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U.S. Air Force Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., ride the Barksdale AFB Float during the Annual Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade held in Shreveport, La., on Feb 5, 2005. Over 200 Barksdale military personnel and dependents participated in one of Shreveport's largest annual parades. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Michael A. Kaplan) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., ride t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shrevevport State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Kaplan, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

Coast Guard in Bacchus parade, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard in Bacchus parade, US Coast Guard Photo

Pictured here is the Coast Guard float for the Bacchus parade in New Orleans, Feb. 10, 2013. Each year, the Coast Guard uses its visibility during Mardi Gras festivities to better acquaint the public with their... More

Lt. Kelly Haupt looks for some beads to throw to revelers

Lt. Kelly Haupt looks for some beads to throw to revelers

Lt. Kelly Haupt looks for some beads to throw to revelers during the King Rex parade during Mardi Gras Day festivities aboard the Coast Guard float in downtown, Feb. 12, 2013. The float is specially designed to... More

Andrew Dolihite, son of U.S Air Force Col. Beatrice

Andrew Dolihite, son of U.S Air Force Col. Beatrice

Andrew Dolihite, son of U.S Air Force Col. Beatrice Dolihite, Keesler Medical Center director, and Skipper Burnett, son of Col. Lance Burnett, 81st Training Wing vice commander, reach for strands of beads tosse... More

Joyce O'Shea, right, assists Joanne Long with her costume

Joyce O'Shea, right, assists Joanne Long with her costume

Joyce O'Shea, right, assists Joanne Long with her costume during a Mardi Gras celebration hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013.

Members of the Zulu Krewe, along with King Zulu, take

Members of the Zulu Krewe, along with King Zulu, take

Members of the Zulu Krewe, along with King Zulu, take a ride on the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne to Lundi Gras. Delivering King Zulu and the Zulu Krewe to Lundi Gras by Coast Guard cutter is an annual tra... More

180212-N-DX615-021 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Culinary

180212-N-DX615-021 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Culinary

180212-N-DX615-021 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Culinary Specialist Seaman Dominic Matthews, left, from Houston, and Culinary Specialist Seaman Shanieja Rhinehart, from Sacramento, Calif., pose for a photo afte... More

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats running the parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Mardi Gras ... More

Spectators observe as the Zulu Parade passes by during

Spectators observe as the Zulu Parade passes by during

Spectators observe as the Zulu Parade passes by during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Mardi Gras festivities to highlight the... More

Barbara Mabrity Zulu Rex Delivery

Barbara Mabrity Zulu Rex Delivery

NEW ORLEANS - The Krewe of King Zulu depart the Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity from their transport to Spanish Plaza in downtown to kick off the start of Lundi Gras, Feb. 11, 2013. The 175-foot coastal cons... More

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard, Stationed on

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard, Stationed on

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard, Stationed on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., ride in The Rex Parade, in New Orleans, March 4. This was the first time the MCG rode in The Rex Parade, one of th... More

Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, Eighth Coast Guard District

Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, Eighth Coast Guard District

Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, Eighth Coast Guard District Commander, took part in the Alla and Legion of Mars parade in New Orleans, February 19, 2017. Rear Adm. Callahan was selected as the 2017 Grand Marshall, as ... More

Mardi Gras beads, candy and coins are displayed and

Mardi Gras beads, candy and coins are displayed and

Mardi Gras beads, candy and coins are displayed and ready to be distributed during the Fort Bliss Commissary Mardi Gras Festival Feb. 12, 2013. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Veasley)

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Bodine, 81st

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Bodine, 81st

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Bodine, 81st Training Group military training superintendent, (center), tosses beads to children as Airmen from the 81st TRG look on during the Jeff Davis Elementary Scho... More

Decorative floats ride through Biloxi during the Gulf

Decorative floats ride through Biloxi during the Gulf

Decorative floats ride through Biloxi during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi, Mississippi, March 5, 2019. Keesler personnel participate in local parades every Mardi Gras season t... More

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats running the parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Mardi Gras ... More

170302-N-GX781-092 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2017) -

170302-N-GX781-092 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2017) -

170302-N-GX781-092 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2017) - Logistics Specialist Seaman Malcom Robinson reloads during a Browning .50 caliber machine gun training evolution. Mitscher has been underway for community outr... More

