Military Interactions Abroad

Photos of military personnel engaging in discussions and duties in diverse settings, including international military operations.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

981010-M-0023H-008. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC MIX '98 Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR)

011014-F-6833L-061. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Earl Gillis, from Head Quarters Air Force Security Forces Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, talks to a member of the 48th Security Forces Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, during their "Best in the Air Force" inspection. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-79. Hurricane Katrina

Base Camps - 26-HK-66-53. LA Plaquemines Camp--military personnel talking outside near tent-- by Andrea Booher, FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

001121-A-4543J-013. Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: 8th Army

(From left to right) US Army BGEN Gary Le Blanc, Assistant Adjutant General, Minnesota Army and Air National Guard; US Air Force COL Terry Heggemeier, 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard; and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura give their support to Air Force TSGT Byron Todd as he prepares to deploy to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Base: Minnesota Ang, Saint Paul State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-121-32. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen Case, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), along with representatives from Camp Lemonnier, Task Force Red Dragon and other distinguished visitors render their respects during a World War II, Victory in Europe ceremony at the French Army Base in Djibouti, May 8, 2022. Djiboutian, American, and Japanese forces gathered alongside French Forces in Djibouti (FFDJ) for the event. Charles de Gaulle, who led the French forces during the war, declared the victory of the Allied Armies and the United Nations over Germany, May 8, 1945.

Members of the Visual Information Support Center, Rapid Response Team conduct and interview with a member of the North Carolina Army National Guard, following Hurricane Bonnie. Base: Kinston State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Albanian spokesmen walk with United States Army personnel to meet with Serbian town leaders in Domorovce, Kosovo, to discuss the disappearance of two Serbian men. The Serbians believed the Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and road obstructions to stop the Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to confront the Serbians until US and Russian Kosovo Force (KFOR) troops made a wall between the opposing sides. Task Force Falcon, Operation Joint guardian, 14 August 2000. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Domorovce State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

031112-F-9072P-004. Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

060125-A-3749Z-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sarkoni Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE 76

051117-A-9419D-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Lansing State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020508-F-9259M-002. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2002 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A public affairs specialist from U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) shows a Moldovan soldier how to change the exposure on a camera during a subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) in Chisinau, Moldova, Oct. 25, 2022. A team from SOCEUR worked with the Moldovan Mass Media Cell during the SMEE and provided technical training on new camera equipment and training on public affairs operations.

021220-F-0460H-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Ugljevik Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Iowa Army National Guard Soldier, Staff Sergeant Cory Johnson, of Commanche, Iowa is shown unloading a bus full of gear as Iowa Soldiers moved into the Gage Eckington Elementary School in support of the presidential inauguration

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

020501-M-9902V-041. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

The Fort Dix CBRN School held training for various unit soldiers for the ASA Fort Dix CBRN Defense Course Class, 002-23. This course was from 4 December through 16 December 2023. The course includes training on a variety of military CBRN Equipment, and includes training and familiarization on, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), emergency response In-transit procedures, planning and preparing for Domestic Reconnaissance operations, the fundamentals of Toxic Industrial Chemicals/Materials (TIC/TIM), sampling and collection procedures, mission abort procedures, and the procedures to set-up, process through and close out a survey team decontamination site. (Images provided by the U.S. ASA Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center / Daniel Amburg)

051201-A-9419D-013. Base: Lansing State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060117-A-5745M-113. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

010404-F-0929W-002. Complete Scene Caption: Technical Sergeant (TSGT), David Beasley, and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shane Lumstrom, USAF 823RD Red Horse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL confer with Lance Corporal (LCPL), Robert Dawson, and Corporal (CPL), Jonathan Smith, USMC, Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Cherry Point, NC on construction plans at Tado Paraguay during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Under Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, joint service personnel are conducting engineering and medical operations in Paraguay, enabling required joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructures of four schools and water well and also conduct three Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETS), as agreed to by the government of Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Tadeo Country: Paraguay (PRY)

051201-A-9419D-010. Base: Lansing State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-378-42. Hurricane Katrina

RASEBORG, Finland (May 18, 2022) - Captain Erik Rӧsen, Regimental Planner Swedish Amphibious Corps, discusses future integration opportunities between the Finnish Uusimaa Brigade, the Swedish Amphibious Corps, U.S. Marines with Task Force 61/2 and U.S. Navy Forces in Europe. Raseborg, Finland, May 18, 2022. Task Force 61/2 aligns multiple existing deployed forces under the Naval Amphibious Force commander; deployed amphibious ready groups (ARG), Marine expeditionary units (MEU), and reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance (RXR) forces. Task Force 61/2 is deployed in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.

