork: "Always Training, Always Training". Artist: Alex Young. U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

060503-N-7711J-004. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

060829-N-5758H-067. Base: Nab Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tokens of appreciation are exchanged between the (left) battalion commander of 42 Commando, British Royal Marine Corps, and the company commander of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

C-5A Operational Utility Evaluation Test - Marines install matting for a portable runway during a C-5A Galaxy aircraft operational utility evaluation test. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-02473. Base: USS Wainwright (CG 28) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist SRA Kelly Roy sits in a CH-47 helicopter as he prepares to be lowered to the upper debris field of the A-10 crash site. The CH-47 is assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Visual Information Support Center, Rapid Response Documentation Team at the Kinston Airport following Hurricane Bonnie, interview US Army Lieutenant Colonel Smith, Commander of the Logistical Operations Support Area (LOSA), North Carolina Army National Guard. Base: Kinston State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Raymond L. Dowdy installs a piece of communications equipment in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Base: Fort Monmouth State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041022-F-9429S-004. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS OUTLOOK 2004 Base: Phelps-Collins Angb State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Frank H. Kielnecker, Detachment 1, 11th Weather Squadron, records weather information to be used during the joint service exercise Brim Frost '89. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 375th Civil Engineering Squadron pays for his in-flight meal as he prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division clean and inventory equipment at the Camp Doha motor pool in Kuwait during Operation Vigilant Warrior. Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A member of the 21st Security Police Squadron accepts a Bible from a chaplain before boarding a flight to Allen Army Airfield during exercise Brim Frost '87. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '87 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980101-F-6300R-087. Base: Youngstown Air Reserve Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Second LT. Walter Otto, center, a weather officer with Detachment 14, 26th Weather Squadron, briefs an air crew on current and expected weather conditions prior to the crew's flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Eaker Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cadet Hershaw, a volunteer for the Civil Air Patrol, was found by the ground rescue team and is treated by two team members for a simulated snake bite on the lower leg. This was all part of the hands on training at the 76th Rescue Flight 1995 Rescue Symposium. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Journalist 3rd Class Jeff Perron interviews LT. Susan Globokar, the public works officer for Fleet Hospital Five, in her office during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

The Mars Odyssey spacecraft is maneuvered for removal from the Air Force C-17 cargo airplane that brought it from Denver, Colo.., location of the Lockheed Martin plant where the spacecraft was built. Mars Odyssey will be moved on a transport trailer from KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 (SAEF-2) located in the KSC Industrial Area. In the SAEF it will undergo final assembly and checkout. This includes installation of two of the three science instruments, integration of the three-panel solar array, and a spacecraft functional test. It will be fueled and then mated to an upper stage booster, the final activities before going to the launch pad. Launch is planned for April 7, 2001 the first day of a 21-day planetary window. Mars Odyssey will be inserted into an interplanetary trajectory by a Boeing Delta II launch vehicle from Pad A at Complex 17 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The spacecraft will arrive at Mars on Oct. 20,

DF-ST-88-03838. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT PARTNER 87-1 Base: Chievres Air Base Country: Belgium (BEL)

MASTER SGT. Larry Coleman, left, non-commissioned officer in charge of combat crew communications, talks to 1ST LT. Bob Dittus, center, and 1ST LT. Robert Miller in base operations prior to their flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Eaker Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011030-F-2423H-001. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010117-A-0051B-032. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Military and civilian officials gather to discuss U.S. military intervention in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Dignitaries include, from left: LT. GEN. Calvin Waller, deputy chief of staff, USCENTCOM; GEN. Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF; Richard Cheney, secretary of defense; GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command and Paul D. Wolfowitz, under secretary of defense for policy.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Brigadier General Stanley Cherrie shakes the hand of Second Lieutenant Graeme Parnell, 34th Cavalry, after the General awarded the Purple Heart to him for injuries sustained when an anti-personnel land mine exploded during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

MGEN Huchachi from Taiwan views equipment during a visit to the U.S. Army Armor Center. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MSGT Larry E. Moseley, foreground, of the 709th Military Airlift Squadron pauses as he and other airmen load a pallet of tent poles aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. is providing airlift support for Canadian troops that are part of a United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping force that will monitor the cease-fire between Iran and Iraq. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Trenton State: Ontario (ON) Country: Canada (CAN)

Members of the US and Jordanian military services take a brake from offloading equipment to be use during SHADOW HAWK, the segment of the multiservice Exercise BRIGHT STAR '87 that tests joint Jordan-US operations. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWKBRIGHT STAR Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)

U.S. Navy personnel aboard the ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) are briefed on rescue operations for the survivors of the capsized Philippine destroyer DATU KALANTIAW (ex-USS BOOTH DE-170). Country: Philippine Sea

DA-ST-87-00767. Subject Operation/Series: YAMA SAKURA IX Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN)

970316-F-1787R-076. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

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