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Joseph Curry, Deputy CHIEF, New York Fire Department, barks orders to rescue teams as firefighters and rescue teams search for survivors through the rubble and debris of the World Trade Centers in New York City in the area known as Ground Zero, after the 9/11 terrorists attacks

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Preston Keres, USN Release Status: Released to More

[Map of part of Montgomery County showing] Topographical Approaches on the Left Bank of the Potomac to Washington City from the North West. Surveyed by Parties of U. S. Coast Survey detailed by A. D. Bache, Supt., to act under the orders of Lieut. Col. J. N. Macomb, Chf. Topl. Engr. of the Army of the Potomac. Parts of Sept. & Oct. 1861. Field work by F. W. Dorr & C. Rockwell, U.S.C.S. ...Drawn by E. Hergesheimer. Photographs by G. Mathiot and D. Hinkle.

Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River

Reconnaissance of Secession Works and Plan of Seige of Yorktown made under orders of Gen'l. Barnard & Maj. Humphreys by Leiut. Abbot, Top. Eng'rs., Leiut. Comstock, Engrs., Leiut. Wagner, Top. Eng'rs., April & May 1862.

Civil War Atlas Manuscript Maps

Private of the South African Scottish in full marching orders

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Private of the South African Scottish in full marching orders

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American troops awaiting orders in a sunken road. Premont. Arras and Cambrai Area

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British tank awaiting orders to advance. Near Elverdinghe, Belgium. 9-11-1917

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Won't Fight, Won't They? - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "Won't Fight, Won't They?", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on April 27, 1916, shows Poncho Villa and his bandits taken by surprise whe More

American Library Association - Miscellaneous - Truck driver on dock reading an A.L.A. book while waiting for orders

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Miscellaneous Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi More

Camouflage - Artillery - A camouflage gun in a camouflage town. A large part of the camouflage corps of the U.S. Army were made up of experienced moving picture men. A company of full strength was recruited from willing volunteers in Los Angeles, Cal., among the moving picture specialists. A demonstration held in one of the great Los Angeles studios was a revelation of what camouflage means when it is done by expert movie men. Photo shows instructing officer giving orders to camouflage the huge gun. The background, including houses, etc., are all camouflage

Photographer: International Film Service Camouflage - Artillery Public domain photograph of movie theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - War activities. Fraternal Orders parade in 312th Infantry review at Newark, New Jersey

Photographer: Koenig Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colleges and Universities - Harvard University - Reading orders to a Battalion on Holmes Field

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American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi - Charging Desk, Camp Funston. Mr. Fitts, charging a book to Major Frank, Camp Commander. Mr. Clayton in rear working over orders of statistics for headquarters

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Libraries - Kansas through Mississippi

American Red Cross - Supplies - American Red Cross Activities. Supervising the loading of Red Cross supplies at an English port. 400,000 pounds of Red Cross comforts for the troops were carroed on this ship, which sailed under sealed orders, for an unannounced destination

Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: American Red Cross, England American Red Cross - Supplies

Ceremonies and Parades - Service Flag Day exercises, Weymouth, Massachusetts. School children and civic orders forming for the parade

Date Taken: 1918 Ceremonies and Parades Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great offensive in the West. Officers of a battalion at the issuance of orders in the captured town of Ham. March 29, 1918

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Demobilization - Miscellaneous - Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Soldiers just arrived from debarkation camp, awaiting orders to proceed to initial medical examination

Photographer: Felix J. Koch Demobilization - Miscellaneous Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Library Association - Miscellaneous - Reading in A.L.A. book while waiting for orders

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Armistice - Armistice - The Cessation of Hositlities on actual fighting front. Showing the cessation of hostilities on the fighting front near the Verdun route at Metz. A German captain and his staff at the right, is receiving orders from the French Commander of that sector, that hostilities are at an end. The Captain and his staff were given two minutes in which to return to their lines. The phot was taken on the morning of the signing of the armistice at exactly eleven thirty-five

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Carrier pigeons. Orders are given prior to the departure for the front

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Photograph of the Port View of the SS Matilda Weems

