Barbed Wire Security

Images featuring barbed wire and security fencing, evoking a sense of confinement and military presence, with muted colors and stark contrasts.

Soldier greeting family in airport

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Laura Holman, ramp services technician assigned to the 8th Air Mobility Squadron, loads critical supplies into a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft in support of a USAID-led humanitarian mission to Pakistan, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sep. 10, 2022. USAID leads the U.S. Government's international development and disaster assistance, helping people emerge from humanitarian crises, such as the catastrophic flooding currently plaguing Pakistan.

Beech forest concentration camp

110709-ZS026-N-101GULF OF ADEN (July 9, 2011) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Woggerman plots simulated casualty locations during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is underway supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

110414-N-RC734-618GULF OF ADEN (April 14, 2011) ShipÕs Serviceman Seaman Tory Smith runs in the well deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45). Comstock is deployed as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group underway supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

060119-N-5169H-037. Base: USS Comstock (LSD 45) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Barbed wire

VUNAPOPE, Papua New Guinea (July 6, 2015) U.S. Navy medical professionals assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) screen patients during a Pacific Partnership 2015 surgical screening at St. Mary's Hospital. Mercy is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC

Detail of a barbed World War II, France

Coils of barbed wire

Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, photographed during the silent commemoration of the end of the World War in the Neue Wache in Berlin. StS Tobias Lindner, is accompanied by Oleksij Makejew, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany and the Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner (CDU) . 08.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

120108-N-BT887-089ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 8, 2012) A Sailor cleans the windows on the island aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

France, Normandy, Basse-Normandie, Calvados, Caen memorial

Shadow of a IL-76MD military transport aircraft of the Russian Air Force.

Coin-operatedbinoculars near High Point Monument

120126-N-CO162-030PEARL HARBOR (Jan. 27, 2012) Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) tour the USS Arizona Memorial. Frank Cable is temporarily relieved from conducting maintenance of submarines and service vessels deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility by submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and is en route to Portland, Ore., for a regular overhaul and dry-docking.

Death cell from World War One in the Poperinge town hall, Belgium, Europe

120409-N-XO436-101 CAP DRAA, Morocco (April 9, 2012) Sailors conduct a foreign object debris walk down of the well deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) before landing craft air cushion operations. Gunston Hall is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU). Gunston Hall is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

111103-N-DR144-436SAN DIEGO (Nov. 3, 2011) Civilian contractors assemble bleachers while building a basketball arena on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is preparing to host the Michigan State University Spartans and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels during the inaugural Quicken Loans Carrier Classic basketball game on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11.

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040721-F-8156G-003. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

The Canada maple leaf in the parking lot at the Bretteville sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France

United Kingdom, London, Yeoman Warder

A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot lights a piano on fire for a traditional piano burn ceremony during the 75th Air Force Ball, Sept. 17, 2022, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The Air Force Ball celebrates 75 years of tradition and Airmen answering their nation's call to serve their country.

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

HONG KONG - PROTEST - RASSEMBLEMENT A LAI CHI KOKRassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais à Lai Chi Kok devant le centre de détention où sont emprisonnes les militants arretes.HONG KONG - PROTEST - RALLY AT LAI CHI KOKRally of the pro-democracy movement in Lai Chi Kok in front of the detention centre where the arrested activists are imprisoned.

DN-ST-88-00629. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

View of the targets as U.S. and Canadian allies compete for the Schuetzenschnur, the German marksmanship badge, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Sept. 08, 2022. Members of the support element to the German National Military Representation at SHAPE provided the opportunity to compete for the coveted medal.

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

021015-M-4213L-008. Base: Panmunjom State: Demilitarized Zone Country: Korea Scene Major Command Shown: 1 MAW

Museum of the Second World War, www.muzeum1939.pl, exhibition about Nazi death camps, portraits of people killed in the camps, Gdansk, Pomorze region, Pomorskie voivodeship, Poland, Europe

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brandon Fernandez, a radio operator with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, applies camouflage netting to a tent during Kamoshika Wrath 23 at Haramura Maneuver Area, Hiroshima, Japan, March 19, 2023. Kamoshika Wrath is an annual field exercise that provides realistic training to Marines with MWSS-171 where they hone and develop skills to remain mission ready while being forward-postured in the Indo-Pacific

Campos cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Drone operator covering the confined France event for television news, Europe, France, Paris, avenue Hoche, 75008.

