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Soldiers in Training and Operations

Images of soldiers during training exercises and deployments, highlighting camaraderie and operational readiness in various global settings.

Naval Reserve corpsmen from the 4th Medical Battalion treat a simulated casualty during a joint Naval/Marine Amphibious Brigade training exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle, US Marine (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Brian J. Griffin, Task Force Yankee, Public Affairs Office (PAO) poses while firefighters fight an oil blaze on a wellhead at Gas Oil Separation Plant 6 in Southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramaylah Oil Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A soldier mans an M2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted in a jeep during the joint US/Honduras field training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

A U.S. Marine attends Mass at the American Embassy during Operation SHARP EDGE. The Marines are at the embassy to aid in the evacuation of personnel during Liberia's ongoing political unrest. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

The new Commander of Joint Task Force Provide Promise (JTFPP) (Forward), COL. Allen Gardner, U.S. Army, accepts the Unit Colors from the out going Commander JTFPP (Forward) Colonel Burton Quist, U.S. Marines, at the Change of Command ceremony Camp Pleso. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Pleso State: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

LT. GEN. Gary E. Luck, commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, speaks at a ceremony marking the return of the 1ST Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, from Panama, where it participated in Operation Just Cause. Also on the platform are MAJ. GEN. Horace G. Taylor, center, commanding general, 24th Infantry Division (mech.), and LT. COL. Robert W. Wagner, commanding officer, 1ST Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

British soldiers stop at the identification check point just inside the main entrance to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps rear headquarters. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Kiseljak Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

COL. Reibold, commander of West German military counter-intelligence group, selects a Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) entree from a box. Some German forces are being used to supplement American assets for Exercise Creek Warrior '88. Subject Operation/Series: CREEK WARRIOR '88 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Security Police personnel take a lunch break, of Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), in the field during combat skills training (Air Base Ground defense) conducted by the U.S. Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Government soldiers take cover during a street battle with FMLN guerrillas in San Salvador. The fierce fighting in the streets of the Salvadoran capital was an attempt by the FMLN to overthrow the government and take power. November 15,1989, San Salvador, El Salvador.

US Navy Aviation Electricians Mate Second Class Steven Smith stands tall as he and his shipmates receive a brief from their SENIOR CHIEF shortly before a fueling at sea (FAS) operation on board the nuclear aircraft carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Marines manning an LVTC-7 (tracked landing vehicle, command) relay messages to tanks and LVTP-7s (tracked landing vehicle, personnel) participating in a live-fire exercise during Operation Bear Hunt '84. An M-60A1 main battle tank is parked next to the LVTC-7. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: South Korea

Soldiers of the 511th Military Police Company man M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as they guard the entrance to an ammunition bunker during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgoi Country: Somalia (SOM)

Reservists relax and enjoy the meal served by the personnel of the 932nd Mission Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill. in the tent city mess hall located 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)

GEN. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, tours military facilities during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

960611-A-9384H-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DA-ST-86-09464. Country: Unknown

020226-A-5975H-002. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Northwest

LT. COL. Gary Phipps, commander, and CAPT. Matthew Brannigan, both of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's security perimeter so as to bring it closer to the scene of a hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft. The Soviet-built aircraft was hijacked by two teenage Czechoslovakians who were later apprehended. No one was injured in the incident. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DA-SN-88-04686. Base: Yuma Proving Ground State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040803-F-5795S-019. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Marines attend Mass at the American Embassy during Operation SHARP EDGE. The Marines are at the embassy to aid in the evacuation of personnel during Liberia's ongoing political unrest. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

DF-ST-86-07695. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

DM-ST-88-06728. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-02876. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Straight on shot of a US Army 1LT, left, and a Soldier holding a guidon flag for Alpha Company, 41st Engineering Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Other Soldiers from the Company stand behind them. They are assembled for the dedication ceremony and opening of the pre-fabricated Baily Bridge named in honor of Sean Devereaux, a UNICEF worker who died while working to feed thousands of starving people in the southern region of Somalia. The bridge is not shown. The bridge was built in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Sean Devereaux Bridge Country: Somalia (SOM)

Major Cordova of the Honduran forces and Colonel Langston of the 24th Composite Wing participate in a mission planning session 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)

