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Crewmen handle electrical cables, or "mag-tail," during sweeping exercises aboard the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427). The cables, used to simulate the magnetic pull of a vessel, are towed behind the ship to attract magnetic mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

Crewmen handle electrical cables, or "mag-tail," during sweeping exerc...

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

A member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team checks his team's diving gear for oil residue after it was cleaned. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

A member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team checks ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lee Bosco Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their gear before diving into the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, listens as Edward Gnehm, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari is seated at center

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Crew members look out over the harbor from the bridge wing of the miscellaneous flagship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3). The harbor, which has just been reopened, was cleared of mines by a multinational explosives ordnance disposal team following Iraqi withdrawal from the area during Operation Desert Storm

Crew members look out over the harbor from the bridge wing of the misc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member sets up to demonstrate how to locate and safely disarm a land mine. It is part of Eager Express 92, the training of Kuwaiti Navy EOD personnel to help clear away abandoned mines and unexploded ordnance after the Persian Gulf War

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member sets up to demonst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Eager Express 92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An overhead aerial view of the Navy's deperming station near Norfolk. The guided missile destroyer USS RAMAGE (DDG-61) is inside the station being depermed. This is a process to neutralize the magnetic field put out by a metal warship to eliminate the danger of magnetic influence mines

An overhead aerial view of the Navy's deperming station near Norfolk. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar Release Status: Rel... More

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members Machinist's Mate 2nd Albert Moore III (left) and CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson, place leftover 4th of July fireworks with mines that are to be destroyed. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, recovers buried ordnance from a mud hole at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, recovers buried ordnance at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship HTMS Thalang during the mine recovery phase of Exercise Cobra Gold '82

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Feliman Barbante Jr. Release Status: R... More

Crewmen watch for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG-54) while participating in a reflagged tanker escort operation. The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63), the replenishment oiler USNS HASSAYAMPA (T-AO-145) and the destroyer USS LEFTWICH (DD-984) are conducting an underway replenishment ahead of the FORD

Crewmen watch for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Oman Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crewmen standing on the flight deck of the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) haul on a line to bring a deperming coil aboard. The coils will be placed vertically along ships entire length and will, when energized, reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

Crewmen standing on the flight deck of the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

Led by Rear Adm. (lower half) William W. Mathis, commander, Mine Warfare Command, and his wife, a group of U.S. Navy officers comes aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) for a visit. Three Japanese minesweepers and two support ships are stopping in the Philippines while en route to Kuwait to assist in the multinational effort to clear Iraqi mines from the Persian Gulf following Operation Desert Storm

Led by Rear Adm. (lower half) William W. Mathis, commander, Mine Warfa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King Re... More

Crewmen pull deperming coils across the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1). The WASP is moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

Crewmen pull deperming coils across the flight deck of the amphibious ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 R.C. Witham Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A starboard view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. Deperming coils have been laid across the deck. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A starboard view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moore...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J.E. Westfall Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member demonstrates the use of a metal detector to locate buried land mines as part of the operation. Kuwaiti Navy EOD personnel are being trained to help clear abandoned mines and unexploded ordnance left behind after the Persian Gulf War

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member demonstrates the u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Eager Express 92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, Commander US Naval Forces Central Command, explains one of the Iraqi mines recovered from the Persian Gulf to Adm. David E. Jeremiah, Vice Chairman of the JCS, on board the miscellaneous command ship USS La Salle (AGF-3). Other officials and foreign military personnel are also on the tour. Adm. Jeremiah is in the region to monitor Operation Southern Watch, the enforcement of a "No Fly Zone" for Iraqi aircraft south of the 32nd parallel

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, Commander US Naval Forces Central Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April S. Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Photographers Mate (PH2) Richard Moore, with the USN Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific (CCGP), photographs Iraqi ocean mines found hidden on board an intercepted shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Photographers Mate (PH2) Richard Moore, with the USN Fle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: [email protected] Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William... More

U.S. Navy (USN) minemen onboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) prepare to place the Navy's AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicle (MNV) over the side prior to a mine countermeasure exercise in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 1, 2006. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy (USN) minemen onboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Crewmen hoist a 900-pound buoy, or "pig", aboard the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427) during sweeping exercises. Attached to the pig is a minesweeping cable fitted with armed cutters for freeing moored mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

Crewmen hoist a 900-pound buoy, or "pig", aboard the ocean minesweeper...

