Historical Military Context

Archive images depicting military materials and environments, including remnants from past conflicts and military operations, showing historical significance and impact.

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.

040826-M-4358R-258. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Massachusetts - Graves. The bed nearly ready for 1st course.

DN-SC-86-04236. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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.

Lombard warrior, Historical reenactment

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A hospital Corpsman with the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, conducts a contact patrol with other Corpsmen and Marines on July 22, 2022, during training on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 is holding annual training at Fort McCoy. (Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

Close up shot of a plastic explosive charge readied for detonation inside a bunker located outside Celici, Bosnia-Herzegovina.. Close up shot of a plastic explosive charge readied for detonation inside a bunker located outside Celici, Bosnia-Herzegovina..

DF-ST-89-04958. Base: Naval Air Station, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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010716-M-5834A-027. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Serbia, Belgrade. Kalemegdan Fortress (aka Belgrade Fortress). Fort cannon, maker's mark.

DN-SC-88-07277. Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

A close up view of the Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Anti-Weapon Weapon the 120mm RBR M90 rocket launcher (shoulder fired). The weapon was found at Tuzla Army barracks during a weapons inspection. A close up view of the Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Anti-Weapon Weapon the 120mm RBR M90 rocket launcher (shoulder fired). The weapon was found at Tuzla Army barracks during a weapons inspection.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brian Gutierrez, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, conducts a contact patrol with other Corpsmen and Marines on July 22, 2022, during training on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 is holding annual training at Fort McCoy. (Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

041228-M-0036Y-104. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Dog tags sit inside a firefighter helmet during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The tower run competition is a timed relay style event with four member teams or individuals. Each team member climbs nine flights of stairs while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack. The members go one at a time, rotating off and on until each member has climbed and descended the stairs three times. By the end, each team collectively climbed 110 floors, equivalent to the stairs climbed by first-responders at the World Trade Center during 9/11.

Europe, Scandinavia, Sweden. Karlskrona. Naval museum. War ship

U.S. Army Spc. Dante Gillyard, tank driver from 4th Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, mans the driver's station during vehicle draw activities on the second day of the Sullivan Cup, at Fort Benning, Ga., April 26, 2022. During day 2, Sullivan Cup crews have an equipment layout, draw vehicles and conduct PMCS (Preventive Maintenance Checks), to ensure that their vehicles will be ready to perform for the competition.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Whited, 628th Security Forces Squadron, peers from the window of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 729th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., during a mission in support of Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The crew arrived at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to load relief supplies bound for Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response.

The charred ablative heat shield boilerplate of the Apollo Saturn AS-201 command module recovered by the USS Boxer. This was the first launch of Saturn IB vehicle; with suborbital test on February 26, 1966.

Panorama of Artillery Observers ¤ 1136 Cimone West, Part 2.

Israel. Jerusalem. Military service. Soldier at the Western Wall. Detail firearm.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Benjamin Smith and Airman Basic Bryson Ashley, 338th Training Squadron students, fill sand bags in preparation for the 2022 hurricane season at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 27, 2022. Over 40 Airmen from the 338th TRS assisted the 81st Civil Engineer Squadron with filling more than 2500 sand bags. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.

DF-ST-86-12104. Base: North Field State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050907-A-9419D-018. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

Remains of military aircraft punched shell fragments, splinter effect XIAOYI DIGITAL CAMERA Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 12437351

Jimmy Liptrott, firefighter with the 55th Civil Engineering Squadron, looks at his instruments before squeezing through a wall inside Bldg 163 on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., during the Surviving the Fire Ground, Fire Fighter/Fire Officer and Command Preparedness exercise June 23. This was an international event and titled Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Firefighters. This event strengthens the awareness for proper procedures assisting a firefighter in need. U.S. Air Force

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Pogeys - 26-HK-355-34. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-351-175. Hurricane Katrina

A box containing Soviet hand grenades and shells seized by U.S. military personnel during Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

U.S. Airmen secure a High Multipurpose Mobility Wheeled Vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, May 16, 2022. This tactical command post movement supports the 1st Theatre Sustainment Commands theater optimization strategic plan in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Boezinge, Belgium, 09/10/2017.Yorkshire Trenches, the preserved trenches, once ;ost and rediscovered and kept as a memorial.

Tactical flashlight

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-59. Hurricane Katrina

040603-M-8096M-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khabargho State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

ESU New Orleans - IMATHcao - 26-HK-429-125. Hurricane Katrina

20mm ammunition, anti-tank mines anti-personnel mines and mortar rounds are part of the unexploded ordnance, to be detonated in a bunker outside the town of Celici, Bosnia-Herzegovina. US Army Explosive Ordnance Specialists (EOD) from 9TH Engineers will detonated the unexploded ordnance. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Celici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-SC-90-04265. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Staff Sgt. Lee Busch, combat response force member, 341st Missile Security Operation Squadron, slides down into a personnel access shaft on a rope on Jan. 26, 2022, on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Defenders from the 341st Missile Wing, 90th Missile Wing, and 91st Missile Wing attended a rappelling course on F.E. Warren AFB to learn new rappelling guidance and get certified in techniques such as knot tying, inspections, tower hookups and safety. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman Sarah Post)

M4 carbine magazines lay ready for use as U.S. Soldiers with 39th Strategic Signal Battalion qualify with the M4 carbine alongside NATO allies, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Aug. 18, 2022.

