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Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers conduct air assault

Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers conduct air assault

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U.S. Marines assigned to Scout Sniper Basic Course

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 5th

U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Fox, center, an infantryman with

Soldiers from the 101st Sustainment Brigade; the 86th

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Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) wait to board an aircraft to begin their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) gather up their gear in a hangar as they prepare to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) disembark from buses at the airfield as they begin their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Members of the 24th Infantry Division walk toward aircraft which will transport them to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

Packs belonging to soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) are transferred from the bed of a K-loader into the cargo hold of an airliner as one of the division's units begins its journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) sit in a hangar as they wait to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) have lunch while waiting for their flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) line up for a late-night meal while waiting to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Military personnel from Scott Air Force Base proceed toward the aircraft that will transport them to Saudi Arabia as they deploy in support of Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) board a chartered airliner as they begin their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Hunter Army Air Field

State: Georgia(GA)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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24/08/1990
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4th Battalion 64th Armored, 24th Infantry Division loading an M113 armored personnel carrier, on rail, prior to deployment to Somalia

U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at lectern) speaks during the Memorial Service at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2002. More than 13,000 people attended the service, including U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, to remember those who lost their lives one year ago when terrorists crashed a commercial airliner into the Pentagon Building (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. Mark A. Suban) (Released)

Members of C Btry., 1ST Bn., 319th Air Field Arty. Regt., secure M-102 105mm towed howitzers to the slings of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for a two-gun raid training mission during Operation Desert Shield

LT Eric Hansen, the medical officer of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197), watches as a West African officer adjusts his camera as they pull into Pointe Noire for the first port call of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Several officers from West African nations traveled aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the annual cruise

Second Lieutenant Kimberly Cardona-Smith, USAF, Commander of the 105th Communications Squadron and the 105th recruiting staff visits the Wallkill Middle School. The students assembled and donated dry goods food boxes for the workers at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center collapse in New York City. The collapse due to terrorist flying two large passenger aircraft into the buildings; killing all in the planes and thousands in the building. Standing in the background is Mrs. Lori Hughes, Home and Careers Skills Department teacher

A Garrison Flag, the largest authorized for the military, from the US Army Band at Fort Myers, Virginia, is delivered to the Pentagon as a backdrop for US President George W. Bushs visit to the impact site. The morning before, in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of Al-Qaida, a terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, then flew it into the Pentagon killing all 64 passengers onboard and 125 people on the ground. Firefighters fought the fire through the night. The Pentagon was the third target by four hijacked aircraft, the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) were the other targets, and one unknown when the passengers...

Wearing an MCU-2P protective mask as part of a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) warfare drill, LT. Thomas Stubblefield signals to the deck edge operator during the launch of an A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is operating in support of Operation Desert Shield

U.S. Army personnel, dressed in combat gear with weapons, from the 3/15 Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, wait in a grassy area to board a helicopter at Port au Prince International Airport, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is in the background. U.S. military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Aristide

Brig. Gen. Jose M. Rosado, Commander, 65th Regional Readiness Command, was allowed to come aboard American Airlines and speak to the members of the 266 Ordinance Company from Puerto Rico and support troops of the Continental U.S. (CONUS) who have just arrived to Puerto Rico from Kuwait. Here we see a pilot from American Airlines getting names put onto the American Flag. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph Bonet) (Released)

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

Dignitaries shake hands during the retirement ceremony for OV-1 Mohawk aircraft

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

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