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard perform colors before an audience at the National World War II Museum, Feb. 15, 2015. The Honor Guard is in New Orleans for the upcoming Mardi Gras Rex Par... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Langley, a chaplain assistant

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Langley, a chaplain assistant

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Langley, a chaplain assistant assigned to 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, smiles before the Mardi Gras 5k run at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb.... More

190301-N-IY633-1028 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – Midshipmen

190301-N-IY633-1028 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – Midshipmen

190301-N-IY633-1028 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – Midshipmen assigned to the University of Florida Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit are assessed during a platoon inspection as part of the Mard... More

Masks and other decorations sit on display during the

Masks and other decorations sit on display during the

Masks and other decorations sit on display during the Mardi Gras celebration hosted by the 633rd Force Support Squadron in the Fort Eustis Club at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Feb. 9, 2018. Creative masks di... More

Members of the Ole Biloxi Marching Club participate

Members of the Ole Biloxi Marching Club participate

Members of the Ole Biloxi Marching Club participate in the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi, Mississippi, March 5, 2019. Keesler personnel participate in local parades every Mardi Gra... More

Capt. J. Justin Pearce, 403rd Wing Public Affairs,

Capt. J. Justin Pearce, 403rd Wing Public Affairs,

Capt. J. Justin Pearce, 403rd Wing Public Affairs, pilots Lil Bill down the street during the North Bay Mardi Gras Association parade in D’Iberville, Miss., Feb. 10, 2013. Reservists from the 403rd Wing paraded... More

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, 2-26-06 -- New Orleans Mardi Gras float and parade.  FEMA continues to aid in Louisianans recovery and provides housing for victims.  Marvin Nauman/FEMA photo

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, 2-26-06 -- New Orleans Mardi Gras...

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A Marine Corps Band New Orleans trumpet player makes

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans trumpet player makes

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans trumpet player makes his way down St. Charles during a March 2 parade. The band covers an average of 12 parades every Mardi Gras season, many stretching up to 6.5 miles long.

Coast Guard delivers Mardi Gras monarchs

Coast Guard delivers Mardi Gras monarchs

NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Roy A. Nash (right), commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, welcomes King Rex (left) and his krewe aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne for their transport to Spanish Pla... More

190301-N-IY633-1039 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – The

190301-N-IY633-1039 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – The

190301-N-IY633-1039 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – The University of North Georgia’s drill team, The Blue Ridge Rifles, participate in platoon basic drill as part of the Mardi Gras Drill Meet hosted by the Tulan... More

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans musician takes a moment

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans musician takes a moment

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans musician takes a moment to unwind aboard the band bus after a March 2 parade. The band covers an average of 12 parades every Mardi Gras season, many stretching up to 6.5 miles long.

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Service members, base personnel

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Service members, base personnel

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Service members, base personnel and coalition military members participate in Camp Lemonnier's MWR Mardi Gras themed “gator parade,” followed by a 5K run and 3K walk on base, Feb. 17,... More

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats running the parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Mardi Gras ... More

Midge Costanza with Mardi Gras Cuties

Midge Costanza with Mardi Gras Cuties

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Barbara Mabrity Zulu Rex Delivery

Barbara Mabrity Zulu Rex Delivery

NEW ORLEANS - King Rex and his krewe board the Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity for their transport to Spanish Plaza in downtown, Feb. 11, 2013. The 175-foot coastal construction tender delivered the Mardi Gr... More

Staff Sgt. Jonte Hall drum major, with the 2nd Marine

Staff Sgt. Jonte Hall drum major, with the 2nd Marine

Staff Sgt. Jonte Hall drum major, with the 2nd Marine Division Band, leads the band during the Mardi Gras Zulu Parade, New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Marines had the opportunity to participate in Mardi Gras festiv... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Heather Blackwell, 81st Training

U.S. Air Force Col. Heather Blackwell, 81st Training

U.S. Air Force Col. Heather Blackwell, 81st Training Wing commander, pulls a paper flower from an Ole Biloxi Marching Club flower batch as Chief Master Sgt. David Pizzuto, 81st TRW command chief, looks on durin... More

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard marches down

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard marches down

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard marches down the streets of New Orleans during the 2016 Bacchus Mardi Gras parade, Feb. 17, 2016. The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard participates in multiple military ... More

