Modern Military Operations

Visuals of soldiers in modern combat gear during operations in Korea, Taiwan, Casablanca, and Vietnam, showcasing a practical and operational atmosphere.

DA-SC-86-08944. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of the RAF all female antiaircraft unit training near Havana, Cuba.

030320-M-9933D-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bubyan Island Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC)

A combat-ready Marine, LCPL Williams, checks the scope of the M-151 jeep-mounted heavy anti-tank weapon (TOW) during Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft, hook up in preparation for an air-drop over West Germany during exercise Reforger '82. Country: Unknown

DA-SC-84-06466. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

Province of Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, Indochina a group of MNONG , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Province de Hoa-binh , Tonkin , Indochine Un groupe de Mnong). Costume, agriculture , breeding, ethnic minority, group portrait, hairstyle , headgear, man, Clothing, economic activity, society, human beings, Indochina, Tonkin, from Hanoi to Chobfic, Rivière Noire, between Hoabinh and Chobo, Bords de la Rivière Noire, group of mnnongs

The interior of the underground Tactical Operations Center being used by the S-3 Section of the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, during Operation Thunderbolt. Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERBOLT Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier from the opposing force was captured by Partnership for Peace soldiers during an attack at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE NUGGET '97 Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, cross the Hwachon River in rubber rafts during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hwachon Country: Korea

SGT. Edward Shonor of the 437th Security Police Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and his military working dog run down a hill near the finish of the endurance course during Defender Challenge '92, an Air Mobility Command competition. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 92 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Romanian Soldiers armed with AK-74 assault rifles with folding stocks, practice crowd control techniques during the practical application portion of Situational Training Exercise-4, "mass casualties and crowd control" as part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 held at Camp Lejeune NC. Romanian Soldiers armed with AK-74 assault rifles with folding stocks, practice crowd control techniques during the practical application portion of Situational Training Exercise-4, "mass casualties and crowd control" as part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96 held at Camp Lejeune NC.

Members of the 3202nd Civil Engineering Squadron, nicknamed the Jackson Guard, net a small, endangered fish known as the Okaloosa dater. The men routinely check the darter population and water quality in an effort to protect the creature from extinction.. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America(USA)

DN-SC-89-09239. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Honduran Air Force security guard stands sentry duty near a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TARA" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: La Mesa Country: Honduras (HND)

RICHARD GERE in YANKS (1979), directed by JOHN SCHLESINGER.

DN-ST-86-01650. Country: Antarctica (ATA)

011014-F-3961R-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Uzbekistan (UZB) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

The Royal Air Force in the Western Desert, May 1943 In the back of an operations lorry in the Western desert the Commander of No 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force discusses a raid with some of the crew.

Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Sizemore, Adam Golberg and Barry Pepper , Saving Private Ryan , 1998 directed by Steven Spielberg Dreamworks LLC ,Paramount Pictures

MATT DAMON in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

000225-M-0267C-022. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

DAVID JANSSEN and IRENE TSU in THE GREEN BERETS (1968), directed by JOHN WAYNE and RAY KELLOGG.

DM-SC-87-12292. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

U.S. Marines Engaged in Battle on Beachhead, Battle of Tarawa, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 1943

DF-ST-88-04157. Base: Lago Agrio Country: Ecuador (ECU)

DF-ST-85-11684. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK FORCE 84-3 Base: Gila Bend Range State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-84-08212. Base: Wichita Falls State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07840. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

A member of the local militia on the shooting range near Havana, Cuba.

DF-ST-86-09831. Country: Colombia (COL)

Honduran troops board a C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 1300th Military Airlift Squadron during Exercise Desplazameinto Combinado. Subject Operation/Series: DESPLAZAMEINTO COMBINADO Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), stands on a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine in a foxhole in Beirut, Lebanon. The United States intervened to prevent conflict between the Pro-western Maronite Christians and Muslims Arab nationalists. July 1958.

Allied soldiers landing on Middle East beaches during the Lebanon crisis in 1958.

DF-ST-85-13526. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '83 Country: Unknown

980722-A-6435A-003. Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC CHALLENGE '98 Country: Lithuania (LTU)

A partial right side view of an M-93 Fox nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) reconnaissance system deployed for Operation Desert Storm. The M-93 is a variant of the West German Transportpanzer 1 armored personnel carrier.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A lesson at the climbing tower. Training at the command troops. Conscripts during command training.

DF-ST-85-03094. Base: Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MICHAEL PEÑA, BRAD PITT, LOGAN LERMAN, SHIA LABEOUF and JON BERNTHAL in FURY (2014), directed by DAVID AYER.

