Destruction After Natural Disasters

Images depict the wreckage of buildings from earthquakes and military operations, showcasing rubble, broken structures, and a sense of devastation.

Two People Walking Amongst Debris after Bombing by U.S. Air Force Operations, Tokyo, Japan, photograph by Stanley Troutman, ACME War Pool Correspondent, September 1945

030822-F-5586B-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Earthquake wreckage of building 1927, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

040826-M-4358R-262. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030420-M-5607A-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-SC-85-01058. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two People Walking Amongst Debris after Bombing by U.S. Air Force Operations, Tokyo, Japan, photograph by Stanley Troutman, ACME War Pool Correspondent, September 1945

CAPT. R.L. Pearce sits atop a pile of rubble under the hole in the roof of a hardened aircraft hangar damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DN-SC-85-01041. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photograph of an aerial view after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre Site in New York. Dated 2001

Coast Guard Structures - Station Gulfport - 26-HK-98-21. Hurricane Katrina

Palestinians are devastated following an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestine.

The contents of an Iraqi transport truck are looted and strewn on the road after Iraqi forces retreated from the desert north of Kuwait City during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Firefighters and People search for victims of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

An M-48A5 main battle tank, with a bulldozer blade on the front, is set up during the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Barricade on a street of the city of Reggio Calabria created during the troubles due to the decision taken by the provincial capital. Reggio Calabria, September 1970.

U.S. military personnel gather in a sector of a city damaged when an Iraqi Scud missile was intercepted by a Patriot missile during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Gaza City. Palestine. February 15th, 2023. Palestinians inspect a wedding photography studio that was damaged in the aftermath of Israeli raids on Gaza City.

Sichuan Earthquake

030217-M-5753Q-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A Make-shift shelter abandoned by Iraqi troops during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Palestinians are devastated following an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestine.

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - VIP Tours - 26-HK-375-17. Hurricane Katrina

GEORGE CLOONEY in THE MONUMENTS MEN (2013), directed by GEORGE CLOONEY.

Rubble and twisted metal fill a room in a Panamanian special forces armory that was damaged during Operation Just Cause. The building is located at the David airport. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: David Country: Panama (PAN)

Tourist Landmark of the Resistance, also known as Museum for Resistance Tourism, a war museum operated by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Damages in Mumbai bomb blast 93, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Palestinians inspect damaged and destroyed houses that were hit by Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza in May 2021. Gaza Strip.

The bombed remains of the U.S. Marine barracks at Beirut International Airport stand as a reminder of the terrorist attack in which 241 Marines lost their lives. Plastic flowers and a utility cap are placed in the foreground in memory of the dead. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A view of a Titan II missile silo after being destroyed by demolitions experts in acccordance with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marines stand in front of the U.S. Embassy which was destroyed by a terrorist bomb attack. The Marines are members of a multinational peacekeeping force. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

051118-A-6365W-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 ID

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Venice, Louisiana - 26-HK-311-10. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne in Venice, Louisiana, September 10 through 17, 2005. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), search a collapsed building for notional casualties during Scarlet Response 2022 at Guardian Centers of Georgia, Georgia, May 19, 2022. CBIRFs initial response forces will deploy Marines to locate and extract casualties from the contaminated area and escort them to decontamination tents for further medical care. Scarlet Response 2022 is designed to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, in a simulated joint disaster response.

030413-M-5150A-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tank BN

DN-ST-85-02020. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Firefighters and People search for victims of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

010911-N-1350W-015. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: J

Iraq, Ninawa province, Mosul on 2022-10-18. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. Here, in the old city of Mosul destroyed by Daesh, writings, posters or flags warn of the presence of explosive remains. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Ninive, Mossoul le 2022-10-18. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines antipersonnel prohibant lacquisition, la production, le

Workers use an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to position flood lights outside the Pentagon Building hours after American Airlines Fight 77 was piloted by terrorists into the building, during the September 11, 2001 attacks. (Substandard image). Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12261. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

030407-M-0175R-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031102-F-7234P-021. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 315th Psychological Operations C

040826-M-1726K-004. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) respond to a simulated 30 kiloton nuclear detonation during exercise Scarlet Response in Guardian Centers of Georgia, Ga, on May 16, 2022. Scarlet Response was created to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company in a simulated joint disaster response. Scarlet Response is designed to test every aspect of the units Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or High-Yield Explosive response capabilities and enable its servicemembers to respond effectively and expeditiously to save the most lives.

030417-M-3692C-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Rescue workers prepare to carry a dog up to an opening in a collapsed building to smell and listen for trapped victims during an international disaster relief effort following a major earthquake. Base: Mexico City State: Distrito Federal Country: Mexico (MEX)

Four Iraqi BMP-1 armored personnel carriers destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Euphrates River Valley Country: Iraq(IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the Oklahoma Army National Guard and the Oklahoma Air National Guard participate in recovery efforts after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Mrika and her brother in front of a bombed hous ein pristina, Kosovo 2006

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040511-F-6335P-013. Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC

011202-F-0365G-005. Base: Sato Cano Country: Honduras (HND)

Firefighters and People search for victims of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 2014: Euromaidan. Revolution of Freedom. KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 2014: Euromaidan. Revolution of Freedom. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 8487400

Afghan residents clean up debris while U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment meet with civilian leaders in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2009. The Marines employ local Afghans to repair the city and help with the reconstruction process.

