Security Barriers and Fencing

Images of various barbed wire and fencing structures used in military and security contexts, emphasizing protection and confinement.

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

An Iowa Army National Guard Soldier with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, rappels down a tower at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on June 8, 2022. The unit had the opportunity to conduct rappelling familiarization on the bases 60-foot tower during their annual training.

The gallows at the Natzweiler-Struthof German concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains close to the Alsatian village of Natzwiller.

111115-A-TF780-004SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 15 2011) Steelworker 2nd Class Rejuny Caswell, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23 embarked aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift, spot welds a fence next to the basketball court at Escuela Basica Rafaela Santaella. The Seabees are making improvements during a community service project in support of Southern Partnership Station 2012. Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Marines from Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, load up a truck in San Diego, California, to head out for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 2001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '01 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, for tours, discussions with local officials

Port Security Unit 307 - 26-HK-256-4. Hurricane Katrina

CPL Sard of 1ST Battalion, 64th Infantry, cuts his way through concertina wire obstacle during an exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

AT&T outfitted AAFES phone facility located at Steel Castle Base Camp in Tuzla (East), Bosnia. This phone facility supports IFOR and DOD personnel in Bosnia involved in Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-99-06448 or search 960523-A-2897S-027). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Steel Castle Base Camp, Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Army 1st Sgt. Tina Brown, Army Maj. Jennifer Reed, and Army Sgt. Rosalyn Anderson, deployed here with the 525th Military Police Battalion in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, run in front of the Honor Bound sign at Joint Task Force Guantanamos Camp Delta during a physical fitness session, June 16, 2010. The 525th MP Battalion is stationed here on 12-month rotations and provides a portion of the guard force inside the detention facilities at JTF Guantanamo. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts

A row of tents at Red Beach, Camp Pendleton, California, to provide a base camp and support to the Seabees and other military forces as part of a larger Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS). JLOTS is a joint training exercise involving landing and transporting vehicles without a fixed port and 2,500 service members consisting of 50-50 soldiers and sailors with approximately 50 marines.

Display in Stasi Museum dedicated to exposing the oppressive rule of Germany's secret police during the post

A park ranger opens the gate to the underground launch control center for Minuteman II missiles, the site was deactivated after the Cold War, National Historic Site, Cactus Flat, South Dakota, USA, North America

East Germany reinforces the concrete Berlin Wall. More barbed was strung on top of the wall. Steel girders in the ground and heavy netting form tank traps to protect against armored assault from the West. Nov. 20, 1961.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Barbed wire fences.

A joint service patrol from Company 4 guards a road block at Camp Lejeune, NC during Final Training Exercise III (FTX III), part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance. A joint service patrol from Company 4 guards a road block at Camp Lejeune, NC during Final Training Exercise III (FTX III), part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance.

The barbed wire fence at Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Poland.

030107-F-9528H-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

041130-M-0036Y-023. Base: Al Taqqadum Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031212-F-9629J-035. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

020219-F-1464S-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Cent Com

A group of firefighters lined up, saluting the flag, applauding in solidarity, and gearing up for intensive training sessions, showcasing their unwavering commitment to service and teamwork. A group of firefighters lined up, saluting the flag, applauding in solidarity, and gearing up for intensive training sessions, showcasing their unwavering commitment to service and teamwork Copyright: xZoonar.com/BENISxARAPOVICx 21754857

Poland, , Oswiecim, Auschwitz - Birkenau concentration camp - fences and original photographs of victims

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

police officers

The phone facility in Steel Castle Base Camp in Tuzla (East), Bosnia is housed in a tent with the communication antenna behind it. The services are provided by AT&T phone company during Operation Joint Endeavor. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-00-00087 or search 960523-A-2897S-027). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla East Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Isis Guerra, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncommissioned officer, screens soil during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

120401-N-BJ279-125 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (April 1, 2012) Navy Diver 1st Class Brian Mouton, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-1, helps guide the re-fabricated Commodore Oliver Perry cemetery gate into place at the Lapeyrouse Cemetery. The gates, from the cemetery where Oliver Perry was first buried in 1819, were later dedicated to him in 1926 and have since fallen into disrepair. Members of Company 2-1 and civilian crew members from the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) are repairing the gate in time for the rededication ceremony on April 4.