DA-SC-88-00071. Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A helicopter delivers a bucket of water to a forest fire in the hills above the Seabee equipment compound at Mataguay Boy Scout Reservation. Units of the Reserve Naval Construction Force have just completed an extensive overhaul of camp facilities, including a new water system that is being used to fight the fire. Base: Santa Ysabel State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Flag ceremony on a Dutch control mail at the front, David Ketel, 1952 color slide The board says: Nordic C. P .. Korea slide Korea

Marines stand beside a shipment of meals ready to eat (MREs) as they prepare to take part in training with their Ecuadorian counterparts during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Ecuador(ECU)

Charlie Sheen , Platoon , 1986 directed by Oliver Stone Orion Pictures Corporation

A soldier walks toward the main entrance of the 41st Combat Support Hospital during the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation. The hospital is named in honor of Honduran President Roberto Suazo Cardova. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

DA-ST-87-08509. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military personnel clean up debris as they take part in disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-84-08079. Subject Operation/Series: WEDGER, PRIME BEEF Base: Crow Valley Range Country: Philippines (PHL)

The Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare van containing radar, communication gear and sonar analysis equipment is set up during the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Country: Jordan (JOR)

TOM HANKS, DALE DYE, TOM SIZEMORE, EDWARD BURNS, VIN DIESEL, GIOVANNI RIBISI, BARRY PEPPER, JEREMY DAVIES and ADAM GOLDBERG in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

COLD MOUNTAIN (2003), directed by ANTHONY MINGHELLA.

970417-F-8768M-001. Base: Grand Forks State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the mess tent erected by the 47th Civil Engineering Squadron during exercise RIPE WARRIOR. Subject Operation/Series: RIPE WARRIOR Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PLATOON (1986), directed by OLIVER STONE.

DF-ST-87-03126. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Straight on medium close-up of US Marine STAFF Sergeant Sobiesieski, a demolitions expert, shows other Marines (Foreground) how to ignite a fuse for the C-4 explosives that the 5th Reconnaissance Battalion will blow during cold water training at Iwakuni, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Airmen are processed after arrival 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

DM-SC-85-09299. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DA-ST-85-02180. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

An open wooden ordnance box that contains mortar rockets, hand grenades, C-4 explosives, TNT, other types of ammunition, and little bags of glass, that are stuffed into land mines. Country: Unknown

SSGT Tynan and MSGT Williams prepare the charge on the bomb for the combat control team (CCT). Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Honduran troops are trained in the use of M16A1 rifles during the joint US/Honduras Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). The instructors are from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

Marines armed with M-16 rifles man a checkpoint during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Soldiers of the Air Force Monitoring (LB) at the 5th group of arms led at Stolzenau. Image in mirror image !!!

Villagers help unload supplies from a 53rd Aviation Battalion UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter following its arrival on the island of Savaii. Military personnel from the United States and other nations are providing such services to Savaii and the island of Upolu as part of disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ofa. Country: Western Samoa (ESM)

Artwork: "If you Got Em - Smoke 'Em". Artist: Guy Deel. U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Four members of a Navy mobile construction battalion watch another Seabee working inside a concrete form while installing a new water system at Mataguay Boy Scout Reservation. The water system is part of an extensive overhaul of the camp by various units of the Reserve Naval Construction Force. Base: Santa Ysabel State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. COL. Roger Edwards, Commander of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock AFB, Ark, brief newly arrived troops about their mission. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in a massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda. The US military flew in vital water purification equipment and relief cargos to help the Rwandans. An estimated 2000 refugees die daily because of the cholera epidemic. The situation is steadly improving as fresh water provided by US military teams increasingly reach the camps that house up to 1.2 million refugees. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

DF-ST-86-10975. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers busy cutting vegetables. In the background there is a camouflaged truck and a mobile field kitchen. The chimney of this is just yet visible. The soldiers are equipped with gas mask and the Uzi.

Four Marines who provide security around the airfield for Operation Uphold Democracy at Cap Haitien, Haiti, pose for a picture. They are (left to right) LCpl Kirby, CPL Hughes, CPL Allan, and LCpl Palacios. Kirby, Hughes and Allan are from 2/2 TOW Platoon, and Palacios is from Bravo 1/10. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

970623-M-9368G-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter stands in a field as Kurdish refugees rush to unload another helicopter that has just landed. The helicopters are delivering supplies 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)

P-47 Pilots Of The First Brazilian Fighter Squadron Discuss A Mission From Which They Have Just Returned. Somewhere In Italy.

1960s MAN FATHER COACHING TEACHING TEEN BOY SON GUN SAFETY ON RIFLE FIRING RANGE

SRA Darren Reimer, USAF, from the 60th Security Police Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, stands back to camera and peers into the driver's side window of a Somali owned Toyota pick-up truck. He checks the authorization pass of the local national seeking entry onto the north ramp of Mogadishu Airport. Other vehicles are in the background to include a large stake rack truck loaded with Somali Nationals. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

Smiling soldier holding canteen with tank behind him.

East German soldiers on guard at the border between East and West Germany. Country: West Germany (FRG)

U.S. Marines display portraits of Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin that were seized at Pearls Airport during the multi-service, multinational Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

United States Air Force Combat Controllers deployed from the 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, compete against other combat control teams in the grueling obstacle course during the annual mobility competition, RODEO '94 held at McChord Air Force Base, Washington. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ANTI IRAQ WAR PROTEST SIGN in the historic town of MADRID on route 14 south of SANTE FE - NEW MEXICO

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