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Sailors and Police in Action

Images depict sailors painting a deck on a ship and police in tactical gear during a pro-democracy march. The scenes show teamwork and vigilance in military and civic contexts.

Great march of the pro-democracy movement for the New Year. Hong Kong on 2020-01-01.Grande marche du mouvement pro-democratie pour le nouvel an. Hong Kong le 2020-01-01.
Great march of the pro-democracy movement for the New Year. Hong Kong on 2020-01-01.Grande marche du mouvement pro-democratie pour le nouvel an. Hong Kong le 2020-01-01.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (March 10, 2013) Sailors scrub aqueous film forming foam off the deck in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway conducting sea trials following a year-long docked planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.
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Police, policia, at the ceremonial changing of the guard in the Plaza de la Aduana, Old City, Cuidad Vieja, Cartagena, Colombia.
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Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Police officer monitor departure hall of airport Frankfurt Main, Germany, 28 December 2009. European Union countries review security measures at airports in consequence to a failed terror attack on an aiplane. The US carrier's airplane departed from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Photo: UWE ANSPACH
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Vietnam, Hanoi. Vietnam Military History Museum, visitor
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Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-121-97. Hurricane Katrina
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A demonstrator throws rocks from inside a neighborhood to riot police ESMAD as demonstrators and Riot Police of Cali (ESMAD) clashed after the death of a demonstrator the night before. The riots and demonstrations carried for several days during the Anti-government protests against president Ivan Duque tax and health reform on April 29, 2021, in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
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Civilian police redirect traffic for a demonstration that is taking place at the main intersection in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. The demonstration is directed to compensate soldiers who were disabled during the war in Sarajevo. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019Le 4 et 5 Mai, dans la Creuse, le Teknival a eu lieu sous la neige.FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019On May 4 and 5, in the Creuse, Teknival took place under the snow.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- At Naval Base San Diego in California, members of the news media wait to view NASA's Orion spacecraft in the well deck of the USS Anchorage before it is offloaded and prepared for return to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After lifting off at 7:05 a.m. EST on Dec. 5, atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Orion completed a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. NASA, the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin coordinated efforts to recover Orion after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program led the recovery efforts.
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Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7th July 2022. Thousands of protesters stormed the Sri Lankan president's official residence, president's secretariat, prime minister's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's private residence as anger intensified over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades. People from all over the country gathered at the Galle Face green in protest which went on into the night.
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Belize Defense Force, Meixcan Marines, and US Marines conduct culminating exercises including vehicle takedown, search and seizure, arrest, riot control, and building raids May 19, 2022 at Belize Police Training Academy for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.
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A Special Forces officer with 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), advances on a stage during the 5th Annual Memorial 3-Gun Competition in Maxton, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 2022. Memorial 3 Gun Foundation hosted a 10-stage match of over 250 entrants to remember, honor and memorialize Fallen service members assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance specialists gather before the sun comes up at the Emergency Operation Center - Forward in Sarasota, FL for the daily brief before heading into the field, October 9, 2022. The QA specialists are critical to the Blue Roof mission, conducting the initial assessments, clearing the way for installations, and ensuring the installations were done according to specifications. Operation Blue Roof purpose is to provide homeowners and permanently occupied rental properties in disaster areas with fiber-reinforced sheeting to cover their damaged roofs until arrangements can be made for permanent repairs.
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050901-F-8274M-063. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (May 24, 2022) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Constance Nevans poses next to the large amount of trash gathered during a cleanup event at the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka's (CFAY) Ikego Detachment organized a volunteer event to assist in the upkeep of the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.
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220104-N-YS140-021Fort Pickett, Va. (Jan. 04, 2022) Afghan evacuees board a bus and depart for the airport. Over 150 evacuees departed today to resettle, with approximately 3,000 remaining. Over half of the evacuees that came to Fort Pickett have been resettled. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.
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Protesters burn tyre during the nationwide strike called by trade unions in Guwahati, India on September 2, 2016 India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox
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031114-F-1830P-008. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 10, 2005 -- An armored tank rolls down the Beale Street in downtown days after Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - New Orleans Flood Response - 26-HK-384-52. Hurricane Katrina
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Command Sgt. Maj. Freddie Thompson IV, the senior enlisted advisor to 10th Mountain Division Artillery (DIVARTY), briefs the formation before the DIVARTY run, as part of St. Barbaras day celebration, on Fort Drum, New York, on January 25, 2024. The season of Saint Barbara celebrates the patron saint of the field artillery, Saint Barbara.
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-3. Hurricane Katrina
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Onlooker stands at site of bomb blast on western express highway terrorist attack by Deccan Mujahideen at Vile Parle Bombay Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox
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Venta de utensilios de carácter militar tras la caída del Muro de Berlín. Gdansk (Danzig). Polonia.