LGEN Robert C. Kingston, right, visits with a patient in the Air Transportable Hospital, which was brought in from March Air Force Base, California, for emergency treatment of personnel participating in Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military members strive to maintain good hygiene and standards by keeping their hair cut. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Kigali Country: Rwanda (RWA)

General Hansford T. Johnson, Commander-In-CHIEF, Mility Airlift Command, converses with members of the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron as he enjoys lunch during Operation DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Marine Corps Development Education Command, Quantico, Virginia. A Marine military policeman gives a citation to a motorist who was stopped for speeding. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Recruits from the Woman Recruit Training Command exit from a gas chamber during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines prepare to move out in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), foreground, and two M939 5-ton cargo trucks after stopping in the city during a patrol. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Right side front view medium shot as Gen Michael E. Ryan (USAF CHIEF of STAFF) arrives at Tyndall AFB, FL to present awards at Readiness Challenge VII, a worldwide engineering competition hosted by Det 1, 823 Red Horse Squadron. Pictured are (l to r): CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Karl W. Myers (325 FW Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant), Gen Ryan, CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force Jim Finch, Major General Earnest O. Robbins II AF Civil Engineer, and Brigadier General Walter E. Buchanan III. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), watch as a Royal Thai Army instructor demonstrates a method of removing a constricting snake. The 25th Infantry Division soldiers are in Thailand for the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

A soldier of the 45th Medical Company explains the capabilities of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter configured for medical evacuation to participants in the U.S.-African Medical Symposium. Medical personnel from the U.S., Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and Zaire are attending the three-day symposium, which is sponsored by the U.S. European Command. Base: Stuttgart Army Air Field Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A Marine uses a computer in a field office during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-86-08972. Base: Geumsa-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Brigadier General John Craddock, (Right), Commander, U.S. Kosovo Forces/Joint Task Force Falcon, exchanges documents with Colonel Ahmed Isusi, Commander, Karadak Zone of the Kosovo Liberation Army, near Cernica, Kosovo. The document signing was part of a local agreement establishing a phased demobilization and demilitarization of KLA Forces in the U.S. Sector in support of NATO Operation Joint Guardian. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

STAFF SGT. Johnny Adamson communicates with his team via radio during the annual Peacekeeper Challenge competition. The 10-day competition tests security police personnel in tactics, weapons employment, marksmanship, investigation methods, and physical fitness. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photographers Mate AIRMAN (PHAN) Arron England and Photographers Mate Third Class (PH3) Heather S. Gordon are shown during .38 caliber revolver qualifications at NCTAMS pistol range on Guam. They are being instructed by SGT. Scott Wesierski, one of the range safety officers. Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Jeffrey L. Robbins of the 374th Aerial Port Squadron reads a Stars and Stripes newspaper as A1C Rodney K. Haselden of the 374th Tactical Air Wing Combat Control Team, looks on during Exercise Kennel Bear '4-82. Subject Operation/Series: KENNEL BEAR '4-82 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

CPT Phil Schwartz leads a group Air Force security police carrying M-16 rifles with blank firing attachments. The officers are being trained in infantry tactics for air base defense. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A corpsman from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing checks a "mass casualty victim" at the triage area during Exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Marine helps a congressional staff member with her helmet during a demonstration of Marine equipment. They are in a LAV-25 light armored vehicle. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MSGT Diane Ensor from PERSCO briefs personnel waiting to depart for their home stations. (Screen resolution only). Base: Azraq Country: Jordan (JOR)

Civilian relief workers pile sacks of grain in a village near Baidoa as a Marine escort stands by during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. The Marines are armed with M-16A2 5.56mm rifles equipped with M-203 grenade launchers. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

SrA T. L. Watson and MSgt Heyward W. Kerns man the radios at the Air Operations Center. SrA Watson was communicating with the initial strike force aircraft. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An airman assigned to the 341st Services Squadron serves hot food from the mobile field kitchen to hungry 341st Medical Group personnel. For two days in late August 1997, the 341st Medical Group conducted a field deployment exercise with simulated attacks and casualties. Nearly two hundred Medical group personnel were deployed to an area that represented a small-scale air transportable hospital under constant threat of attack. The medical personnel were required to continue medical operations while maintaining their perimeter defense. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05437. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