040819-F-4691W-002. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Construction work is shown at night on Nov. 16, 2022, in the 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., on a second, new, fiscal year 2020-funded transient training troops barracks project on the post. The $18.8 million project was awarded to L.S. Black Constructors, which is the contractor who built the first barracks building at Fort McCoy, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office at Fort McCoy. The new contract was awarded Sept. 29, 2020, and the notice to proceed was issued Oct. 28, 2020. The contract duration is scheduled for completion in 780 calendar days. Currently contract completion is scheduled for December 2022. The barracks is different than the traditional barracks located throughout the installation. This new building will be four stories and able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The building is being built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving me

NATO wire for the security of the prison in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

The crew of the Russian IL-76 transport, Tver Military Transportation Air Base located near Moscow Russia, watch as members of the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash., demonstrate the capabilities of an automated pallet storage and retrieval system during Peacekeeper '95, a joint service training exercise that involves formal military operations training between the US and Russian Air Forces. Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Madrid, March 11, 2005. Anniversary of the 11M terrorist attacks. Memories at the Atocha station.Photo: IGNACIO GIL...archdc.

Unit 731, Japanese Germ Warfare Experimental Base, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

000518-F-2902B-504. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

061130-N-9479M-011. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

The World War II Memorial in Washington DC on the National Mall

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013.

Usa, New York, Manhattan, 'World Trade Center, Crowds At Ground Zero'

DA-SC-86-10738. Base: Bastogne Country: Belgium (BEL)

1977 - Inmates are housed in one-man cells inside the 'Castle' at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.

DF-ST-86-06563. Base: Florennes Air Base Country: Belgium (BEL)

Employees of the National World War II Museum secure the Congressional Medal of Honor flag during a remembrance ceremony for the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans Dec. 7, 2022. Civilians, veterans and service members came together to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who perished during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, and to thank the service members who fought bravely during WWII.

France, Loire-Atlanique, Saint-Nazaire, submarine base, bombs exploding room

Russia, Moscow, Kremlin, Alexandrovsky Garden area. Unknown Soldier Memorial guarded by the Presidential Regiment soldiers. Home to The Eternal Fire of Glory. (Editorial Usage Only)

African American soldier sitting in airport

In December, the Federal Ministry of Defence decided that the new Logistics Battalion 471 would be stationed in the municipality of Bernsdorf in the district of Bautzen. Remnants of the former anti-aircraft missile regiment 31 of the National People's Army on the site. Air Defence Missile Regiment 31 of the National People's Army, Bernsdorf, Saxony, Germany, Europe

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Morningstar, a rifleman assigned to Maritime Surveillance Platoon, 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, ensures the maritime radar is secured at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalvez, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 13, 2022. MSP is an experimental unit whose mission is to decrease the commanders' uncertainty of the maritime domain through the employment of radars and other sensors. MSP provides the Marine Corps with its only organic maritime sensor surveillance capability in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and Navy commanders' intelligence collection efforts.

Eternal Flame and Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, Moscow, Russia

A decorated window welcomes people to Carentan as it prepares for the 78th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy, France, May 31, 2022. D-Day marked the turn of the tide in the fight for the liberation of Western Europe by the Allied forces from Nazi Germanys control during WWII.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Chiefs of Delegation and Alumni from 36, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 for a 60th anniversary Celebration on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022. During the celebration visitors participated in a campus tour, a Panel on Ethics and Strategic Leadership, a BBQ and an Alumni Recognition Ceremony, including the release of the 60th Anniversary Book Strengthening Strategic Leadership in the Americas.

A memento congratulating U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley is displayed during his promotion ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., August 6, 2022. Gen. Langley, who began his career in the Marine Corps as an artillery officer in 1985, is the first Black Marine to be promoted to the rank of General.

covid-19 emergency, carabinieri checks during the lockdown, legnano, italy

031113-F-0981H-023. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

September 11 second year anniversary, Ground Zero

Fallen Memorial, World War, central hall with opening to the crypt in the basement, Ossuary of Pocol or Sacrario Militare di Pocol, built under the reign of Mussolini in 1935, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Pocol, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. Reunification Palace, former seat of South Vietnamese Government, indoor shooting range

Schutz vor Terrorangriffen / Veranstaltungsschutz / mobile Sicherheitspoller / präventive Terrorsperre *** Protection before Terrorist attacks Event security Mobile Sicherheitspoller preventive Terror ban 1131601396

Combat boots of soldiers of the guard battalion, taken during a final roll call of the Bundeswehr missions MINUSMA and EUTM Mali at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, 22.02.2024

Illustration of the territory of Hong Kong.Illustration du territoire de Hong Kong.