Members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club take

Members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club take

Members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club take a photo with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band during Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2017. The 2nd MAW band provided music and was a face o... More

Laura Amaya, age 9, daughter of U.S. Navy Boatswain's

Laura Amaya, age 9, daughter of U.S. Navy Boatswain's

Laura Amaya, age 9, daughter of U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate Chief Petty Officer Diedra Amaya, Cargo Handling Battalion 10, and Elsie Malec, age 10, daughter of U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason Malec, 633rd... More

180212-N-DX615-022 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Culinary

180212-N-DX615-022 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Culinary

180212-N-DX615-022 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Culinary Specialist Seaman Dominic Matthews, left, from Houston, and Culinary Specialist Seaman Shanieja Rhinehart, from Sacramento, Calif., pose for a photo afte... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) brought their families to Bonnyman Bowling Center aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., for a Mardi Gras party Feb. 22, 2014. The MEU family readiness... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stephen Howell assigned

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stephen Howell assigned

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stephen Howell assigned to Marine Corps Band New Orleans, Marine Forces Reserve, leads the Zulu Parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had... More

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve participate in the

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve participate in the

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve participate in the Krewe of Alla Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 2019. U.S. Marines had the opportunity to participate in the 2019 Mardi Gras festivities to showcas... More

Master Sgt. Michael Duhe, 403rd Wing Public Affairs

Master Sgt. Michael Duhe, 403rd Wing Public Affairs

Master Sgt. Michael Duhe, 403rd Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, hands an Air Force poster to a young spectator along the North Bay Mardi Gras Association parade route in D’Iberville, Miss., Feb. 10, 2013. ... More

Marines with the 2nd Marine Division Band march during

Marines with the 2nd Marine Division Band march during

Marines with the 2nd Marine Division Band march during the Mardi Gras Zulu parade, New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Marines had the opportunity to participate in Mardi Gras festivities to showcase the military prese... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 403rd Wing (WG), at Kessler Air Force Base (AFB) Mississippi (MS) participate in the Biloxi Mardi Gras parade, with a promotional aircraft float, in Biloxi, MS

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 403rd Wing (WG), at Kessler...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Biloxi State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Dalton Stredwick cooks crab

Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Dalton Stredwick cooks crab

Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Dalton Stredwick cooks crab legs for a Mardi Gras dinner aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans, here, Feb. 21. The 20-year-old Bozeman, Mont., native serves with Co... More

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard perform silent drills before an audience at the National World War II Museum, Feb. 15, 2015. The Honor Guard is in New Orleans for the upcoming Mardi Gras ... More

Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Alec Maddox chops crab legs

Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Alec Maddox chops crab legs

Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Alec Maddox chops crab legs for a Mardi Gras dinner, aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans, here, Feb. 21. The 19-year-old Salt Lake City native serves with Company... More

Cpl. Robert Flack, a saxophone player in the brass

Cpl. Robert Flack, a saxophone player in the brass

Cpl. Robert Flack, a saxophone player in the brass section of Marine Corps Band New Orleans, entertains the crowd during a long break in the Krewe of Bacchus parade here, March 2, 2014. Marine Corps Band New Or... More

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve participate in the

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve participate in the

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve participate in the Krewe of Alla Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 2019. The Marines had the opportunity to participate in the 2019 Mardi Gras festivities to highligh... More

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, left, and Clarence Becknell, a historian with the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, right, converse at Marine Corps Support... More

180209-N-DX615-172 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 9, 2018) Capt.

180209-N-DX615-172 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 9, 2018) Capt.