021021-F-1131H-033. Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Artillerymen of the newly designated 8th Field Artillery Regiment pass in review during a ceremony in which the 3rd Battalion 13th Field Artillery, is being deactivated and redesignated as the 7th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment. Observing from the reviewing stand are Major General William H. Schneider and Colonel David J. Lynch. Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. military personnel take a break to get haircuts during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 (NMCB-5) receives an inoculation after arriving at a camp under construction in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A Marine from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (32nd MAU) passes time by cleaning an M-16A1 rifle during a multinational peacekeeping operation. The unit was sent here after a confrontation took place between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Subject Operation/Series: MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Incoming Commander of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, LT. GEN. John M. Keane, gives a brief speech at the change of command ceremony at the Main Post Parade Field. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare to raise the flag at reveille during the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LTC Ted W. Hashimoto, Commanding Officer, Military Police Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light) works in his battalion's tactical operations center during the joint South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '89. The soldiers are operating along a highway about 45 kilometers south of Ichon. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Ichon-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

CPT Sherry of the 1ST Maintenance Battalion, 1ST Force Service Supply Group, is interviewed by two television reporters about the crash of a civilian aircraft. Base: San Onofre, Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-90-03931. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MGEN Michael Nardotti, Judge Advocate General, reenlists SGT Anson at the Kaposvar North Law Center court room while visiting the provost marshal office at USAEUR (FWD). Base: Taszar Country: Hungary (HUN)

GEN Lloyd W. "Fig" Newton, Commander of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) shakes hands as he visits with Goodfellow NCO Academy instructors during his base orientation tour and briefing. Base: Goodfellow Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TECH. SGT. Mark Sutton, 1ST Communications Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia, performs operator maintenance on a Secure Transmission Unit model 5. Subject Operation/Series: GREEN CLOVER '96 Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

After the 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, Ramstein Air Base, Germany moved into Threatcon Delta. Photographic SPECIALIST, SENIOR AIRMAN Kristin Conway, USAF, (right), and Graphics Technician, STAFF Sergeant Vicki Aiken, USAF, both with the 786th Communications Squadron go over procedures for clearing their Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles during their initial Security Forces Augmentee Training. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

MASTER SGT. Pantoja rolls up the flag during the MEDDAC/DENTAC Inactivation Ceremony. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, arrive to participate in the joint Republic of Korea/U.S. training exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Korea

MASTER-at-Arms 3rd Class See poses as a suspect while training guard dog Rocky in suspect handling techniques. Base: Rota Country: Spain(ESP)

General Robert L. Rutherford, Commander, Air Mobility Command, has lunch with deployed troops in the contingency dining facility located at Rhein Main AB, Germany. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Brigadier General John Garrison, Director of Intelligence, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia, is briefed by Colonel Scott Parks, Director of Operations, 4500th Joint STARS (Surveillance Target Attack Radar System) Squadron, Melbourne, Florida, on the capabilities and mission of the Joint STARS during his tour of facilities and troops deployed to Rhein Main. Joint STARS is deployed to Rhein Main Air Base, Germany in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

MAJ Peter Kopf, left, and CPT Joe Dowdy cut a cake at a reception following a change of command ceremony during which Dowdy relieved Kopf as commanding officer of the Marine Corps Security Force Company. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Blindfolded and restrained Panamanian Defense Force prisoners receive assistance from a U.S. military policeman during Operation Just Cause. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Country: Panama (PAN)

President William Jefferson Clinton greets 86th Airlift Wing Command CMSGT David Popp, during a dinner at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on May 5, 1999. The President visited Ramstein Air Base to thank the troops for their support of Operations Allied Force and Sustain Hope. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCESUSTAIN HOPE Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

981013-M-4326L-001. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC MIX '98 Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR)

Tech. Sgt. Theresa Hillis, front, of the 68th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Norton Air Force Base, Calif.; Senior Master Sgt. James Cundall, right, of the 118th AES, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville, Tenn.; and Tech. Sgt. Dennis Mulline, left, of the 137th AES receive a mission briefing during Operation Desert Storm.