U.S. Army Spc. William Fowler enters a cave during operations near the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, June 8, 2007.

Aerospace medical technicians from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., participate in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training during Exercise Patriot Warrior 2018 at Fort McCoy, Wis., August 15, 2018. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command's premier exercise, providing an opportunity for Reserve Airmen to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation and mobility support operations.

An aerial view of a sand dune photographed during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An A-10 recovery team member holds one of the thousands of pieces that the accident investigation board must look through to help it determine why the aircraft crashed. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Langobard grave with grave goods

041228-M-0036Y-047. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, explore cave systems during a cave crawling tour, in Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 9, 2022. During the tour, Marines were taught how cave systems were used during the Battle of Okinawa. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialist assigned to the 2d Air Support Operations Squadron out of Vilseck, Germany, conducts reconnaissance during exercise Cobra Warrior 22 in England, Sept. 21, 2022. Cobra Warrior 22 develops tactical interoperability skills of participating Airmen, Allies and Partners through integrated cross-domain effects against a peer adversary.

970316-A-1972C-022. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

060418-A-6365W-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

010228-A-6157W-003. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

A U.S. Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, conducts an eight-mile movement on skis during cold weather training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2022. This training was conducted to enhance the units combat effectiveness in extreme cold weather as they prepare for an upcoming deployment to Marine Corps Forces Europe-Africa theater of operations.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Operation Gator Hunt - 26-HK-312-19. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution

1st Lt. Liam McNeil, assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), lines up his map and grid square at the start of the daytime land navigation course during the Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) training in Asiago, Italy, Oct. 31, 2022. The purpose of this test in the ESB is for Soldiers to demontrate land navigation proficiency from one point to another without the aid of electronic navigation devices during day and night. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-49. Hurricane Katrina

011003-F-1644L-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Aftermath - People Return Home - 26-HK-43-2. Bywater National Guard -- boots hanging on line--by Andrea Booher-FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

German Bunker Normandy

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ethan Drake, a combat engineer, with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, plots points on a map while participating in a land navigation course during Warrior Shield 24 at U.S. Army Garrison Casey, South Korea, Feb. 28, 2024. Warrior Shield 24 is an annual joint, combined exercise in South Korea that strengthens the combined defensive capabilities of ROK-U.S. Forces. This routine, regularly scheduled field training exercise provides the ROK-U.S. Marines the opportunity to rehearse combined operations, exchange knowledge, and demonstrate the strength and capability of the ROK-U.S. Alliance. Drake is a native of Colorado. Marine Corps

65th Medical Brigades haunted house clown looks for house visitors to frighten during the brigade's annual haunted house extravaganza Oct. 21.

Leonardo da Vinci's fighting vehicle re-construction from a drawing in the Codex Arundel, (British Library, Arundel, 263), a bound collection of pages of notes, written by Leonardo da Vinci and dating mostly from between 1480 and 1518. Sometimes described as a prototype of modern Tanks, Leonardo's armoured vehicle represented a conical cover inspired by a turtle's shell. The covering was to be made of wood and reinforced with metal plates that add to the thickness. Slanting angles would deflect enemy fire. The machine was powered by two large inside cranks operated by four strong men. The vehicle was equipped with an array of light cannons, placed around the perimeter.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. 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 2022-03-30. 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.

Closeup of a hand holding Foreign object debris (FOD) found aboard aircraft runways on the island of Tinian. Other objects found include casings, rocks and patches of grass. The US MArine Corps conducted a sight survey aboard the island of Tinian to discuss the possibility of making the airfield more active in the future. Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

A representative of the Untied Nations/Military Armistice Command Investigations Team inspects a South Korean counter-tunnel near Kach'il-Bong Peak. The South Korean tunnels are being constructed to eliminate the value of North Korean tunnels by intersecting them. Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030917-F-3939J-001. Base: Banja Luka State: Prijedor Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A simulated casualty lies on the snow after being "thrown" for his vehicle during a Quick Reaction Force exercise carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. SPC Colleen J. Neubest (USA), US Army Military Policewoman, and Fedor, a four-year-old Dutch Shepard drug-sniffing dog, prepare to exit the aircraft that flew them both to Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina, for a three to six month tour in country during 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.... Complete Scene Caption: A simulated casualty lies on the snow after being "thrown" for his vehicle during a Quick Reaction Force exercise carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. SPC Colleen J. Neubest (USA), US Arm

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DM-ST-86-08474. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Reflections from the US Army Band. Members of the US Army Band are reflected in the bell of a tuba while they assemble in the staging area for the 1993 Presidential Inaugural parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (April 14, 2022) - Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) conduct the final evaluation of the Tactical Combat Casualty Course (TCCC) aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, April 14. TCCC aims to reduce combat deaths while allowing a unit to complete its mission and provide the best possible care for casualties on the battlefield. FASTCENT provides expeditionary anti-terrorism and security forces to embassies, consulates, and other vital national assets throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

030824-M-7837W-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Badrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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