Explosives Testing and Construction

Footage of bomb detonations during structural tests, submarine construction, and missile component testing, reflecting military technology advancements.

African American soldier greeting girlfriend in airport

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - New Orleans - 26-HK-385-80. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-87-03869. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 1ST Battalion 7th Special Forces Group (Green Berets), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, climbs a rapelling practice tower during Joint Readiness Exercise BRAVE SHIELD XVIII. Subject Operation/Series: BRAVE SHIELD XVIII Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11940. Base: Norvenich Country: West Germany (FRG)

A view of the aft mast of the destroyer USS COMTE DE GRASSE (DD-974) while the ship is underway in the Virginia Capes operating area. The ship's SPS-40 air search radar is at the center. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

10/12/2001. 13-10-01-Madrid- Plaza de Colon.- Last attack by Eta. 12-10-01-Photo. Chema Barroso.-Archdc.

Close up exterior shot of US Army soldier at work inside the Comanche Base air traffic control tower. Comanche Base is located near Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Base: Comanche Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-ST-85-10376. Country: Unknown

The front of the fire station, Building Number 58, as seen from the flight line. A P-2R aircraft firefighting and rescue truck is at right. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-104. Hurricane Katrina

An aerial view of the flight line during exercise COPE ELITE '81. Subject Operation/Series: COPE ELITE '81 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Bourrasque destroyer, 1925, France, drawing.

Explosive handlers at Crane Army Ammunition Activity load a railcar for an outgoing shipment. As Crane Armys directorate that is responsible for the reception, storage and shipment of all munitions, Depot Operations play a major role in the organization's readiness mission.

Sgt. Destry Riggs, crew chief LUH72 Lakota, Texas Army National Guard, and Matt Avery, Texas Task Force 1, escort a woman in labor after an emergency airlift to a local hospital in Beaumont, Texas, August 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in southeastern Texas, bringing record flooding and destruction to the region. U.S. military assets supported FEMA as well as state and local authorities in rescue and relief efforts.

Hawk battery at the 3rd group of arms guided weapons in Blomberg, West Germany.

Engine mechanics and crew chiefs with the 157th Maintenance Group, prepare a KC-46 Pegasus for a wash during their night shift Nov. 7, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The Airmen diligently ensure each aircraft is mission-ready at a moment's notice.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-99. Hurricane Katrina

Fence with a barbed wire under a blue sky

Imperial War Museum North, Salford Quays, Manchester, England

U.S. Air Force Col. Travolis Simmons, 3rd Wing commander, completes a fini-flight in a U.S Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3 WG at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2022. A fini-flight, otherwise known as a final flight, is a traditional final flight often followed by landing in a champagne-and-water shower for pilots and some air crew members before they move to another base or retire.

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-285. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, visit various museums and monuments in Normandy, France, May 25, 2022. This visit is to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their respective countries during World War I.

East German guards feed the birds from their post at the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie..

In the 1920s, in various places in various places in the Netherlands, the Army and Air Force Exhibition was held in the Netherlands. This aims to interest young people for the military profession and to inform what the military service in terms of military service and to inform citizens Defense Budget was spent.

Two U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles taxi before takeoff at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico in support of North American Aerospace Defense Commands (NORAD) Operation Noble Defender (OND), 1 July, 2022. As a part of OND, which is a recurring operation, the Continental U.S. NORAD Region coordinated and conducted joint operations with the U.S. Navy while concurrently launching jets from different locations across the United States' gulf coast and Puerto Rico. OND, is an integrated air and missile defense operation designed to ensure the defense and security of the northern and southern approaches to North America. This particular OND allowed NORAD units to exercise maneuvers designed to defend the southern approach to the United States from simulated cruise missile threats. NORAD is a bi-national Canadian and American command that employs a network of aerial, ground-based, and space-based sensors, air-to-air refueling tankers, and fighter aircraft controlled by a sophisticated comma