020719-A-4519W-005. Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

DF-ST-85-01361. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A Puerto Rico-based Marine Corps Reserve logistic support platoon stands in formation with their guidon during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

RADM William Retz, commander, Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, welcomes BGEN Robert Akers, commander, Joint Task Force Garden Isle, upon Akers' arrival on the island of Kauai. The task force has been organized to deliver supplies to the residents of the area in the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki. Subject Operation/Series: GARDEN ISLE State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MGEN James J. McMonagle, commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, explains the training on the confidence course to Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Lance Pace, medical technician, 302nd ASTS, Peterson AFB, Colo. prepares NATO gurneys, used for transporting stretchers of "simulated" patients from a medical evacuation configured C-130 Hercules to the Aeromedical Staging Facility duringa Mass Casualty exercise 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 member of the 90th Security Police Group demonstrates search procedures during a training exercise. Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980930-F-1894K-021. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A well equipped US infantryman participating in Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

DF-ST-86-07670. Country: Jordan (JOR)

Acting Secretary of the Air Force, F. Whitten Peters, visited Luke Air Force Base, Arizona for a better understanding of the issues involved in the renewal of the Barry M. Goldwater range. Here, F. Whitten Peters discusses issues with senior enlisted Luke members during breakfast at the Ray V. Hensman dining facility. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPEC. 4 Robert Kaltz of the 3rd Battalion, 68th Air Defense Artillery, plots the course of MIM-23 Hawk missiles during a joint Air Force and Army air-drop/air-assault exercise. Base: Mena State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navy corpsman, serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), treats Somali women while participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Words of parting and praise are given by COL. Burton Quist, U.S. Marines, out going Commander Joint Task Force Provide Promise (JTFPP) (Forward) during the Change of Command ceremony at Camp Pleso. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Pleso State: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

DA-ST-88-03341. Base: Fort Devens State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Fisher, from 2nd Brigade Fire Support Element, shakes hands with Ambassador Donald M. Blinken, US Ambassador to Hungary. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

US Army Major General Walter Yates, Deputy Commander United States Army, Europe (left), is given assistance by public affairs translator Monika Nagy as Lieutenant General Bela Biro (not shown), Deputy Commander Hungarian Army, gives his opening remarks. The visit by the Defense Writer's Group was conducted inside a media center in Hungary, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

060724-N-6270R-003. Base: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

An Air Force Major assigned to the Asian Pacific Theater becomes an ambassador of goodwill by handing out food to local civilians in need.(Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1996 ) Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: South Korea

A member of the 311th Military Intelligence unit uses a sentry dog to persuade "prisoners" to remain motionless. The exercise is desigend to give soldiers experience in what to expect if taken prisoner. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Task Force Eagle (TFE) read scriptures from a bible during a gospel fellowship held in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. The fellowship was organized by TFE's Unit Ministry Team and hosted choirs from most of the TFE's base camps. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Beirut, April, 1983 - Outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Rescue operations after the bombing.

Secretary of the Army Michael Stone presents an award to a soldier of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) while visiting the base. Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Matt Collman and his wife, Stephanie, didn't know they were eligibile for relief funds when they went to the family support center to volunteer their time. Instead, they received a check from Rick Ferris following a tornado that swept across Oklahoma. Said to be Oklahoma's worst tornado in 17 years, it was categorized by meteorologists as F-5 using the Fujita-Pearson scale and destroyed nearly 2,000 homes and damaged 7,000 others. This photograph was used in the article "Real-life Twister," from the September 1999 AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States Air Force STAFF Sergeant Neil Rothbauer, a power production journeyman from the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group, at Tuzla Air Base, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, takes pictures of children living at the Mother and Child Refugee Center in Simin Han. Rothbauer, along with members from the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group, volunteered to deliver donations of toys, food and clothing, to help the people living in the refugee center. The center houses refugees from Srebrenica, whose fathers were killed or missing from the Balkan Conflicts. Base: Simin Han Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

World War II Re-enactment, Reading, PA

United States Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jason Wilkerson documents U.S. Marine STAFF Sergeant Jesse Shurn reviewing the phone roster during the advance team deployment from United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, prior to the start of Centrasbat 2000. The Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion exercise Centrasbat 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by U.S. CENTCOM and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops including personnel from U.S. CENTCOM, from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special .... Complete Scene Caption: United States Air Force Staff Sergeant Jason Wilkerson documents U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Jesse Shurn reviewing the phone roster during the advance team deployment from United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, prior to the start of Centrasbat 200

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