Naval Operations and Equipment Handling

Images of naval personnel handling equipment and ammunition, demonstrating logistical support in a military context.

A view of the pilot house, starboard looking port, aboard the PCG-612 class patrol chaser, missile, hull no. 616 at 90 percent completion. Base: Tacoma State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-02096. Base: USS Mccandless (FF 1084) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-87-06723. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-04033. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Gulf Of Suez

A view of the pilot house, starboard looking port, aboard the PCG-612 class patrol chaser, missile, hull no. 616 at 90 percent completion. Base: Tacoma State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Edward Mitchell, Jim Jones and Bill Benkovich, all ammunition operations personnel, load a C-141B Starlifter aircraft with containers of 30mm high explosive incendiary (HEI) ammunition bound for the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Seneca Army Depot, Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the V-4 (fuels) Division aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) retrieves a fuel line from the flight deck. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-89-04371. Base: USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)

DN-SC-87-05522. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

A Marine working on the flight deck of the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) removes a tie-down chain from a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Country: Caribbean Sea

Ordnancemen load an RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile into a Mark 29 Sea Sparrow box launcher prior to test firing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) lift a Mark 82 500-pound bomb up to a wing pylon on one of their squdron's A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

S70-15530 (17 April 1970) --- Crew men aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module (CM) aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crew men, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr. and Fred W. Haise Jr., were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The CM, with the three tired crew men aboard, splashed down at 12 07 44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, only about four miles from the recovery vessel in the South Pacific Ocean.

000929-N-1407C-003. Base: Uss George Washington (CVN 73) Country: Red Sea

An air boss briefs firefighters in proximity suits who are participating in a drill on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Fleet Ex '90. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Sailors assigned to the sea and anchor detail aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) man their stations as the ship comes alongside the pier during the annual West Africa Training Cruise. The BARNSTABLE COUNTY will visit eight nations during the six-week cruise, conducting training with the armed forces of each host nation, working on community relations projects and delivering humanitarian aid. Base: Conakry Country: Guinea (GIN)

DN-ST-87-02584. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A line chief petty officer from Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74) shows the plane captain of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft a damaged part from the aircraft's landing gear. VF-74 is one of the squadrons embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

Hull Maintenance Technician First Class Bernard Preston answers questions about fire fighting and damage control equipment aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) during a dependent's cruise. Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SC-87-06536. Country: Unknown

An ordnanceman wearing an MCU-2P gas mask maneuvers a crash and rescue vehicle on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) while taking part in a general quarters drill. The KENNEDY is deployed to the area during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: USS John F. Kennedy(CV 67) Country: Red Sea

DN-ST-85-03959. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

During an underway replenishment with the fast combat support ship USS SACRAMENTO (AOE 1), crew members disconnect crates received via transfer cables aboard the aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Nimitz is operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

A view of several life raft racks along the port side of 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)

Sailors aboard the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD 987) load a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile into the ship's Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launcher during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American countries. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Members of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and civilian workers plot loading operations as they take a break atop equipment positioned on the pier. The equipment will be loaded aboard rapid-response vehicle cargo ships for transportation to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 2nd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron (MAPS) directs a 25 K-loader up to the rear of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A hose team waits for the signal to advance at the start of a hangar deck firefighting drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during PACEX '89. The sailors are wearing oxygen breathing apparatuses (OBAs). Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DF-ST-88-05112. Subject Operation/Series: COBBLER FREEZE Base: Deadhorse State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-02414. Base: Nouakchott Country: Mauritania (MRT)

LT. Dan Taylor negotiates the broken rungs of a Jacob's ladder as he climbs down from the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) into a motor whaleboat. Taylor, a Navy Liaison Officer (NLO), will be transferred to a reflagged Kuwaiti tanker to act as a naval representative aboard the ship during an Earnest Will convoy mission in which the tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships. Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown

DN-SC-89-02682. Subject Operation/Series: WEST WIND 88 Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-88-02738. Base: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)

DN-SC-90-02464. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

S63-07701 (16 May 1963) --- Recovery Force personnel bring the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spacecraft aboard the prime recovery vessel following its successful flight into space. Pilot inside the spacecraft is astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.

Members of the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, perform post-flight operations on one of their F-15 Eagles on the flight line. The 336's members and aircraft are deployed to participate in the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD9900840 or search 970417F2171A004). Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-01331. Base: Naples Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-ST-85-09840. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Munez Air National Guard Base State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crewmen from the ships taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81 work together to prepare the ships for departure. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '81 Base: Kings Bay State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-08099. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-SC-87-02866. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-87-03005. Base: USS Badger (FF 1071)

Members of the 62nd Transportation Company service the air cleaner of an M-915 14-ton tractor truck. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-06805. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

AIRMAN Apprentice Joe Wilson looks on as AIRMAN Apprentice Shawn Beam checks the operation of a weapons elevator during a general quarters drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The ship is underway during its WestPac '93 cruise. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A soldier from the 155th Transportation Company operates one of the cranes aboard the Military Sealift Command auxiliary crane ship GOPHER STATE (T-ACS-4) as chemical munitions are unloaded during Operation Steel Box. The munitions will be taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Country: Johnston Atoll

A fire control technician performs preventive maintenance on one of the 20mm Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons systems (CIWS) on the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). Country: Adriatic Sea

Dressed in chemical warfare gear, a crew member of the 436th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, removes the R&R pilot's interphone control box from the cockpit of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft during a chemical warfare defense equipment test. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-02734. Base: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)

Recruits of division 109 handle line during the Emergency Sortie scenario of Battle Stations at Recruit training Center Great Lakes. Base: Recruit Trng Ctr, Great Lakes State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Jamaicans help to unload a pallet of plastic tarpaulins from a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron. The supplies were furnished by the U.S. to help Jamaica deal with the devastation caused by Hurricane Gilbert, which hit the. Base: Kingston Country: Jamaica (JAM)

