Military Logistics Operations

Images depict military personnel engaged in various logistics and supply activities including equipment delivery and training on artificial wound simulation techniques.

A roleplayer highlights a point-of-interest during a fly-to-assess mission,as part of Operation Combined Victory, Fort Knox, Ky., Feb. 19, 2024. Advisors are responsible for helping prepare replicated partner forces for potential enemy incursions and assess their capabilities to defend themselves and respond to threats. Army

Airmen from the 146th Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard in Oxnard, CA, deliver 200 ventilators to members of the 105th AW, April 7, 2020, at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, NY. The use of the C-130J Super Hercules, along with the NY Army National Guard, facilitated the shipment of medical equipment, which will support the ongoing COVID-19 medical treatments being conducted in the New York and New Jersey areas

Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Kristina Boettcher, a subject matter expert on moulage application, assigned to the 7306th Medical Training Support Battalion, peels off a sample of artificial skin that will be used to create a simulated wound on a role-player at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, June 13, during Combat Support Training Exercise 91-22-01. Artificial skin can be made from flour, putty or gelatin and then colored to match the skin color using food coloring or cocoa.

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Garren Guerrero, left, from Oak Harbor, Washington, trains Logistics Specialist Seaman Charles Davis, from Palm Coast, Florida, both assigned to Ford's supply department, on sorting packages during a supply material inspection in Ford's shipping and receiving work center, Oct. 19, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) is deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navy's commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

A roleplayer highlights a point-of-interest during a fly-to-assess mission,as part of Operation Combined Victory, Fort Knox, Ky., Feb. 19, 2024. Advisors are responsible for helping prepare replicated partner forces for potential enemy incursions and assess their capabilities to defend themselves and respond to threats. Army

120107-N-MD252-149 INDIAN OCEAN (Jan. 7, 2011) Chief Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Stanley Bollinger, a night aircraft handling officer aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), communicates with the officer of the deck in flight deck control. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a western Pacific deployment.

020805-F-3873G-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

040211-M-6237R-008. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051113-A-7186W-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

240203-N-HA192-1004MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 3, 2024) Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Eliza Gonzalez, right, and Personnel Specialist Seaman Josselin Merlo, both assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), process records, Feb. 3. Bataan is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S. allied and partner interests. Navy

Descendants of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy, the man whom Fort McCoy, Wis., is named after, visit the Fort McCoy History Center on July 8, 2022, during a special visit to the post by the McCoy family. The McCoy descendants visited the Fort McCoy Commemorative Area and all it offers to learn more about their familys military history with the installation.

Sergeant D. E. Jones, USMC, a Military Policeman with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) sketches the layout of the detainment camp built to hold Taliban prisoners during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

Interior Operations - 26-HK-81-39. CG Interior Ops--close-up of Coast Guardsman working in dim light --050829. Hurricane Katrina

011117-F-1851B-166. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

060822-N-0555B-251. Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Members of the United Nations Command Security Battalion/Joint Security Area (UNSCB/JSA), eat lunch and check email while on duty at Observation Post Oullette (OPO). In the event of an alarm, the platoon drops what they are doing and man their posts in a matter of seconds. The platoon practices alert procedures every day during the day and night. After being alerted the platoon heads to a central point where gear is gathered and orders for which bunker to man are given. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Panmunjom State: Demilitarized Zone Country: Korea

Staff Sgt. Harly Koenig, 114th Mission Support Group command support staff, ensure full accountability of Airmen participating in the Lobo Trident exercise in Hector Field, North Dakota March 29, 2023. Hector Field was set up as a simulated forward operating station in a friendly country in order to give Airmen a chance to practice wartime emergency operations and communications in a remote location.

DM-ST-88-07964. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05647. Base: Lowry Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Roger Hamilton (right), and SSGT Dana Sheriff discuss search patterns, during a rescue exercise. Country: United Kingdom (UK)

U.S. Soldiers competing in the Army Best Squad Competition participate in land navigation course on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue. (U.S. Army photo Pfc. Ebony Neal)

Interior Operations - 26-HK-81-46. CG Interior Ops--close-up of Coast Guardsman working in dim light---050829. Hurricane Katrina

221203-N-SN516-1428 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors tally the total scores of participants during a small arms qualification aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway conducting routine operations.

Horacio Sandoval, Area Maintenance Support Activity 61, Boise, Idaho, checks the computer for parts for a medium tactical vehicle during the Inspector Certification Course held at Fort McCoy, Wis., Oct. 24-17, 2022. (Photo by Cheryl Phillips)

040826-F-8769K-011. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Sophia Green, a systems engineer specialist assigned to Alpha Co., Intelligence Support Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, and a participant in the Marine Forces Reserve Diversity AIMED (attract, identify, mentor, educate, develop) Officer Program (DAOP), visits the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, Aug. 19, 2022. DAOP is about winning future battles through pursuing, encouraging, and developing the diverse talent already existent within our enlisted ranks to seek a commission and serve as a Marine Corps officer.