Original caption: Port View. Date: - August 23, 1918. Photograph Of SS. Matilda Weems. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 1322. Captain: - J. R. Tatterson. Owners: - Mason L. Weems Williams Baltimore & Carolin More

Photograph of the Starboard View of the SS Matilda Weems

Original caption: Starboard View. Date: - August 23, 1918. Photograph Of SS. Matilda Weems. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 1322. Captain: - J. R. Tatterson. Owners: - Mason L. Weems Williams Baltimore & Ca More

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Matilda Weems

Original caption: Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Date: - August 23, 1918. Photograph Of SS. Matilda Weems. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 1322. Captain: - J. R. Tatterson. Owners: - Mason L. Weems Will More

Photograph of Bound Volumes of Executive Orders in State Department Archives

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Retired US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Paul W. Tibbets (right) signs copies of the original orders, that sent him and his crew of the B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay, into the skies over Japan to drop the first atomic bomb during World War II, for US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Robert Faulk, Joint STAFF, at the Pentagon. BGEN Tibbetts is visiting the Pentagon to autograph copies of his book "The Return of the Enola Gay." BGEN Tibbets spent several days in the Washington, D.C., area attending events leading up to the December 17th Centennial of Flight celebration

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release Status: More

Photograph of Specialist 4th Class McClanton Miller Kneeling in Dense Brush Waiting for Orders to Move Forward

Original caption: Operation "Van Buren" a combined allied operation of Military Forces of the Republic of Korea, Republic of Vietnam and the United States 101st Abn Bde, was to deny the vital rice harvest to th More

SPEC. 4 Jean Barr, left, fills prescription bottles while pharmacy intern Kathrine Sawyer, foreground, restocks a pill counting and dispensing machine. In the background, Charles Myers, a pharmacy technician, and SPEC. 5 Bipin Sheth, work the assembly line filling prescription orders at the Womack Army Hospital

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dick Johnson Release Status: Released to Pu More

A front view of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter waiting for orders to take-off during combat rescue training exercises

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard M. Diaz Release Sta More

An instructor shouts directions to Astronaut Sally Ride as a boat pulls her through the water during an Air Training Command sea survival school "Drop-and-Drag" Exercise. The boat will pull her until she can stabilize herself and release the parachute risers. The exercise is designed to simulate being dragged through the water by a parachute

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Stephenson Release Status More

MSGT Montgomery orders his assault troop to move out during Prime Beef Team training

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gregory C. Merritt Release More

Members of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron dressed in nuclear, biological and chemical protective gear check their orders during Exercise CRESTED CAP. In the background, maintenance personnel place protective covers on an F-4E Phantom II aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert Wickley Release Status: R More

Members of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron dressed in nuclear, biological and chemical protective gear check their orders during exercise Crested Cap. In the background, maintenance personnel place protective covers on an F-4E Phantom II aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. More

An airman assigned to the 1965th Communications Squadron, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), checks on the status of phone repair work orders in circular file bin in the job control center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Re More

GEN Robert E. Huyser, Military Airlift commander in chief, is presented his retirement orders by Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN Lew Allen Jr

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub More

Egyptian soldiers line up in a column to await further orders during Exercise Bright Star '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv More

An AMTRAC (LVTP-7) moves pretty fast down a rusty road. The Marines in the LVTP-7 have just received orders from the command post and are responding. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL More

A U.S. Marine M-60 tank waits on the beach for orders during exercise Team Spirit '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Tok Sok Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dennis Brockschmidt, Usn Releas More

A soldier from the 1ST Battalion, 502nd Infantry, uses a PR-77 radio to receive further orders during Exercise Ocean Venture '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SP More

A soldier from the 1ST Battalion, 502nd Infantry, receive further orders from their commander, center, during Exercise Ocean Venture '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SP More

RADM Charles B. Hunter reads orders relieving him as commander, Medium Attack Tactical Warfare Wing, Pacific during the change of command ceremony

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 K.E. Morden Release S More

CAPT T.B. Rothrauff, commander, Naval Beach Group Two, issues orders by phone during the amphibious assault exercise CACEX-1-81

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CACEX-1-81 Base: Fort Story, Virginia Beach State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat More