A crew member aims an FIM-92 Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile system while standing on the deck of the ocean minesweeper USS INFLICT (MSO-456). Country: Unknown

DN-ST-88-01871. Base: USS Ford (FFG 54)

MSGT John D. Wogoman puts protective plastic boot covers on pilot MAJ Willie Register after his mission aboard an F-4 Phantom II aircraft. Wogoman and Register are both wearing chemical warfare gear for training. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Support Vehicles belonging to the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Camp Pendleton, Calif., are unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy at an airport in east Africa. U.S. Air Force aircraft are bringing in materiel and equipment to support Operation United Shield, which is the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: UNITED SHIELD Base: Dubrovnik Country: East Africa

Civilians are led toward the flight deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) for a flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The civilians were brought to the Barnstable County after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: USS Barnstable County (LST 1197) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

1978 - Caskets of the bodies of Rep. Leo J. Ryan and members of his party in the cargo area of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. They were killed in Guyana by followers of Rev. Jim Jones.

The crew of the STS 41-D mission exit the orbiter after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Starting at the top of the ladder is Astronaut Charles D. Walker, payload specialist; Judith A. Resnik, mission specialist; Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist; and Richard M. Mike Mullane, mission specialist. Waiting at the bottom of the ramp are Astronaut Mike Coats (left), pilot and Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. (center), crew commander.

A view of the ASROC missile launcher amidships on the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG-23). Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) steady the ends of a Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bomb as a forklift is used to lower it onto a weapons skid during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

DN-SC-87-05693. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Crewmen ajust the cylinder on a Mark 7 arresting engine beneath the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-85-03280. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07945. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Personnel wearing cold weather gear, push containers of supplies and food out the paratroop door of the aircraft over South Pole station. The airdrop by 62nd Military Airlift Wing's C-141B Starlifter was to resupply Deep Freeze personnel who spend the winter darkness on Antarctica. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIR DROP Country: New Zealand (NZL)

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,

DN-SC-87-05691. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

DN-SC-89-07986. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

990123-N-8854P-002. Base: Uss Enterprise (CVN 65) Country: Adriatic Sea

DN-SC-87-00056. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Members of the 301st Military Airlift Squadron secure firefighting equipment to a K-Loader at Kuwait International Airport in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

DN-ST-87-03083. Base: Naval Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 301st Military Airlift Squadron secure firefighting equipment to a K-Loader at Kuwait International Airport in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.

DN-SC-89-07987. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-89-08780. Country: Persian Gulf

Personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Movements Section and loadmasters from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, 19th Air Lift Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif., off-load F-16 support equipment from the 13th Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, during Iron Fist. Subject Operation/Series: IRON FIST '95 Base: Raaf Williamstown Country: Australia (AUS)

A view of an RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missile canister launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS LEAHY (CG-16). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-ST-87-00679. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63)

Personnel load a pallet of cargo aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft 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)

DN-ST-85-10701. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 11, 2013) Boatswain's Mate Seaman James Lawsondimmett stands the lee helmsman watch in the pilot house of U.S. 7th Fleet flagship the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship departs its homeport for pre-deployment sea trials.

Russian sailors remove supplies from a cargo net dropped on the deck of the Russian guided missile destroyer ADMIRAL VINOGRADOV (BPK-554) during the first Russian/U.S. Navy underway replenishment operation. Country: Northern Arabian Sea

DN-SC-89-08045. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

View of the wing of an aircraft, probably a Republic F-84 Thunderjet, being fitted with rockets somewhere in Korea. Four ground crewmen are pictured under the wing attaching the rockets. A bomb can be seen attached to the wing.

Personnel aboard the surveying ship USNS CHAUVENET (T-AGS-29) transfer survey information onto charts. The CHAUVENET is engaged in a hydrographic charting assignment to update navigation charts of the strait. Base: Makassar Strait Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Weapons technicians aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) lower a skid adapter onto a load of BDU-45/B 500-pound practice bombs on an Aero 21A weapons skid. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

A USAF ground crewman deices the wing of a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft on a snow covered Rhein Main Air Base, Germany flight line ramp. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-85-10887. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship cross the equator. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A C-5 from the 105th Air Guard, Stewart ANG Base, NY, off loads equipment and medical supplies at Entebbe International Airport during Operation Support Hope. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA)

Members of Fleet Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) ready a BQM-74C target drone for launch on the flight deck of the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD 987) during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American countries. The drones will be used as a target by anti-aircraft gunners aboard ships taking part in the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

S65-61886 (16 Dec. 1965) --- A water level view of Navy divers assisting Gemini-6 crew members Stafford and Schirra to open hatches after landing in the Atlantic.

To mark the reactivation or the 13TH Bomb Squadron at Dyess AFB, Texas, US Air Force AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Angel Rodriguez (at propeller), A1C James Grider (at propeller line) and A1C Rodney Lewis (at nose) paint a B-26 Invader aircraft with the unit's Korean War markings. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "13th Bomb Squadron revived 83 years after activation.". Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-04408. Base: USS Midway (CV 41)

DN-ST-87-03088. Base: Naval Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-04376. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Aviation Ordnanceman First Class (AO1) Lee and Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class (A03) Fox are shown attaching suspension bands to a Mark 50 ALWT (advanced light weight torpedo) in the Weapons Division of the NAF Operations Department. Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)

Fire control technicians G (Gun Fire Control) aboard the guided missile cruiser USS JOUETT (CG-29) unload dummy 20mm rounds and load the special Phalanx ammunition into the weapons system. The 3,000 rounds-per-minute Mark 15 (3X1) is expected to be installed on 64 U.S. Navy ships. Country: Unknown

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