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AIRMAN First Class Craig Hand, 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, directs vehicles at the west gate as a precaution during Force Protection Condition Delta (FP CON Delta) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany 12 September 2001. The base is operating in FP CON Delta as a precaution after apparent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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110522-N-DR144-605 HONG KONG (May 22, 2011) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Eric Vallez supervises lookout watches as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) anchors in Hong Kong. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-46. Hurricane Katrina
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Police personnel patrolling when rioters break glass panes of vehicles in Bhandup after the Dalit community resort to violent protests, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox
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050409-A-1238J-003. Base: Zafanrayia Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-9 FA
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The Honduran team members ruck during the water and land course of the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Base Naval de Amapala, Honduras on June 20, 2022. Fuerzas Commando is a multinational SOF skills competition that showcases the diversity of the SOF community in the western hemisphere, strengthens our regional partnerships, and demonstrates readiness and interoperability across regional boundaries.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance specialists gather before the sun comes up at the Emergency Operation Center - Forward in Sarasota, FL for the daily brief before heading into the field, October 9, 2022. The QA specialists are critical to the Blue Roof mission, conducting the initial assessments, clearing the way for installations, and ensuring the installations were done according to specifications. Operation Blue Roof purpose is to provide homeowners and permanently occupied rental properties in disaster areas with fiber-reinforced sheeting to cover their damaged roofs until arrangements can be made for permanent repairs.
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BERLIN GERMANY BERLIN WALL CHECKPOINT CHARLIE HISTORICAL GOVERNMENT
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The Panamanian team carries a litter to the end point of the combined assault course for the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Venta, Honduras on June 18, 2022. Fuerzas Comando is a Foreign Military Interaction exercise designed to enhance multinational and regional cooperation, mutual trust and confidence, and to improve the training, readiness, interoperability, and capability of regional Special Operations Forces.
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Local residents participate in a Tsunami Evacuation Drill during Exercise Constant Vigilance 2022 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022. The annual drill was held to convey the readiness and capabilities of the camp to service members and local communities in the event of an emergency. CV22 is a Force Protection Condition and Crisis response evaluation to validate regional installations, camps, and tenant antiterrorism plans and policies.
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JACK O'CONNELL in '71 (2014), directed by YANN DEMANGE.
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Demonstrations, riots and clashes on New Year's Eve in Mong Kong. Hong Kong on 2019-12-31.Manifestations, émeutes et affrontements durant la nuit du nouvel an à Mong Kong. Hong Kong le 2019-12-31.
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Aircraft enthusiasts listen to a UH-1N Iroquois briefing during a tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2022. Yokota hosted a tour for Japanese aviation enthusiasts to enhance their understanding of 374th Airlift Wings mission and aircraft.
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Demonstrations, riots and clashes on New Year's Eve in Mong Kong. Hong Kong on 2019-12-31.Manifestations, émeutes et affrontements durant la nuit du nouvel an à Mong Kong. Hong Kong le 2019-12-31.
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Early in the morning, soldiers do leg lift exercises during the physical training formation.
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Israeli soldiers acting as security service at Damascus Gate, Palestinian youths passing, Arab quarter, old city, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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040107-A-2511W-015. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Menorcan knights at the Feast of Grace, Mahón, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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030330-M-2176J-159. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Lape, a combat videographer with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and volunteers from Camp Courtney English School pick weeds during a town beautification at Kin, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2022. Marines with the 31st MEU regularly seek opportunities to build relationships with members of the local community that fosters a clear understanding of the 31st MEUs purpose in Japan, and develops mutual respect between service members and the local Okinawan population. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Onlooker stands at site of bomb blast on western express highway terrorist attack by Deccan Mujahideen at Vile Parle Bombay Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox
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Écija (Seville), 07/12/2010. UME soldiers work on the floods, whose urban area was flooded by 30 percent. Photo: Kako Rangel. ARCHSEV.
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Police personnel patrolling when rioters break glass panes of vehicles in Bhandup after the Dalit community resort to violent protests, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox
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04.03.2024, Deutschland, NRW, Politik, Nahostkonflikt, Israel, Palästina, 7. Oktober 2023, Die Jüdische Gemeinde Dortmund macht mit einer Installation auf dem Friedensplatz auf das Schicksal der 134 Geiseln der Hamas aufmerksam, Bring Them Home Now NRW Deutschland *** 04 03 2024, Germany, NRW, Politics, Middle East conflict, Israel, Palestine, 7 October 2023, The Jewish community of Dortmund draws attention to the fate of the 134 Hamas hostages with an installation on Peace Square, Bring Them Home Now NRW Germany Copyright: xSnowfieldxPhotographyx SF040324FriedensplatzD10