Retired Sgt. Maj. Bill Skiles, who served as the company first sergeant for Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment, 1st Marine Division, in 2004, speaks to veteran and active-duty Marines, Sailors, and families before a hike up to the Camp Horno memorial crosses as part of a reunion hike for the 20th anniversary of Operation Vigilant Resolve, also known as the first Battle of Fallujah, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. The hike brought together approximately 150 veteran and active-duty Marines and Sailors who served with 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, during Operation Vigilant Resolve in 2004. Marine Corps

020415-F-6342M-003. Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Two airmen man the 51st Security Police Squadron's battle staff. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

011106-F-4155R-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030518-M-6881R-042. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Ban Dong State: Tambol Ban Laeng Country: Thailand (THA)

L-R LT Ray Betts and SPC Lewis Martin with the Oklahoma National Guard confer with SGT Brian O'Rouke, SGT Mark Baiziben, and Detective Wayne Andrew all from the Enid, Oklahoma Police department on security measures to be taken in the area devastated by an F-5 tornado (not shown) in Oklahoma City, OKlahoma. The Army National Guard is in Oklahoma City to assist local police with security measures in the affected area. A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and an Oklahoma City Police patrol car are partially seen in the background. Base: Oklahoma City State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020423-F-6844O-007. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2002 Base: Camp Dingo State: Kingston Country: Jamaica (JAM)

050904-A-9419D-001. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF Base: Camp Shelby State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

Foreign Navy attachés receive a brief from Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Melvin, center, from Pensacola, Florida, assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) media department, about Fords memorial room, April 19, 2022. The foreign Navy attachés visited Ford to meet with senior leadership, interact with service members and acquaint senior foreign Navy diplomats with Fords capabilities. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration as part of the ships tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Robinson, assigned to the 378th Movement Control Team, counts service members participating in African Lion 22 and directs them to a bus as they exit a French military aircraft at the Al-Massira International Airport in Agadir, Morocco, June 14, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

060120-A-6524C-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: D CO. 2-22 INF

The first CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force, Paul W. Airey, retired (Left), presents AIRMAN First Class Julie McLaughlin, 92 Air Generation Squadron, with Year of the Enlisted Force coin for being the youngest airman to attend the 92 Air Refueling Wing Combat Dining In at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team check over an X-ray photograph, looking for an explosive device. Country: Unknown

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Army General Wesley K. Clark, the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, is surrounded by reporters after the peace Stabilization Force (SFOR), Change of Command ceremony. US Army General Eric K. Shinseki (Not shown), Commander of Stabilization Force (SFOR), relinquished his command to US Army General Montgomery C. Meigs (Not shown), the Commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Forty nations supporting Operation Joint Forge, participated in the ceremony on the Ilidza Compound in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030830-M-7837W-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DM-ST-88-08205. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)

ATLANTA, July, 1996 -Staff Sgt. Kenneth Cassell and Staff Sgt. Bradley Jones of the Oklahoma Air National Guard give direction to a visitor at the Omni complex site, home of the volley ball venue for the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. Georgia National Guard

The Reverend Jesse Jackson gives a hug to US Air Force General John Jumper, Commander, United States Air Forces Europe, after returning from Yugoslavia with the three released soldiers, STAFF Sergeant Chris Stone, SSG Andrew Ramirez and SPECIALIST Steven Gonzales (Not shown). Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

GEN. Robert C. Kingston, commander in chief, Central Command, greets top Egyptian military officials at his arrival. The general will be observing the multinational joint service exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Marine Corps Col Robert Hallett meets with Finland Navy Capt Kilpi, Uusima Commanding Officer, Task Force 61/2 (TF-61/2), Helsinky, Finland, May 18, 2022.

001130-A-4813S-001. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

A Belgian soldier performs a security check on a vehicle trying to enter the compound in Kismayo. The Belgian contingent is part of the United Nations Forces in Somalia in support of OPERATION CONTINUE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)

031215-F-3431H-015. Base: Bolling Air Force Base State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 11WG

Sailors and Marines aboard the Austin Class, Amphibious Transport Dock Ship USS JUNEAU (LPD-10) enjoying themselves by way of a karaoke competition during Kernel Blitz '99. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

060126-A-1211S-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

DA-ST-87-13049. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Operation Uphold Democracy - Presidential Visit for United Nations Transition. President William Jefferson Clinton meets with troops of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Warrior Base Camp in Port-au-Prince. President Clinton flew to Haiti to address and meet with troops of the Joint Task Force and attend the United Nations transition ceremony. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

Preparing to evacuate, simulated civilians take part in a non-combatant scenario during the 8th Fighter Wing's, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The 8th Fighter Wing will be tested on their wartime capability during the ORI and personnel will show their ability to survive and operate during these conditions. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Whether by car, truck, or bicycle, prior to allowing entry, SENIOR AIRMAN Aaron Bowman, 39th Security Forces Squadron augmentee, checks identifications cards at a security check point. Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, implemented increased security postures following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Secretary Of Defense Dick Cheney Observes Training At Field Exercise, Ft. Irwin National Training Center, California, 1989.