Interior Operations - 26-HK-81-43. CG Interior Ops--close-up of Coast Guardsman working in dim light, 050829. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Soldiers are graded on their night land navigation during the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

DF-ST-86-11759. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tactical Signals Intelligence Exercise supervisor Brian LeMaster, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion, briefs U.S. Army Col. James A. Kievit, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center commandant, during a tour of Forward Operating Base Sentinel, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, July 12, 2022. FOB Sentinel is used during the 344th MI BN capstone exercise, where soldiers use their training in a simulated combat environment.

030131-F-5712B-009. Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

The 12th Operations Support Squadron oversees academic/simulator contracts for Pilot Instructor Training (PIT) and Joint Undergraduate navigator Training (JUNT). Console operators help set up realistic looking images in the equipment used in the training program. Here, an unidentified console operator is setting up the protocols for the trainees working at their instruments in the background. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lt. General Takemoto, Commanding General of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Western Army, Maj. General Stephen G. Smith, 7th Infantry Division Commanding General received an update brief on bilateral training efforts at Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Kengun, Japan, on Dec 5th, 2022. Yama Sakura is a complex exercise that has been ongoing for over 40 years and builds the bilateral partnership of the US-JGSDF. (Proprietary Information Redacted)

DN-ST-88-04136. Base: Naval Air Station Country: Bermuda (BMU)

U.S. Air Force Col. Allison Black, 1st Special Operations Wing commander, signs a Fire Prevention Week Proclamation at Firehouse #1,Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 6, 2022. The Fire Prevention Proclamation is one of many directives throughout Fire Prevention Week which aims to broadcast the importance of planning in the event of a fire and raise awareness to basic fire safety measures in the community.

DF-ST-88-07155. Subject Operation/Series: AMALGAM CHIEF Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers in training as a cleaner of explosives on the Sergeant major Schickkazerne. Sergeant-Major Schickkazerne, Gutenbergweg 10, 4104 BA Culemborg. In use with the explosive clearance service (EOD) of Defense from 1983 to 2011.

030220-A-6713J-019. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Ferizaj Country: Serbia (SER)

DN-ST-87-08965. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-SD-03-06261. Subject Operation/Series: BALANCE KAYAK Base: Ili Base Camp, Almaty Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ) Scene Major Command Shown: US CENTCOM

A Japan Self-Defense Force member takes notes during a Bilateral Defense of Okinawa Working Group briefing at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 2, 2022. This was the first BDOWG held since 2019 due to the COVID pandemic, allowing all parties involved to discuss the many changes regarding regional stability and threat level escalations.

Joint Security, Law enforcement, fire and emergency services exercise

U.S. Marine Corps recruits undergo receiving procedures at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, March 27, 2023. This was day one of the 13-week-long recruit training process where civilians are made into Marines. This image was ethically enhanced to emphasize the subject and does not misrepresent the subject or the original image in any way.

David Powless provides some insights to boxes of photos and articles that belonged to his grandfather, George Newton Powless who served aboard USS Louisiana (BB 19) to Tonia Deetz-Rock, Curator and Deputy Director at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. His grandfather was aboard Louisiana during the ships participation during the round the world cruise of the Great White Fleet, which departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in December 1907 and returned in February 1909. Specifically, Powless was providing some insights to a dagger that belonged to his grandfather. The boxes of photos and articles were being donated to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum and will be accessioned into their museum collections.

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, and volunteers from Samaritan's Purse work together to dristribute toys and books to Afghan Children, as a part of Operation Shoebox, in support of Operation Allies Welcome at Fort Pickett, Virginia on Jan. 1, 2022. The Department of Defense, through the U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.

240102-N-DY413-1038 GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 2, 2024) Seaman Anthony Olivan inventories frozen food aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) while the ship operates in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 2. Led by Combined Task Force 153 of Combined Maritime Forces, OPG represents a focused, international effort to address maritime security challenges in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with the goal of ensuring freedom of navigation for all countries and bolstering regional security. More than 20 countries are taking part in the operation.