Israeli soldier on mirador with projectors in background; Israel

GEN Gene Habiger, Commander-in-CHIEF, U.S. Strategic Command (center) and his staff receive the daily briefing during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 45th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team conducts a counter improvised explosive device training for local law enforcement agencies at U.S. Space Force Malabar Annex, Fla., June 23, 2022. The training enhanced interoperability with local bomb squads and allowed the teams to share knowledge and tactics with each other.

France. Alsace. Natzweiler Struthof Camp

021221-M-3022S-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Seychelles (SYC) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

Memorial to the Fallen, Foreign Legion of the Indochina War, Frejus, France, Europe

The German-American Institute Nuernberg held an opening of the photo exhibition: "Home-Based in Bavaria" with honored guests including Nuremberg Mayor Marcus König, United States Consul General in Munich Timothy Liston, and 7th Army Training Commands Joint Multinational Simulations Center Chief Col. Heath McCormick, in Nuremberg, Germany, April 3, 2023. The exhibition explores and celebrates the German-American partnership through photos taken in and around the Grafenwöhr training area.

NOV 23, 2012 Manila, Philippines : Historic Pacific war memorial Corregidor Island, Manila, Philippines

United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Jersey, The Jersey War Tunnels

The Liberation Hall is commemorating the 34 victories against Napoleon in the German Wars of Liberation in the 19th century. Germany, Bavaria (Large format sizes available)

220530-N-SS492-1078 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (May 30, 2022) -- Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, addresses members of the U.S. Submarine Veterans Bowfin Base chapter, Sailors, and families at the USS Parche Submarine Park and Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 30, 2022. At the annual Memorial Day event sponsored by the Bowfin Base SubVets, submariners honor those who have sacrificed their lives defending our nation, and all those on eternal patrol.

Photograph of the armed police security at Buckingham Palace during President Donald Trump's visit

Photo essay with a mobile assistance team of a social humanitarian emergency service (Samusocial) in France.

A worker at the Grave of John F. Kennedy in 1968, Arlington cemetery, Virginia

Photo essay with a mobile assistance team of a social humanitarian emergency service (Samusocial) in France.

Germany, Berlin, Berlin's Wall

030412-M-5753Q-142. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

CARDIFF UK MARCH 2014 - Detail from the Merchant Seafarers' War Memorial in Cardiff Bay

Dirk Radermacher, right, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Visual Information Branch deputy chief, assigned to Training Support Activity Europe (TSAE), talks to an exhibitor at Integrated Systems Europe 2023, a professional audio visual and systems integration exhibition at Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 1, 2023. TSAE has the capability to provide audio and visual support, which includes public announcement systems and projectors, to various units across Europe to enhance training events and ensure units can focus on readiness.

Circular grilles and police on the sidelines of the security conference barrier and police on the sidelines of the security conference in Munich

050710-A-6108G-410. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-89-01141. Base: Maxwell Air Force Base State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

France, Ile de France, Paris, 8th district, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe

220820-N-RC359-1011 MOUNT FUJI, Japan (Aug. 20, 2022) Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), prepare to climb Mount Fuji during a tour hosted by the ships Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) committee, Aug. 20. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Presidential guard, Athens, Greece

The Berlin Wall 1961-1989. Graffiti on the remaining section of the Wall. The barrier constructed by East Germany that completely cut off (by land), West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the 'death strip') that contained anti-vehicle trenches and other defences. Around 5,000 people attempted to get over the wall, with a death toll of over 600.

Political billboards showing Iraq Abu Ghraib Prison abuse pictures at American Embassy in Havana, Cuba

FRA - POLITICS - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI AND FLORENCE PARLY VISIT MANAGEMENT GENERAL ARMAMENT. On Monday, October 2nd, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital, and Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, visit the Directorate General of Armaments - Information Management (DGA - MI) in Bruz.FRA - POLITIQUE - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI ET FLORENCE PARLY VISITENT LA DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ARMEMENT. Le Lundi 2 Octobre, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé du Numérique, et Florence Parly, Ministre des Armées, visitent la Direction Générale de l'Armement - Maîtrise de lInformation ( DGA - MI ) à Bruz en Ille-et-vilaine.

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