A U.S. Marine of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit awaits orders to offload and move ashore to assume the management of the port of Beirut

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 R.P. Fitzgerald Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho More

A U.S. Marine of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit awaits orders to offload and move ashore to assume the management of the port of Beirut. He is carrying an M-16A1 rifle with the M-203 40mm grenade launcher

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 R.P. Fitzgerald Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho More

CAPT David D. Williams reads his orders as new commanding officer of Attack Squadron 128 (VA-128), during the change of command ceremony

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 J.T. Lorig Release St More

President Ronald Reagan is seated to the left as orders to man the ship are given by the battleship USS NEW JERSEY'S (BB-62) executive officer during commissioning ceremonies

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 H. J. Gerwien Release Status More

GUNNER Bertrand Ramallard, one of 108 visiting Canadians from Battery X, 5th Light Artillery Regiment, stands by his howitzer awaiting further firing orders during a field exercise. The Canadians swapped places with Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 321st Field Artillery, who deployed to Canada for a month of training

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 4 Tom Jackson Release Status: Released to More

A winch operator waits for orders during sweeping exercises aboard the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427). The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Constant (MSO 427) Country: Gulf Of Alaska Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Lance Johnson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv More

An informal portrait of Colonel Diane E. Orders, Commander of the 3rd Combat Support Group

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Daniel C. Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

An orders group meeting takes place with personnel of the 375th Security Police Squadron during Exercise CREEK WARRIOR/REFORGER '83. The airman in the center is armed with an M16 rifle and the airman on the right is armed with a GAU-5A rifle (a version of the M16)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CREEK WARRIOR/REFORGER '83 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Aerospace Av Service Re More

Commander G. Mike Wilson, ex-commanding officer, reads the decommissioning and transferring orders for the ex-USS GUDGEON (SSAG 567). The Tang class submarine, upon decommissioning, is being immediately transferred to the Turkish Navy on a five-year lease. The submarine is being renamed to TCG HIZIR REIS (S 342)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, Point Loma State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Releas More

Commander Will P. Gray, outgoing commanding officer of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 133 (VAQ-133), reads his orders during the change of command ceremony at Hangar Five. Gray is being relieved by Commander William B. Birkmaier (seated on right)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Lorig Release Status: More

Marines of the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit sit as they await orders to redeploy from the city at the conclusion of their participation in a multinational peacekeeping operation

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Commander (CDR) David S. Wilder reads his orders during a Change of Command Ceremony in Hangar Seven. CDR Wilder is relieving CDR Kent Parsons as Commanding Officer of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 61 (VR-61)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 D. R. Frazier Release More

A Colombian marine awaits orders to advance during a combat exercise, part of Operation UNITAS XXV

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHC Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se More

US Army Aviation Branch General Orders

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Commander (CDR) Gary C. Wasson reads his orders during the change-of-command ceremony in which he is being relieved by CDR Robert T. Knowles, left, as commanding officer of Attack Squadron 165 (VA 165). The ceremony is being held in Hangar 6

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R More

Commander (CDR) Thomas S. Robison reads his orders during the ceremony in which he is relieving CDR Robert S. Weber as Commanding Officer of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 132 (VAQ-132)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R More

Sergeant Brock gives orders to his co-workers while performing duties in his M17 nuclear, biological, chemical protection gear

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Taylor Release Status More

A US Army instructor gives orders to student at Officer Candidate School

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Major (MAJ) Tom Dillard, commander, 834th Security Police Squadron, orders demonstrators assembled at Hurlburt Field to vacate the premises. Approximately 300 people are gathered outside the base to protest the training of Nicaraguan Contra rebels

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Walton Beach State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Lee Schading Release Status: Released More

A messman takes meal orders from officers in the wardroom aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Clatchey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines await orders to deploy during a base defense exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Bryan K. Logan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser More

Personnelman SEAMAN Dickenson gets advice from Personnelman 2nd Class Onstott while typing leave orders at the Personnel Support Detachment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Nora Filos Release Status: Released to Public Combin More

A platoon sergeant of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regt., uses a field radio to call in for orders from battalion headquarters during a joint Air Force and Army air-drop/air-assault exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Darlington State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPEC. Jeffrey Parks Release Status: Release More