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

Incident Command Post - Alexandria - 26-HK-152-5. Hurricane Katrina

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomed Monseñor Juan Antonio Cruz,Permanent observer of the Holy See to the OASfor a visit to the IADC Campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2023. During the visit, Monseñor Cruz conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

Staff Sgt. Craig French, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight, accounts for every nut, bolt, and washer that is removed from an F-15 engine, Oct. 14. Airmen of the propulsion flight keep Kadena Air Base F-15's flying for up to three years before needing an overhaul. More than 200 engines are maintained by this unit, providing support for F-15's as well as A-10's from Osan Air Base, Korea. (

Members of the A-10 recovery team confirm the areas searched along East Brush Creek in their attempts to locate any remnants of the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Creek and the four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs. Base: Negro Basin State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marites Cabreza, a nurse with 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, Special Functioning Team, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, looks over an infant during a medical civil action project in Goubetto, Djibouti, March 30, 2008. The service members saw over 500 patients in the first two days of the six-day medical project.

DA-SC-87-01558. Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021217-F-9032T-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion plots his shots during a table one live fire exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 2, 2022. Recruits shot a variety of distances on several targets as part of their marksmanship assessment.

220910-N-IX644-1073 ADRIATIC SEA (Sep. 10, 2022) Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Roxanne Raley, from Wilamina, Oregon, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), sets up the chapel for the Roman Catholic mass, Sep. 10, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-29. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-89-01113. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Petra Country: Jordan (JOR)

060829-F-0193C-001. Base: Salt Lake City State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

110821-F-ET173-113PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 21, 2011) Shari Lee, a navigator aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), plots coordinates before the ship's departure from Port-au-Prince, Haiti during Continuing Promise 2011. Comfort was ordered to suspend operations in Haiti Aug. 21 ahead of possible severe weather as Hurricane Irene approaches the area. Haiti is the ninth and final stop for the five-month Continuing Promise humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Navy Chaplain Rabbi Lt. Cmdr. Yonatan Warren, from Norfolk, Virginia, joined the crew of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to celebrate the Jewish High Holy days and conduct Yom Kippur services in the ships chapel, Oct. 5, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) is deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

DN-ST-86-02892. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tonia Deetz-Rock, Deputy Director and Curator at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shows some of the artifacts related to the USS Cumberland that are stored at the museums artifact storage facility onboard Naval Station Norfolk. USS Cumberland, a sloop-of-war in the Union Navy, sank on March 8, 1862 during a battle with the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Virginia. The museum is the repository for artifacts recovered from the Cumberland.

Col. Chad Koenig, commander of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Dr. Marti Jett, the Chief Dept Molecular of Pathology at WRAIR, tour the inventory of the WRBU, September 6th, 2022. Both leaders from WRAIR were shown mosquito specimen.

980622-F-9580Z-039. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Susan Goggin, left, pins second lieutenant rank insignia to the uniform of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Brian Goggin, right, during a commissioning ceremony held inside the auditorium of the Regional Training Institute at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, Sept. 6, 2022. Goggin will be an infantry officer.

Eddie Garza (Right sitting), a contract Spanish narrator, prepares to do a Spanish Translastion of a AMEDDC&S (Army Medical Department Center & School) briefing as Fort Sam Houston Audio/Visual Production Facility, Department of the Army civilians, Director Clyde Kramer (Left) and Ray Whitehair look on. Base: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220624-N-TI693-2068GULF OF ADEN (June 24, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class John Dragneff, front, from Webster, Florida, and Operations Specialist Seaman Dustin Bettice, from San Antonio, grade a target during a small-arms weapon qualification aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), June 24, 2022. Hershel Woody Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

A petty officer updates a computer file in an Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) supply space aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-87-04781. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

050202-F-2907C-008. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060417-A-5745M-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

020429-F-5789F-002. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050829-A-1526R-006. Base: Buenos Aires Country: Argentina (ARG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast

Visitors enjoy the Frontiers in Flight airshow at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Sept. 24, 2022. The airshow featured 12 performers including Tora, Tora, Tora, an A-10 demonstration, and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds to name a few. An airshow, also known as an open-house, is a way for military members and installations to show appreciation to local communities as well as showcase Department of Defense and Air Force capabilities. Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the world, the birthplace of some very famous airframes.

020928-F-4649H-010. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

060212-N-7781S-015. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220608-N-PG340-1043 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 8, 2022) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Shayna Doria with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 prepared lunch during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

DF-ST-85-12266. Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG)

SAN DIEGO (Nov. 24, 2022) Roderick Dizor, from Honolulu, an employee of the Hilton San Diego Bay Front, loads trays onto a food cart before transferring the Thanksgiving meal to Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Nov. 24, 2022. Essex is dry docked in San Diego conducting a maintenance period to upgrade and refurbish many key systems aboard.