180209-N-DX615-172 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 9, 2018) Capt. Peter K. Nilsen, commanding officer of the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), works with Lt. j.g. Valerie Tucciarone, the ship’s navigation o... More

Sgt. Maj. Benny R. Benton, Headquarters Battalion Sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Benny R. Benton, Headquarters Battalion Sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Benny R. Benton, Headquarters Battalion Sergeant Major, Marine Forces Reserve, serves as a part of the security detail during the Krewe of Alla Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 2019. Benton ... More

Master Chief Petty Officer Ryan H. Strack, command

Master Chief Petty Officer Ryan H. Strack, command

Master Chief Petty Officer Ryan H. Strack, command master chief of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, speaks to New Orleans residents during a Mardi Gras parade, New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Marines ... More

Hattiesburg, Miss., Feb. 25, 2013 -- Jack Camp, Public Information Officer for the Small Business Administration, answers questions for a student.  FEMA has set up a "Mini-DRC" in the Student Union building on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. The tornado destroyed dormitory rooms and vehicles on the campus, but fortunately classes were out for Mardi Gras Break Week.  Photo by Marilee Caliendo/FEMA

Hattiesburg, Miss., Feb. 25, 2013 -- Jack Camp, Public Information Off...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Marilee Caliendo City/State: Hattiesburg, MS Disasters: Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding ... More

Drum Major Staff Sgt. James Mathis, leads the Quantico

Drum Major Staff Sgt. James Mathis, leads the Quantico

Drum Major Staff Sgt. James Mathis, leads the Quantico Marine Corps Band/Dixieland Band, down the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana during the Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras parade Feb. 13. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Amanda Grossman)

Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans, Marine

Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans, Marine

Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans, Marine Forces Reserve, rehearse before the start of the Krewe of Duids parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb. 22, 2017. The band participated in numerous parad... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted King Zulu and his krewe to Lundi Gras events in New Orleans to kick off the Mardi Gras celebrations, February 12, 2018. For over a quarter century the Coa... More

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (left center), commander

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (left center), commander

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (left center), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, poses with his wife, Rebecca McMillian (right center) and members of the Krewe of ALLA, March 9, 2018, New Or... More

Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, commanding general of 4th

Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, commanding general of 4th

Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, commanding general of 4th Marine Division, participates alongside several Marines in the Zulu Parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb 13, 2018. U.S. Marines had the opportunity ... More

Members of the 81st Medical Operations Squadron portray

Members of the 81st Medical Operations Squadron portray

Members of the 81st Medical Operations Squadron portray the cast of The Wizard of Oz as they dance down the aisle during a Mardi Gras float contest at the 30th Annual Krewe of Medics Mardi Gras Ball at the Bay ... More

The 2018 Krewe of Medics Royalty Court pose for a photo

The 2018 Krewe of Medics Royalty Court pose for a photo

The 2018 Krewe of Medics Royalty Court pose for a photo during the 30th Annual Krewe of Medics Mardi Gras Ball at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 3, 2018, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The Krewe of M... More

Sgt. Spencer C. Day, a saxophonist with the Marine

Sgt. Spencer C. Day, a saxophonist with the Marine

Sgt. Spencer C. Day, a saxophonist with the Marine Corps Band New Orleans, performs for the crowd during the Krewe of Alla Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 2019. The band performs in multiple Mardi Gr... More

Cpl. Donovan F. Penrod, trumpet instrumentalist with

Cpl. Donovan F. Penrod, trumpet instrumentalist with

Cpl. Donovan F. Penrod, trumpet instrumentalist with the 2nd Marine Division Band, participates in a Mardi Gras parade, New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Marines had the opportunity to participate in Mardi Gras fest... More

Midge Costanza with Mardi Gras Lovelies

Midge Costanza with Mardi Gras Lovelies

Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US Navy (USN) Yoeman SEAMAN Recruit (YNSR) Zachary D. Lyons, gives beads to cheering spectators along the Krewe of Momus Mardi Gras parade route, in Galveston, Texas (TX). Sailors are honored guest for Mardi Gras festivities during Navy Week Galveston. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Navy (USN) Yoeman SEAMAN Recruit (YNSR) Zachary D. Lyons, gives bea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Galveston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Maria R. Escamilla, Usn Release Status: Released ... More

NEW ORLEANS –Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander

NEW ORLEANS –Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander

NEW ORLEANS –Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. Patrick L. Kimble (left), sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces Nort... More

Maj. Cynthia Styner, clinical nurse in charge of the

Maj. Cynthia Styner, clinical nurse in charge of the

Maj. Cynthia Styner, clinical nurse in charge of the operating room for Bayne- Jones Army Community Hospital participated in a public service announcement at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk on Feb. 11.