A view of an Iraqi anti-aircraft gun, ordnance, and bunker on Umm A1 Maradim Island, the first Kuwaiti island taken from occupying Iraqi forces by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Umm A1 Maradim Island Country: Kuwait(KWT)

USAF AIRMAN assigned to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma use five-gallon buckets to separate small pieces of debris from the rubble, following the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. From AIRMAN Magazine June 1995 article "Answering a Call for Help". Base: Oklahoma City State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

In August 1996, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Porfirio Castillo investigated smoke swirling in the distance as he sat in his vehicle waiting for a train to complete its passing. When he arrive at the site of the fire he went into a blazing house to save an elderly man that was suspected to still be inside. SMSGT Castillo risked his life by entering the house that was almost totally in flames. He pulled the man to saftey while the house was collasping around him. Despite SMSGT Castillo's efforts, the man, suffering from severe burns and smoke inhalation, died several hours later. For his actions, Castillo received the AIRMAN's Medal and the 1997 Pitsenbarger Award. This image was .... Complete Scene Caption: In August 1996, US Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Porfirio Castillo investigated smoke swirling in the distance as he sat in his vehicle waiting for a train to complete its passing. When he arrive at the site of the fire he went into a blazing house to save an elderly man

DF-ST-86-04080. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Afghanistan, Kabul

Thailand, Phang Nga District, Nam Khem, 'Tsunami. Thai Army Soldiers Who Has Been Helping In The Clean Up At The Devestated Village Caused By The Tsunami Also Look For Any Bodies, Nothing Is Left Standing In The Village. 2500 People Are Pressumed Dead. I 125Kms North Of Phuket On The 2Nd Jan.'

A view of an Iraqi radar and communications vehicle destroyed on the road to Basra following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

041211-M-2583M-057. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Field Office Operations - 26-HK-79-4. CG Field Office ops--CG personnel in safety gear walking through destroyed house. Hurricane Katrina

The airplane alert antenna sits amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center, Sept 13, 2001. This was one of the collision avoidance devices of the Twin Towers used to warn off airplanes. In the background are the remains of WTC 1. New York City, after September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (BSLOC_2015_2_68)

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1996 Title: A Piece of Hell Category: News Place: Second Place Brief Description: A helicopter flies over a mound of wreckage. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

A U.S. Air Force UH-60 Blackhawk Rescue Team from the 33rd Rescue Squadron and 320th Special Tactics Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, conduct search operations over the devastated north eastern coast of main land Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi March 25, 2011. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the United States military has humanitarian assistance capabilities positioned in the affected region that are supporting emergency relief efforts at the request of the government of Japan.

Smoke and fire rose in the sky of Gaza City after the Israeli air strikes in response to the firing of rockets from Gaza towards Israel, amid the escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza in May 2021. Gaza Strip.

Concrete slabs and rubble constitute the remains of the U.S. Marine Barracks at Beirut International Airport. Two hundred and forty-one Marines lost their lives when the building was bombed by terrorists. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of the multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

041029-F-0201C-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Marines clear off the volcanic ash covering the roof of the Cubi Point galley. Four inches of ash fell on the area following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

School evacuated from contaminated village and Varovitchi after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Ukraine, May 1995.

DF-ST-87-03421. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK '86-12 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Kimmy Tucker from the 137th Air Wing Combat Visual Information Services videotapes the bombed Federal Building while rescue workers sift through the rubble in search of victims. The military is providing around the clock support since a car bomb exploded inside the building on Wednesday, April 19, 1995. Base: Oklahoma City State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A demolished Iraqi vehicle with a ZPU-1 anti-aircraft gun mounted on top stands on the side of a roadway after being destroyed by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

U.S. troops look through boxes of weapons and ammunition from a destroyed Iraqi convoy following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

The bombed remains of the U.S. Marine barracks at Beirut International Airport stand as a reminder of the terrorist attack in which 241 Marines lost their lives. Plastic flowers and a utility cap are placed in the foreground in memory of the dead. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Coast Guard Station - Venice, Louisiana - 26-HK-347-34. Hurricane Katrina

American, British and Australian explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) divers gather at their base camp after a day's work. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA., 10/22/2005 -- New Orleans Firefighters, Autrey Plaisance and Mike Windsay search a home for missing people in the Lower 9th Ward following devastating hurricane Katrina. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

Pane Burglary Jeweller Theft

Marines escort a vehicle loaded with seized weapons headed to the secure port facility at Cap Haitien. Collection of weapons was an important part of Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Java War Scenes - Indonesian affair. October 08, 1947.

The remains of a car and the building generator are seen behind the 435th Tactical Air Wing Headquarters where a car bomb exploded. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An aerial view, two days later, of the impact point on the Pentagon where the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200 entered, breaking up in the process. Shortly after 8 AM on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of Al-Qaida, a group of fundamentalist Islamic Muslims, hijacked Flight 77 from Dulles International Airport just outside Washington DC. About 9:30 AM they flew the aircraft and 64 passengers into the side of the Pentagon. The impact destroyed or damaged four of the five "rings," in that section, that circle the building. That section of the Pentagon was in the finishing stages of a renovation program to re-enforce and .... Complete Scene Caption: An aerial view, two days later, of the impact point on the Pentagon where the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200 entered, breaking up in the process. Shortly after 8 AM on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of A

Fire brigade officers clear concrete debris fallen on vehicle part of heritage building Esplanade Mansion collapse in Bombay Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

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