Air Assault candidates rappel off the rappel towers on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, February 20, 2024. After successfully rappeling from the towers, candidates will rappel out of rotary wing aircraft. Army

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

DF-ST-86-08098. Base: El Hamam Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Marines with Provost Marshal's Office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and camp guard Marines with Camp Hansen, wait for participants in a tsunami evacuation drill during Exercise Constant Vigilance 2022 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022. The annual drill was held to convey the readiness and capabilities of various installations and first responders 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.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

SWAT team members armed with service rifles, standing in stack formation during a suspect arrest operation.

The electric fence at Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Poland.

A Kurdish girl watches through the concertina wire as U.S. Marines set up their tents on the outskirts of the city. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Air Force Airmen of the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, wear Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear as they prepare to enter the Contaminant Control Area (CCA) as part a decontamination scenario during Kunsan's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

DF-ST-89-05947. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

paintball field, Paintball Aventura Marratxi, Marratxi, Majorca, Spain.

San Ysidro, California, Two U.S. Border Patrol agents inspect the ""Surf Fence Project"" project which extends the border fence between the United States and Mexico further into the Pacific Ocean.

DF-ST-87-09760. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A French soldier, one of the international force supporting the relief effort for Rwandan refugees, adjust the concertina wire surrounding the airport. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Elizabeth I. Kelson, a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor at Leatherneck Square, explains the purpose of MCMAP during Educators Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, June 9, 2022. Educators Workshop provides the opportunity for high school teachers to experience and gain insight on some of the challenges recruits face during Marine Corps recruit training.

031209-F-0881Z-002. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A visitor stands in front of the infamous death wall at the memorial and museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, Sept. 16, 2022. In the courtyard between blocks 10 and 11, thousands of men and women were forced to strip before being executed here by firing squad.

Protests in Cairo

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to fire their rifle during a deck shoot aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 10, 2022. The Combat Marksmanship Program is designed to sustain a units lethality. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

F3222-SPT-95-0014-011. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

CIOR competitors participate in a pistol training exercise near Hammelburg, Germany on July 27, 2022. The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Competition (CIOR MILCOMP) is a three-day team competition consisting of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations in Europe. It has been around since 1957. The competition is open to all reserve components for both NCO and officer. It is now run on a volunteer basis and funded by former competitors through an alumni association.

DM-ST-86-08364. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Alloy chamber soldiers on Ypenburg.

030204-M-4419R-051. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Israel, West Bank, Bethlehem, the security wall with murals

Former concentration camp Auschwitz Birkenau Former Auschwitz Birkenau Copyright concentration camp: xzoonar.com/hgvorndranx 22131769

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 11, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the Air Force operations in the 2022 Patriot Warrior Exercise. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at mainly the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport on South Post at the installation. Hundreds of Airmen participated in the exercise, including Airmen with the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 433rd Airlift Wing, 934th Airlift Wing, 349th Air Mobility Wing, and 514th Air Mobility Wing. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Commands premier exercise providing Airmen an opportunity to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support.

Border fortification with K6, control strip, evidence strip, raked, uncovered field of vision and field of fire and border fence, anti-tank barriers, Spanish horsemen, Wall, inner-German border fortification, border monument, death strip, column route

220917-N-PL946-1038 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2022) Members of the rifle detail stand at parade rest during a burial at sea aboard the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). During the ceremony, the cremated remains of 30 souls were committed to the sea in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and workups for a scheduled deployment this fall.

Watch towers on a border in a field

DM-ST-86-07494. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

New York Air National Guardsman of the 105th Medical Group from Newburgh, NY set up a medical tent as part of a Homeland Response Force validation exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA on September 10, 2022. The tent will be used in the rehearsal of treating civilian casualties during the exercise. (New York National Guard photo by SSG Matthew Gunther)

A row of tents sit ready for use during exercise Agile Flag 22-2 at Avon Park, Florida, July 21, 2022. Agile Flag 22-2 is Air Combat Command's first lead-wing certification event designed to demonstrate the 23rd Wing's capability to generate combat air power while continuing to move, maneuver, and sustain the Wing and subordinate force elements in a dynamic and contested environment.

Tent Beds Emergency Tent Shelter With Temporary Beds Ready for Disaster Refuges Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 13685213

Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Security at the US Capitol the day after Pres. Biden's Inauguration.