Members of a damage control team equipped with oxygen breathing apparatus wait for orders during a general quarters drill on the destroyer tender USS SAMUEL GOMPERS (AD 37). The ship is underway off the coast of Baja, Mexico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Rachel A. Laufer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog More

A Marine captain issues orders to his troops during Exercise VALIANT USHER 88

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT USHER 88 Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Ron Bayles, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

CAPT. H. Ward Clark Jr. reads his orders as he assumes command of the guided missile cruiser USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56) during the ship's commissioning ceremony at the Port of Houston's Pier 32

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Houston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

LGEN William R. Etnyre and LGEN Frank E. Petersen Jr. receive their orders during the change of command ceremony in which Etnyre assumes command of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command upon Petersen's retirement

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL L.D. Hanson Release Status: More

Their water hoses charged, two members of the base fire department listen to orders given behind a defensive line set up by Air Force security police. Over 300 demonstrators are protesting the American military presence in Greece

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iraklion Air Station Country: Greece (GRC) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Robert A. Carpenter Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

A-7 Corsair II aircraft crew chiefs of the 140th Tactical Fighter Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, await orders to begin competition during Gunsmoke '87, an Air Force-wide tactical gunnery and bombing competition sponsored by the Tactical Air Command and hosted by the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S More

Aviation Machinist's Mate AIRMAN Apprentice (ADAA) Joni Nevarez smiles broadly as she stands by the pool at the Rescue Swimmer School in her search and rescue (SAR) swimmer gear. Nevarez, who has orders to join Light Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 30 (HSL-30), Detachment A, is the first woman Sailor to be graduated from the school since it opened in 1984

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea More

A sailor in damage control central maps repair work orders against a deck diagram on the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during PACEX '89

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Constellation (CV 64) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Nac) Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

B-1B Lancer bomber crew chiefs of the 28th Organizational Maintenance Squadron's bomber branch review technical orders in their maintenance van during a night shift

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Fernando Serna Release St More

Members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing stand in a processing line as their personal data and orders are checked prior to their departure for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown More

Members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing stand in a processing line as their personal data and orders are checked prior to their departure for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Da More

Commander Carl R. Anderson, Commanding Officer, stands as Vice Admiral Roger F. Bacon, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic, reads the commissioning orders for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS ALBANY (SSN 753) during the vessel's commissioning ceremony

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chad L. Vann Release Status: More

The crew of a Marine Corps AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle waits for orders to advance during the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Cobra Gold '90

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 State: Rayong Province Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lancaster Release Status: Released More

Marines from the 3rd Tank Battalion sit on the turret of their M-60A1 main battle tank as they wait for orders during Operation Desert Shield. The tank is fitted with reactive armor.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. D.E. Renner Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

M-998 high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicles of the 1ST Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, await orders to convoy into Iraq during Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SPC. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

Shot down a Somali street as US Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, patrolling the streets of Mogadishu in their arms for food mission. A US Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flies overhead providing cover and dropping leaflets. The Marines prefer to have the Somalis give up their weapons for food, but have orders to take the arms by force if they see them. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Pub More

Members of the 177th Armored Brigade are waiting for orders to get into the battlefield, at the National Training Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Ord State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jeff Mellody Release Status: Released to Public C More

Navy Counselor First Class (NC1) Cheryl Ann Cassarella is shown working at her desk at Naval Station Rota where she is the command career counselor. PETTY Officer Cassarella has received orders to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). She will become one of 59 other Navy women who will break new ground as they embark on board IKE as the first Navy women permanently assigned to a combatant warship

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 James M. Williams Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo More

Dentalman Clarice L. Casias follows orders from Lieutenant Commander Keith Beasley during a filling appointment on board the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Heather S. Gordon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

STAFF SGT. Robert Zink, 115th Airlift Squadron prepares launch orders for each aircrew. The orders give pilots the fire coordinates, radio frequencies and lead pilot contact prior to each flight

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Jim Helton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

Pilots and crew take time for lunch as they await launch orders.(Exact date unknown)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WESTERN WILDFIRES Base: Boise State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. C. Kemp More