031216-F-3488S-057. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Major Steve Andrews, Officer in Charge of the Civil Affairs office, Tiyan, Guam, is interviewed by a local television station concerning the Guam Department of Educations donation of desks, chairs, and classroom materials to the school on Tiyan for the Kurdish evacuee children during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Straight on medium shot of US Marine Captain Stuart Lockhart, Company Commander of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marines, as he speaks to visiting guests, Marines and the media (All not shown) on the timeline of today's schedule prior to and during the Javelin Missile shoot. The Javelin round was fired at Range 407 live fire range, Camp Pendleton, California June 19, 1999. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050910-A-9419D-011. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton, addresses the men and women of Light Helicopter Squadrons Forty-Four and Forty-Six (HSL-44) and (HSL-46) inside one of the hangars during a visit. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051106-A-9419D-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Grand Ledge State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Exercise Director Kazakhstan Colonel Nikolia Pospelov welcomes observers, including United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mr. Richard Jones, to an international mass jump into Kazakhstan. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the US and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to prepare for the the start of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including .... Complete Scene Caption: Exercise Director Kazakhstan Colonel Nikolia Pospelov welcomes observers, including United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mr. Richard Jones, to an international mass jump into Kazakhstan. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the US and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to pr

011113-A-3639G-044. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Urosevec State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

Colonel Tom Chester, Commander, 23rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron gives farewell, good luck handshake to Major Richard Stefanski, OIC of the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility (MASF) as he prepares to board the bus to transport him to the aircraft and then deployment to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Major Stefanski will lead his staff and the MASF to Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and there establish a Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility (MASF) in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050622-A-9665L-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Danger State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

011029-F-7930W-001. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020930-M-0175R-038. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002 Base: Dragash Country: Serbia (SER)

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Campbell, a culinary specialist with 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks to U.S. Army recruit Jordan Lerma about his job as a culinary specialist within the Army. Several future Army recruits from Kansas were able to talk to Soldiers about jobs they were interested in during a tour to Fort Riley.

030416-F-6449C-024. Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

SAN FRANCISCO (October 6, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Vanessa Martin, a bulk fuel specialist assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 11, Task Force San Francisco, is interviewed during a food bank donation as part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW). SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service event, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

030910-F-1789V-007. Base: Sartichala Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

050103-F-6470S-003. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Iraqi man talks to U.S. Army Pfc. Skyler Roseenberry, native of Chambersburg, Pa., in a waiting room of a elderly home being visited by the U.S. Soldiers in Kadhimiya, Iraq on July 30, 2008. The U.S. Soldiers are part of 4th Platoon, Delta Company,1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division.

1ST Lieutenant James Jarvis, USMC, Public Affairs Officer for the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), holds a press conference for the international press at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

030830-F-2869F-064. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY 2003 Base: Krumovo Air Base Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

Private 2nd Class (ret.) Warren H. Schuster holds a M249 Light Machine Gun during a visit to 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 21, 2022. Accompanied by his three daughters, 91-year-old Schuster visited the 25th Inf. Div. and his prior unit more than seven decades after fighting and subsequently being injured in the Korean War.

050901-F-1279W-091. Base: Biloxi State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030831-F-2869F-173. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY 2003 Base: Graf Ignatievo Air Base Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

010510-F-3573Z-535. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040419-F-6849F-061. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An Airman with the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron shows a morale patch and a squadron patch to members of the Akishima-Yokota Friendship Club during a base immersion tour hosted by the 374th Mission Support Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 4, 2022. The 374th MSG hosted a tour for the AKYFC to enhance their understanding of the 374th Airlift Wings mission, boost local relations and reiterate the importance of a strong partnership between Yokota AB and the city of Akishima.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-5. Hurricane Katrina

031023-A-2682N-035. Base: Fort Mcpherson State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990323-M-7115H-003. Base: Camp Schwab Country: Japan (JPN)

Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, of New Mexico, is given a briefing from Col. Darren Wees, 704th Test Group commander, on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, August 15 2022.The 704th Test Groups mission is to operate world-class test facilities for high speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system testing, radar signature measurements and weapons systems flight testing.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Colin Hughes, from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), receives a traditional cloak from villagers April 1, 2008, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony that marked the groundbreaking for the construction of a new school in Tagab District, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. The PRT funds many projects in the area, to include schools, clinics and roads, to help the Afghan people regain self-sufficiency.

031003-M-5865P-008. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS Cherry Point

020705-F-6701P-010. Base: Tbilisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

031229-F-4455S-004. Base: Camp Butmir State: Bosniac-Croat Federation Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: SFOR

960908-F-2907C-005. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: IFOR

DA-SC-86-10778. Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

030317-F-1443F-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

From the left, a member of the Delaware State Police, confers with Master Sgt. Ritchie Brown, 436th Security Forces Squadron flight chief, and Senior Airman Louis Giardino, 436th SFS response force member, during an active shooter exercise held at the Maj. George S. Welch Elementary and Dover Air Base Middle Schools on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 14, 2022. The exercise involved numerous base agencies and community first responders that worked together to neutralize the simulated active shooter.

Major Robert Black 51FW/JAG, and SENIOR AIRMAN April Harris were beaten by terrorist, the penalty for being the highest and lowest ranking, to prove to the rest of the hostages that they meant business during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness (IRRE/CERE) exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The quarterly exercise tests the 51st Fighter Wing's ability to respond to combat situations. Subject Operation/Series: IRRE/CERE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Secretary of State Warren Christopher is greeted by Admiral Leighton Smith after his arrival to Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Secretary Christopher is at Tuzla AB to visit with the troops and commanders supporting Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

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