The sun rises behind support staff while they oversee the Army Reserve 2022 Best Squad Competition's Army Combat Fitness Test. Approximately 50 Soldiers from across the nation travelled to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to compete in the 2022 U.S. Best Squad Competition from May 14-21, 2022. The 2022 BSC is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of "Best Warrior" and "Best Squad" among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events that test their technical and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, provide suppressive fire during an Adversary Force Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Range 220, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 1, 2024. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in SLTE 2-24 to engage against during the upcoming Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame. Marine Corps

DA-ST-87-01786. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Team Hickam briefs staff delegation members about the Air Forces readiness requirements and mission projection capabilities during a base visit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 12, 2024. The team informed members of the importance of the wings ongoing operations within the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility, and its plans to positively posture for future missions. Air Force

A small American flag waves from the top of one of the tents in the tent city, constructed by PRIME BEEF personnel from 932nd Civil Engineering Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill., at the Kansas City Downtown Airport during Patriot Express '95 a 4th Air Force Reserve exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT EXPRESS '95 Base: Kansas City Downtown Airport State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of Aguacate Airstrip during Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Division participate in a study conducted by the Defense Science Study Group on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 19, 2022. Members of the DSSG include Science and engineering academia from across the United States, being a program funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and directed by the non-profit Institute for Defense Analyses. During their visit, the members received a tour of various subordinate II Marine Expeditionary Force units to gain a better understanding of Marine Corps organization, capabilities, and operations.

USA, South Dakota, Philip, Minuteman II ICBM missile underground launch control site Delta-01 exterior

A821115 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 26 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/26/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; BUILDING TYPES; COMPOUNDS; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES (BARRIERS); MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SAFEGUARDS; TELEPHONE POLES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Guard of Honour of the Austrian army in front of the outer castle gate, also Heldentor, Vienna, Austria, Europe

A snow covered walkway leads to tents housing Navy Seabees. Nearly 200 Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) call this home while building additional base camps for the Army throughout the US sector in Bosnia as part of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Camp Kime Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

021203-A-7236L-009. Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Major Command Shown: US SOUTHCOM

Inmates in Liberian prison

A view of tents erected at one of the temporary housing facilities for Vietnamese refugees. In the foreground is a large wooden cross marking the site of the first Christian mission in California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-06216. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Security wall in Bethany, Israel, Middle East

Barbed wire fencing and barrier fence with wish ribbons wishing for peace and unity at the DMZ, De-militarised Zone on the South North Korean border at Imjingak, South Korea Date: 2012

Andersonville Prison. Hanging the 'Raiders' leaders on July 11, 1864. A gang of about 100 prisoners robbed their fellow inmates of food, blankets, and valuables. Resisting inmates, the 'Regulators', received support from Confederate Captain Wirz, to police the stockade, hold trials, and inflict punishments, which ended the Raiders rule with their leaders' execution (BSLOC_2019_2_29)

North Macedonian soldiers with the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade prepare to move from behind cover at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 15, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengt

Mexico's southern border has recently been plagued by extremely violent crime from Mara Salvatrucha gang members, fleeing anti-gang crachdowns in El Salvador and Honduras.

Views within Arsenal site , Armories, Windows, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Fence in the concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Europe

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A soldier with the Rhode Island Army National Guards 115th Military Police Company stands watch in a guard tower at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo June 9, 2010. The Rhode Island Army National Guard unit is here on a year-long deployment providing security at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facilities. The JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo

DN-SN-86-00503. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Radio, pistol, uniform, back, policeman, policewoman, readiness, observing, protecting, watching, street, Spain, Europe

A Soviet sailor stands watch beneath the jack flying on the bow of one of the three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet ships that are in San Diego for a five-day goodwill visit. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S Marine Corps drill instructor with Receiving Company, Support Battalion welcomes educators from the 8th recruiting district at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, May 3, 2022. Educators were welcomed to the depot to receive a first-hand experience on what recruit training is like.

DN-SC-89-03253. Base: Mauritania Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Israel, West Bank, Bethlehem, the security wall with murals

England, Kent, Dover, Border Force officers landing Asylum Seekrs picked up in the English Channel.

Mexico's southern border has recently been plagued by extremely violent crime from Mara Salvatrucha gang members, fleeing anti-gang crachdowns in El Salvador and Honduras.

DF-ST-85-12961. Subject Operation/Series: CROWN DRAGONFLY Base: San Lorenzo Country: Honduras (HND)

Standing on the West German side, East German policemen observe the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

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