Marines from the Color Guard march down the streets

Marines from the Color Guard march down the streets

Marines from the Color Guard march down the streets of New Orleans while supporting the 2nd Marine Division Band during their trip to Mardi Gras March 8. The parade, known as Zulu, was the final parade the band... More

Musician 1st Class Gresh Laing throws Navy lanyard

Musician 1st Class Gresh Laing throws Navy lanyard

Musician 1st Class Gresh Laing throws Navy lanyard keychains from the weatherdecks of the U.S. Navy float during the Krewe of Rex parade during the Carnival Season of Mardi Gras. The Navy float is an asset of N... More

180213-N-FA806-129 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 13, 2018) Ensign

180213-N-FA806-129 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 13, 2018) Ensign

180213-N-FA806-129 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 13, 2018) Ensign Seth Southard, right, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), escorts Anna “Carlisle” Calametti, the leading lady of the Knights... More

Employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participate

Employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participate

Employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participate in a Mardi Gras parade at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013.

Maj. Gen. Bradley S. James, commander of Marine Forces

Maj. Gen. Bradley S. James, commander of Marine Forces

Maj. Gen. Bradley S. James, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North tosses beads to residents in the community during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Marines from MARFORRES... More

180212-N-DX615-125 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Sailors

180212-N-DX615-125 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Sailors

180212-N-DX615-125 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 12, 2018) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) walk in the Mardi Gras Floral Parade through downtown Mobile. Philippine Sea Sailors are... More

190301-N-IY633-1060 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – Master

190301-N-IY633-1060 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – Master

190301-N-IY633-1060 NEW ORLEANS (March 1, 2019) – Master Sgt. Tony Kimmanee, assesses midshipmen during in platoon basic drill as part of the Mardi Gras Drill Meet hosted by the Tulane University NROTC unit on ... More

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats

The Zulu Parade is executed with approximately 50 floats running the parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Feb 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Mardi Gras f... More

Parade attendees cheer during the Gulf Coast Carnival

Parade attendees cheer during the Gulf Coast Carnival

Parade attendees cheer during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade Feb. 13, 2018, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Keesler personnel participate in local parades every Mardi Gras season to show their su... More

Sgt. Uiliami O. Fihaki, trombone instrumentalist with

Sgt. Uiliami O. Fihaki, trombone instrumentalist with

Sgt. Uiliami O. Fihaki, trombone instrumentalist with the 2nd Marine Division Band performs during the Mardi Gras Zulu parade, New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Marines had the opportunity to participate in Mardi Gra... More

First Lady Betty Ford Laughing with a Costumed Man at the 28th Washington Mardi Gras Ball of the Louisiana State Society at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, DC

First Lady Betty Ford Laughing with a Costumed Man at the 28th Washing...

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President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford Greeting Costumed Revelers at the Louisiana State Society’s 28th Washington Mardi Gras Ball at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, DC

President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford Greeting Costumed R...

Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) Austin Class: Amphibious Transport Dock, USS TRENTON (LPD-14), moored at pier 21, Galveston, Texas (TX). THE TRENTON and her crew are honored guests for Mardi Gras festivities during Navy Week Galveston

A starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) Austin Class: Amphibious Tra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Galveston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Maria R. Escamilla, Usn Release Status: Released ... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class (AT2) Jerry J. Jimenez (right), assigned to Navy Recruiting Station Lake Jackson, Texas, tells visitors about Navy careers as they select promotional items at his recruiting display on Pier 21 at Galveston, Texas (TX), during Galveston's Mardi Gras salute to the USN during Navy Week Galveston

US Navy (USN) Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class (AT2) Jerry...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Galveston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Maria R. Escamilla, Usn Release Status: Released ... More

CGC Decisive prepares for Mardi Gras

CGC Decisive prepares for Mardi Gras

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Machinery Technician 2nd Class Keith Williams, a member of Coast Guard Maintenance Augmentation Team St. Petersburg, Fla., adjusts a high-pressure fuel line on the No. 2 main diesel engine a... More

Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Goldin leads the 2nd Marine Aircraft

Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Goldin leads the 2nd Marine Aircraft

Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Goldin leads the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band from his position as the drum major at a night parade during Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 2017. The band provided support to ... More

USS Philippine Sea Arrives in Mobile, Ala.

USS Philippine Sea Arrives in Mobile, Ala.