A U.S. Air Force radio operator checks his orders during exercise Brave Defender '85

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRAVE DEFENDER '85 Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt. Michael W. Tyler Release Status: Relea More

SENIOR AIRMAN Kenneth Magee, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, (PACAF) on the flight line, next to one of the 35th FW's F-16 Fighting Falcon, reviews tech orders before performing aircraft maintenance for WILLIAM TELL '96, 23 - 25 October 1996. Held biennially at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and conducted by Air Combat Command, WILLIAM TELL '96 pushes fighter units, including those from Canada, to achieve air superiority under combat conditions, to intercept and destroy enemy jets. And it assesses tactics and weapons and fine-tunes air and ground crews

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '96 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera More

Lance CPL. Taf Tolbert, a graphic illustrator with Intelligence Company, 45 Commando, prepares a map for an orders brief

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

U-2 crew chiefs kneel on the ground to refer to technical orders during maintenance on a trainer U-2 aircraft. PHOTO published in AIRMAN Magazine, June 1996.Exact Date Shot Unknown

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Rose Reynolds Release Sta More

SRA Mudge, 621st Air Mobility Operations Group checks the orders list as members of the Hurricane Response Force sign in for their flight to Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina to assist with damage caused by Hurricane Bertha

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Stat More

The American Trans Air Boeing 757, known as the Freedom Bird is parked at the gate of the Mildenhall passenger terminal. The weekly contract flight arrives from Philadelphia International Airport each week and departs for Kennedy Airport, New York, to carry personnel and their dependents on orders between the United States and the United Kingdom

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Thomas Eckert (l) and SENIOR CHIEF Boatswain's Mate (SW) James Broadwater watch from the fantail of USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58) as their shipmates rig up a towing line to a disabled Iranian fishing boat. ROBERTS was patrolling the Arabian Gulf in support of the SWA build-up when she received orders to assist this ship in distress

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SCIENCE EXPEDITION'96 Country: Arctic Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steven Vanderwerff Release Status: Released to Public Combin More

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Thomas Eckert (l) and SENIOR CHIEF Boatswain's Mate (SW) James Broadwater (r) watch from the fantail of USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS(FFG 58) as their shipmates rig up a towing line to a disabled Iranian fishing boat. ROBERTS was patrolling the Arabian Gulf in support of the SWA build-up when she received orders to assist this ship in distress

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SCIENCE EXPEDITION '96 Country: Arctic Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steven Vanderwerff Release Status: Released to Public Combi More

The front half of a C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, California sits on the ramp in front of the Base Operations and control tower. Upon receipt of orders the aircraft and crew will move troops and equipment for the humanitarian mission in Central Africa

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX TUSK Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Betty M. Leonard Rele More

Parked among the pinon pine and scrub oak trees of one of the many training sites, a Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) wait in the late afternoon sun for orders to move out

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael L. Knapik Release Status: Released to Pu More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Marc Kuh, of the communications Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, checks his log book to see what work orders have been closed out in order to open up and start new ones. A1C Kuh works in the small computer maintenance shop in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frank Rizzo, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ More

STAFF Sergeant Askew of the 4th Supply Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, calls back orders to Seymour Johnson AFB due to the extension of the deployment to Doha, Qatar, during support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frank Rizzo, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ More

A light armored vehicle (LAV) from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), "B" Co, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, waits for orders to move during a patrol. 1ST LAR Bn detached a Company of LAVs to the MEU for a six month deployment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene More

Crewmembers of D-66 "walk the track" of their M-1 Abrams main battle tank while waiting for orders to move out. This time out gives the crew time to check the tracks for any missing road pads, nuts and bolts. Preventive maintenance keeps the crew and tracks of the 68th Armored Regiment (AR) on the move during exercises

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael L. Knapik Release Status: Released to Pu More

The Los Angeles class fast attack nuclear powered submarine USS ANNAPOLIS (SSN 760) underway in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. ANNAPOLIS is part of the aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON Battle Group, and has received orders from the President of the United States to proceed with the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) to the Persian Gulf region following the Iraqis repeated violations of UN resolutions imposed following the 1991 Gulf war

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Brian Fleske Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files