Oil Firefighting Operations

Scenes of firefighters battling oil well fires post-Desert Storm, highlighting firefighting efforts amid hazardous conditions with flames and smoke.

Cropped view of people in fire extinguishing approach training
Cropped view of people in fire extinguishing approach training
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Conflict, military and helicopter with fire in explosion for service, army duty and battle in city. Mockup, apocalypse and airforce with bombs for armed forces, defense and warfare in battlefield
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060502-N-4565G-010. Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)
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AN airman burns objects which are harmful to the ecological environment at a camp base during Exercise Brim Frost "'81. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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MILES TELLER in ONLY THE BRAVE (2017), directed by JOSEPH KOSINSKI.
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Field artillerymen of Battery A, 2-218th Field Artillery, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, fire a 105mm shell from a Howitzer at Yakima Training Grounds, Wash., during the units annual training Aug. 9.
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Aerial view of a rapid runway repair underway during Prime Beef, a simulated runway attack exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PRIME BEEF Base: North Field State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The engine of the car that carried a bomb and blew up behind the 435th Tactical Air Wing Headquarters rests approximately 20 yards from the car. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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A burning fire cocktail after being thrown by instructors at students learning riot control training during Operation Tradewinds 2022 at Belmopan, Belize on May 11, 2022. Instructor are teaching their students how to react quickly when fire is used against them during crowd control operations
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Rioters throwing stones
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An SU-25 Frogfoot aircraft destroyed during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq(IRQ)
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USAF fire trucks battle the smoke and flames resulting from an explosion of a fuel tank on Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown
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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, detonate a Bangalore torpedo during a live-fire range on Okinawa, Japan, April 13, 2022. Marines rehearsed combined arms tactics to maintain readiness for expeditionary operations in contested environments. 1/3 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines as a part of the Unit Deployment Program.
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Soldiers of 2-151st Infantry Battalion Task Force Nighthawk continue the third day of crowd riot control training as they react to molotov cocktails being thrown at their feet, during a Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission rehearsal exercise, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 8, 2022. KFOR 31 is a multinational training event conducted to prepare units for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Anna Pongo)
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Russia, Murmansk. Largest city north of the Arctic Circle. Aloysha Monument, massive sculpture of Soviet soldier commemorates Red Army's defense of port during WWII, eternal flame.
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040625-F-7359L-011. Base: Duluth State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A saluting battery, manned by Sailors assigned to Naval Station Norfolk, renders honors on Saturday, 25 June 2022 during the commissioning of USS Montana (SSN-794). Montana is the 21st Virginia Class submarine co-produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) and Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS). Montana is the second U.S. Navy ship to honor the state. The first USS Montana (ACR-13), an armored cruiser, was also built at Newport News Shipbuilding and commissioned July 1908. She served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, landed Marines during unrest in Haiti in 1914 and escorted convoys during World War I. She was decommissioned in 1921. Two other battleships (BB-51 and BB-67) were to have been named Montana however, were cancelled in 1922 and 1943 respectively.
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A member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 warms his hands at a fire while taking a break from building a camp during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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A serviceman in military uniform operates a hand-held sprayer in a wooded area.
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Combat, military and helicopter with fire in explosion for service, army duty and conflict in city. Mockup, apocalypse and airforce with bombs for armed forces, defense and warfare in battlefield
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Cannon Crewmember from 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard fire their M119 howitzer in sync with the Oregon Symphony performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at the Waterfront Concert and Festival, located at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland Sept. 3, 2022. The Oregon Army National Guard has been performing with the Oregon Symphony at Portland's Water Front Park as a free concert for Oregonians for over a decade.
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Fires & Firemen - Demonstrations Of The Fighting (Fire) - Misc. March 16, 1954.
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DF-SC-89-11198. Base: Unknown
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220624-N-VP266-1037 WASHINGTON (June 24, 2022) -- Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard conduct a 19-gun salute, welcoming Chief of the French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier, during a Navy Full Honors Arrival ceremony at Washington Navy Yards Leutze Park, June 24, 2022. Adm. Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations hosted the event.
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030502-M-2917M-002. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS Cherry Point
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Victims lie on the scene of a "major aircraft accident victims." The "victims" are civilian volunteers who are assisting in an Air Force mass medical emergency training exercise. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A California Air National Guard C130-J Hercules, equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting System, drops retardant on a wildfire near Twin Falls, Idaho, Aug. 8, 2012. The 146th Airlift Wing currently has two C130-Js and about 30 personnel who have been activated since June 30 to assist the U.S. Forest Service fighting fires in the Northwest.
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Smoke grenades are ignited to simulate an exploded chemical artillery round at a chemical weapons storage site during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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An Iranian command and control platform is set afire after being shelled by four U.S. Navy destroyers. The shelling is a response to a recent Iranian missile attack on a reflagged Kuwaiti super tanker. Country: Unknown
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U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines fire an M252 81 mm mortar system during Exercise Fuji Viper 22.5 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 6, 2022. Exercise Fuji Viper exemplifies a commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.
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Re-enactment of the Battle of the Nations