Military Training and Activities

Captures diverse military training scenarios and civilian interactions, highlighting historical events and preparations across different eras.

Crew Shot Inside Of A Boeing Xb-15.

Catapult and arresting gear officers in the waist catapult control station prepare aircraft for launch from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during FLEET EX '90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX '90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A crewman aboard the ammunition ship USS PYRO (AE-24) explains the shipboard damage control equipment to visitors touring the ship. The ship is on a training cruise to Alaska. Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(24 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 crewmen, wearing biological isolation garments, arrive aboard the USS Hornet during recovery operations in the central Pacific. They are walking toward the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), in which they will be confined until they arrive at the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC), Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL).

S69-60760 (29 Nov. 1969) --- Members of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission's crew talk to their families from inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) soon after their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base aboard a United States Air Force C-141 transport jet in the early morning hours of Nov. 29, 1969. The crew men, looking out the MQF window at the crowd, are from left to right, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean. Some of the family members can be seen in lower right foreground. The crew members were taken to Hawaii from their Pacific Ocean recovery site aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery vessel for the mission.

DN-ST-87-03086. Base: Naval Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armorer Preparing Plane For Mission. Panama.

A technical sergeant, hand on plane, watches as an auxiliary fuel tank is defueled before removal from a C-7 Caribou aircraft for storage. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH-11) stands ready with a fire extinguisher as the ship's UH-1N Iroquois helicopter starts up its engines. The NEW ORLEANS is serving as a platform for mine-clearing operations in the gulf following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Persian Gulf

Prestwick Airfield, Scotland, 1944 A pilot of the United States Army Air Force visiting the control tower at Prestwick while a controller, a sergeant of the Royal Air Force gives directions through a microphone.

DN-ST-86-06019. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sailor aboard the destroyer USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD-964) makes an entry in a log book while the vessel is moored in Dubai. The ship was stationed in the area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites (UAE)

2Nd Lt. A.A.B. Maclemore Of Greenwood, Mississippi, Former Flight Sergeant With The Rcaf Standing By A Republic P-47 At A Base In England.

Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City crew members release an oceanographic buoy from a C-130J aircraft into the north Atlantic Ocean during a deployment with the International Ice Patrol (IIP). IIP was formed in response to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and has since monitored iceberg dangers in the Atlantic. The IIP, led by the Coast Guard, consists of 13 maritime nations. Since it was formed in 1914, no ships or lives have been lost due to icebergs. US Coast Guard Art Program 2022 Collection, Ob ID# 202236, "Ice Patrol buoy drop," Jorge Vega, acrylic, 16 x 20

A Member Of The First Brazilian Fighter Squadron Checks A Machine Gun At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

DN-ST-88-01854. Base: USS Ford (FFG 54)

DF-ST-88-08603. Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

A view of a gyrocompass repeater aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3). The WRIGHT is among the ships taking part in exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Usns Wright (T-AVB 3)

Apollo 17 Astronauts, front to rear, Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt walk to the transfer van at start of brief ride to launch pad during countdown Demonstration test activities.

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A band member takes part in a musical presentation during the change of command ceremony at which Admiral Frank B. Kelso II relinquishes his position as Commander in CHIEF, United States Atlantic Command, to Admiral Leon A. Edney. The ceremony is taking place aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67). Kelso will be replacing Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost as CHIEF of Naval Operations. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970114-M-6081H-002. Base: Naval Air Facility, Atsugi Country: Japan (JPN)

A crew member from the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD 6) steadies a steel beam as another crew member operates a gas welder while repairing a building as part of typhoon relief efforts in the area. Base: Cebu Country: Philippines (PHL)

H. S. Vanderbilt, Mrs. HSV, Winthrop Aldrich, T. Taylor, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

DN-SC-85-12234. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

Koretsky, Viktor Borisovich (1909-1998) Russian State Library, Moscow 1953 Colour lithograph Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

Interior Of Officer'S Club At An 8Th Air Force Bomber Station In England.

DF-ST-86-12848. Base: Spokane State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view from the interior of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter of a member of the Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Search and Rescue (SAR) team, he demonstrates rappelling procedures to a local group. Base: Bear Valley State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: First Launch Category: Feature Place: Honorable Mention FeatureFlight deck personnel push the wing of a F-18 Hornet so it can be taken down to the hangar deck. The F-18 Hornet was part of NATC PAX RIVER taking part of the flight deck certification of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). Country: Unknown

DM-ST-88-08107. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)

Crewful gestures to the kite while starting up an F-104G Starfighter at Volkel airbase.

DN-ST-87-02623. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

First lieutenant kite J.P. Soolsma, classified by 313 Squadron, with 'student-flyer' first lieutenant c.a.j.m. Frijters. Photo belongs to the photo report, which is created for the benefit of the 'operational, the Royal Netherlands Air Force in operation' by Wim Cock from 1983.

Soldiers prepare to unload a crate of 155mm chemical artillery shells before placing them in a storage bunker during Operation Steel Box. The munitions, which were transported to the atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be stored in the bunker until their disposal. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Base: US Army Chemical Activity Country: Johnston Atoll

DF-ST-85-04178. Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Royal Air Force fire-fighting course for instructing airmen how to deal with aircraft fires.

Women's Auxiliary Air Force in Britain, February 1942 WAAF equipment assistants check equipment on vessels of the Air/Sea Rescue Service before the boats are handed over for operational duties. Coming from the hatchway to check tools from the engine room on ASR 2562.

DN-SC-85-07535. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

SRA Julia Reichenberger, a member of the 43rd Bombardment Wing Corrosion Control Branch, applies paint remover before grinding and repainting a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft wing tip. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-10401. Base: Naval Air Station, Bermuda Country: Bermuda (BMU)

A midshipman mans the helm of the United States Naval Academy yacht ASTRAL during a month long midshipmen's cruise in the Caribbean. Captain Barry A. Gastrock, Commanding Officer of the ASTRAL, is at the right. Base: Astral Country: Caribbean Sea

A soldier from the 1181st Transportation Terminal Unit holds the tail of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter as it is pulled across the pier during loading operations at Blount Island Terminal. Helicopters and support equipment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are being loaded aboard the Saudi Hail for transport to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Artwork: "Major Richard I. Bong" Artist: Anthony Yamada. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-07391. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Firefighters man an aircraft firefighting and rescue truck during 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)

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