180209-N-FA806-017 MOBILE, Ala (Feb. 9, 2018) USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) arrives pierside in Mobile, Ala to participate in Mardi Gras celebrations during a scheduled port visit. This visit provides area reside... More

Brian M. Sims, King Zulu 2020, poses for a photo at

Brian M. Sims, King Zulu 2020, poses for a photo at

Brian M. Sims, King Zulu 2020, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Nov. 4, 2019. Sims began his campaign for King Zulu 2020 in November 2018 and was elected democratically by members... More

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans sousaphone player makes

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans sousaphone player makes

A Marine Corps Band New Orleans sousaphone player makes his way down St. Charles during a March 2 parade. His instrument weighs about 35 pounds. The band covers an average of 12 parades every Mardi Gras season,... More

Members of the local Molly Marine chapter of the Women

Members of the local Molly Marine chapter of the Women

Members of the local Molly Marine chapter of the Women Marines Association gather around the Molly Marine statue they restore every year. This original Molly Marine statue was sculpted in New Orleans in 1943 in... More

A Marine color guard makes its way down Poydras in

A Marine color guard makes its way down Poydras in

A Marine color guard makes its way down Poydras in the Central Business District during a March 2 parade. The Marine Corps Band New Orleans covers an average of 12 parades every Mardi Gras season, many stretchi... More

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard performs a silent

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard performs a silent

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard performs a silent drill during the 2016 Krewe of Rex Mardi Gras parade, Feb. 9, 2016. The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard participates in multiple military events aroun... More

Joseph Storey Charbonnet, King of Rex, left, addresses

Joseph Storey Charbonnet, King of Rex, left, addresses

Joseph Storey Charbonnet, King of Rex, left, addresses a crowd with Brian M. Sims, King of Zulu during Lundi Gras at the Riverfront Park, New Orleans, February 24, 2020. The Zulu organization hosts the Zulu pa... More

Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans perform

Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans perform

Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans perform popular songs for the crowd during the Krewe of Alla Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 2019. The band performs in multiple Mardi Gras parades annually... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT), Vincent Harris (foreground), 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines, Bossier City, Louisiana (LA), escorts the "Spirit of America" float in the 2002 Krewe of Centaur Mardi Gras parade in Shreveport, LA

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT), Vincent Harris (foreground), 1S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSG... More

Spectators line both sides of the highway as US Air Force (USAF) personnel from Barksdale AFB, throw beads and tokens from their float, as they participate in the Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras parade in Shreveport, LA

Spectators line both sides of the highway as US Air Force (USAF) perso...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shreveport State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael A. K... More

Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces

Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces

Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces Reserve accepts an award from Melanie L. Young, president of the Molly Marine chapter of the Women Marines Association, during a ceremony where the local Mo... More

Ruth Townley, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of

Ruth Townley, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of

Ruth Townley, an employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Afghanistan Engineer District-South, dances during a Mardi Gras celebration at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013.

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Service members, base personnel

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Service members, base personnel

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Service members, base personnel and coalition military members participate in Camp Lemonnier's MWR Mardi Gras themed “gator parade,” followed by a 5K run and 3K walk on base, Feb. 17,... More

Miranda Murray glances back at crowd during Zulu Parade

Miranda Murray glances back at crowd during Zulu Parade

Miranda Murray glances back at crowd during Zulu Parade in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2015. The Armed Forces community had the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Mardi Gras festivities to highlight the military ... More

Marines with 2nd Marine Division Band perform during

Marines with 2nd Marine Division Band perform during

Marines with 2nd Marine Division Band perform during a Mardi Gras parade, New Orleans, March 5, 2019. Established by an act of Congress on July 11, 1798, it is the oldest of the United States military bands and... More

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Gamble from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., ride the Barksdale AFB Float during the Annual Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade held in Shreveport, La., on Feb 5, 2005. Over 200 Barksdale military personnel and dependents participated in one of Shreveport's largest annual parades. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Michael A. Kaplan) (Released)

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Gamble from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shrevevport State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Kaplan, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., enjoy a ride on Barksdale's AFB Float during the Annual Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade held in Shreveport, La., on Feb 5, 2005. Over 200 Barksdale military personnel and dependents participated in one of Shreveport's largest annual parades. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Michael A. Kaplan) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., enjoy ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shrevevport State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Kaplan, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

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