050404-F-2608C-021. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Local KTVF reporter Anjelie Eldridge (center) interviews crew chief STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Albaugh (left) in conjunction with a media flight aboard a 168th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker. SSGT Albaugh activated to augment the full-time force due to the increased military activity. He answered questions on the effects of the call-up on his daily life and civilian job. SSGT Albaugh is a potato farmer in Delta Junction, Alaska. The media flight initiated by the 168th to maintain ties with the local community by informing Alaskans, within current security guidelines, on the continuing mission of the unit, as part of NOBLE EAGLE. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

030820-M-7837W-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

010814-F-5605B-003. Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Sal Corso, center, of the Technical Training Section, Logistics Assistance Division, helps Gene Schatz, left, and Stephanie White with a lesson on the M1 Abrams main battle tank fuel system. Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tonia Deetz-Rock, Deputy Director and Curator at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shows some of the artifacts related to the USS Cumberland that are stored at the museums artifact storage facility onboard Naval Station Norfolk. USS Cumberland, a sloop-of-war in the Union Navy, sank on March 8, 1862 during a battle with the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Virginia. The museum is the repository for artifacts recovered from the Cumberland.

020911-F-3873G-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Susan Anderson (right) provides some insights to the State of Indiana flag that she is donating as an artifact to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum to Museum Educator Zach Smyers (center) and Deputy Director Toni Deetz-Rock (left). The flag belonged Andersons father, the late Captain Walter “Jack” Deal, USN, who was the Commanding Officer of River Assault Squadron 15 during the Vietnam War. At the time, it was customary for boat captains to fly the state flag of their home state on their river assault boats during the Vietnam War.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-86. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, for touring, participation in events highlighting the restoration project--funded jointly by the National Park Service and the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative--aimed at replacing interpretive battlefield markers and conserving the array of bronze statuary and stone monuments at the Civil War site. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the events, including the unveiling of the first group of 22 metal markers identifying the specific locations of various Union and Confederate artillery batteries during the siege and defense of Vicksburg, were National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and country music star Trace Adkins, among other dignitaries.

Gloria Leonarduzzi talks shop with Technical Sergeant Dean Olney, a jet engine maintenance element chief from the 31st Fighter Wing. This photograph is part of the article "Fighting the War from Home", in the July, 1999 AIRMAN Magazine. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

220420-N-QV906-0026 NEW ORLEANS (April 20, 2022) - Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Nadia Francis, originally from Trinidad, paints an outward facing wall of Louis Armstrong Park in the historic district of Treme in New Orleans while participatingin a community relations event during Navy Week New Orleans April 20, 2022. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they made in their Navy and increases awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence.

PEARL HARBOR (July 12, 2022) Multinational forces participate in a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) scenario 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. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Suga Tatsuya)

Dawn Rosarius, Principal Assistant for Acquisition with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, learns about the prototype of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Ambulance Kit, which is currently the only such prototype in the Army. The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) brought the vehicle to the Military Health System Research Symposium at Kissimmee, Fla., Sept. 12, 2022. As the premier developer of world-class military medical capabilities, USAMMDA is responsible for developing and delivering critical drugs, vaccines, biologics, devices and medical support equipment to protect and preserve the lives of Warfighters across the globe.

Massachusetts Task Force 1 (MA-TF1), the Urban Search and Rescue team stationed in Beverly, MA, practiced their data collection and reporting standards, with the help of FEMA Corps Gulf 7 team. Massachusetts Task Force 1 (MA-TF1), the Urban Search and Rescue team stationed in Beverly, MA, practiced their data collection and reporting standards, with the help of FEMA Corps Gulf 7 team. Photo by Chad Council/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Members of the Young Presidents Organizations Pennsylvania Chapter view inert weapons at Fort Indiantown Gap's Training Aids Support Center during a Bosslift event on Sept. 19, 2022. The event was supported by Pennsylvania Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-35. Hurricane Katrina

NORFOLK (Nov. 30, 2012) A veteran looks into the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) inactivation time capsule during the ship's Inactivation Week. Enterprise was commissioned in 1961 and is scheduled to celebrate her inactivation, Dec. 1, after 51 years of service.

Pvt. Luz Machado with 581st QuarterMaster Company, 2nd Infantry Division Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK Combined Division teams-up with other service members from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy as special guests at the MND 2022 Cooking Contest (The 3rd Gold Shovel Chef Awards) hosted by the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 30, 2022. The purpose of the event was to understand and exchange cultures by demonstrating military meals typical of each nation including Egypt, Peru and South Korea.

Guests and Fort McCoy staff members participating in a Community Leader Engagement event visit the History Center at the Commemorative Area on July 6, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly two dozen community leaders from Tomah, Sparta, Black River Falls, Volk Field, La Crosse, and other nearby municipalities gathered at Fort McCoy to see the posts mission first-hand and learn more about the Army mission at the installation.

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