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-121-7. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-30. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, prepares for a night flying training mission in an F-35A Lightning II, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 19, 2022. Night flying is performed monthly to ensure pilots are proficient in every capability of the F-35A.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-426-177. Showing the Admiral around. Hurricane Katrina

DM-SC-92-03201. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-183. Hurricane Katrina

A rough terrain container handler places a container of chemical munitions beside a van carrying an automatic continuous air monitoring systems (ACAMS) during Operation Steel Box. The container, part of a shipment transported to Johnston Atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships, will be checked for leaks before the munitions are taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Country: Johnston Atoll

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-83. Hurricane Katrina

USS Shreveport

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Gulfport, Mississippi - 26-HK-310-137. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne in Gulfport, Mississippi September 2 through 8, 2005. Hurricane Katrina

Sailors and Marines on board USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) man the rails for their arrival at Pier 12 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Truman returns to its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia, after completing its six-month maiden deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-150. Hurricane Katrina

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-121-10. Hurricane Katrina

050126-N-4204E-112. Base: Chevalier Hall State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030815-M-7837W-085. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DA-ST-90-01543. Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-04107. Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-03-24. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-03-24. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, utilize military operations on urbanized terrain tactics to maneuver to a building during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Range 220, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 21, 2024. MWX is the culminating event for SLTE 2-24 that improves U.S. and allied service members operational capabilities and lethality as a MAGTF. Marine Corps

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-4. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SC-87-08019. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-09151. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Security Police Emergency Service Team (EST) practice rappelling down a five story training tower during training exercises. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

High school educators from U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Stations Springfield, Massachusetts and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania participate in a three day educators workshop aboard U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Feb. 8, 2023. Educators descended the 47-foot-tall rappel tower, an event aimed at building a recruit's confidence in their gear.

000809-A-0662H-011. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12278. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

In the 1920s, in various places in various places in the Netherlands, the Army and Air Force Exhibition was held in the Netherlands. This aims to interest young people for the military profession and to inform what the military service in terms of military service and to inform citizens Defense Budget was spent.

040109-F-7790R-001. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

The port 03 level signal bridge area on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13341. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army soldiers, 5th Special Forces Group jump masters, check the drop zone prior to jumping from a C-130J Super Hercules over Fort Campbell, Ky., May 21, 2014. The 5th SF is conducting static line jump training with the 39th Airlift Squadron from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

Excursion from the staff of the Martial History section to the Landdrukkerij in The Hague.

Fort Henry National Historic Site; Kingston, Ontario, Canada

A Tactical Airlift control Element from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., is set up at the airport. The Tactical Airlift Control Element, or TALCE, is controlling aircraft involved in the humanitarian relief from Hurricane Marilyn for St. Thomas and St. Croix. Subject Operation/Series: HURRICANE MARILYN Base: Saint Thomas State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-233. Hurricane Katrina

041201-M-0036Y-042. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The antenna of an AN/TVS-43E search radar is silhouetted against the sun during the NATO exercise Tactical Fighter Weaponry '89. The radar is operated by the 115th Tactical Control Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY '89 Base: Stenbjerg Country: Denmark (DNK)

DM-ST-85-09369. Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

U.S. Marine Corps confidence chamber at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jan. 18, 2023. The confidence chamber trains recruits how to properly use the M40 gas mask and respond to potential chemical and biological threats.

A U.S. Airman participates in a training scenario during Scorpion Lens 23 at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, South Carolina, March 21, 2023. Exercise Scorpion Lens is an annual training event held at McCrady Training Center, hosted by the 1st Combat Camera Squadron (1CTCS). The exercise provides expeditionary skills and training to Combat Camera professionals from the United States Army, Air Force, and Marines worldwide.

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

DN-ST-89-10347. Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

030203-M-5266H-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Conakry - Marine Security Guard Residence, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

DN-ST-88-02745. Country: Persian Gulf

000809-A-0662H-001. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-09301. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2022) Representatives of the United States Senate receive a tour of the well dock aboard Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall)

A proud Naval History. Squadron Logos in Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield, California.

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