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

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, left, a member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team, examines a device with members of an Australian EOD unit. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, left, a member of a U.S. Navy e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lee Bosco Release Status: Released to Public... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Dignitaries meet in the wardroom aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Among those at the table are Edward Gnehm, left, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait; Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, second from left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force; and Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, second from right

Dignitaries meet in the wardroom aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Bill Vandiver, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, probes for land mines during the exercise.(Exact date unknown)

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Bill Vandiver, Explosive Ordnance Disp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Warren Grove Range State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

US Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class (MN3) Justin Stordahl, Mobile Mine Assembly Unit Fifteen (MOMAU 15), Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas (TX), stands beside a stock pile of MK-6 inert training mines. These inert devices are used to simulate the physical characteristics of floating contact mine warfare systems. MOMAU 15 is currently in the process of relocating to Naval Station Ingleside, TX

US Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class (MN3) Justin Stordahl, Mobile Mine A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Kingsville State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chris Desmond, USN Release St... More

U.S. Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class Rene Gonzales prepares to place a magnetic coax cable in the sea to pulsate electricity, sweep and destroy mines during a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 3, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The ARDENT is currently deployed in support of maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class Rene Gonzales prepares to place a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Air Force and Navy demolition disposal experts search for live World War II explosives on the island of Enjebi. Artillery shells, mines, grenades, and bombs are still found on the island. Enjebi, part of Eniwetok Atoll, was used as an atomic testing area in the 1950s

Air Force and Navy demolition disposal experts search for live World W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Marshall Islands (MHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Herman J. Kokojan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Crewmen watch for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG-54) while participating in a reflagged tanker escort operation. The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63), the replenishment oiler USNS HASSAYAMPA (T-AO-145) and the destroyer USS LEFTWICH (DD-984) are conducting an underway replenishment ahead of the FORD

Crewmen watch for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Oman Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A chief petty officer supervises four cooks barbecuing chicken to be served to the crew of the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42). The GERMANTOWN is at the submarine base for deperming, a process that reduces the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A chief petty officer supervises four cooks barbecuing chicken to be s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

Two crewmen on the pier guide a deperming coil that is being hauled aboard the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42). Coils will be placed vertically along the entire length of the ship and will, when energized, reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping protect it against magnetic mines and torpedoes

Two crewmen on the pier guide a deperming coil that is being hauled ab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

The Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) lies tied up at the pier, deperming coils in place around the entire ship. When the coils, which are placed vertically all around the ship, are energized, the ship's permanent magnetism will be reduced, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

The Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) lies tied up at the pier...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Five days after its commissioning, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River. Wrapped vertically around the LINCOLN are cables that, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

Five days after its commissioning, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAA David Dentry Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

The colors fly from the mast of the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine countermeasures units during Operation Desert Storm, as the ship is docked at a pier for a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

The colors fly from the mast of the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to P... More

Aerial starboard side view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) inside the deperming station crib outside Norfolk. The WASP, a new ship, is being depermed for the first time. This is a periodic requirement done by wrapping the ship in electric cables to run electrical currents back and forth until the ship has a negative polarity. This prevents the ship from detonating magnetic influence mines or torpedoes

Aerial starboard side view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Westfall Release Status: Releas... More

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) is raised out of the water after the completion of a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 1, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Nightvision view onboard the U.S. Navy (USN) Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) as minemen place a AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) into the water at night to test the ship's ability to conduct mine countermeasure operations during lowlight conditions on Dec. 5, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

Nightvision view onboard the U.S. Navy (USN) Avenger Class Mine Counte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crewmen handle 900-pound buoys, or "pigs", on the stern of the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427) during sweeping exercises. Minesweeping cables fitted with armed cutters are attached to the pigs to free moored mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

Crewmen handle 900-pound buoys, or "pigs", on the stern of the ocean m...

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

The Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) lies tied up at the pier, deperming coils in place around the entire ship. When the coils are energized, the ship's permanent magnetism will be reduced, thus helping protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

The Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) lies tied up at the pier...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

Crewmen from the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) work on the pier to position the coils that will be used to deperm their ship. When the coils, which are placed vertically all around the ship, are energized, the ship's permanent magnetism will be reduced, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

Crewmen from the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) work on the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

The command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) arrives for a ceremony marking the port's re-opening following Operation Desert Storm. The harbor and its facilities are being re-opened after explosive teams from the EOD teams U.S., Britain and Australia are cleared out the mines and unexploded ordnance that were left behind by Iraqi forces

The command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) arrives for a ceremony marking t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A Kuwaiti media representative interviews an officer from the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine countermeasures units during Operation Desert Storm, is moored at a pier prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

A Kuwaiti media representative interviews an officer from the command ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to P... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CHIEF Hull Technician Clint Hospodar, crimps a non-electrical blasting cap unto an 8 minute time fuse. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson, prepares lengths of 8 minute time fuse. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

The US Navy (USN) Sea Wolf Class Attack Submarine USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN 23), sits moored in the magnetic silencing facility at Naval Base (NB) Kitsap, Bangor, Washington (WA), for a Magnetic Treatment (DEPERM) procedure which involves charging, or flashing, the ships hull with electricity to minimize its electromagnetic signature as it travels through the water thereby reducing its vulnerability to underwater magnetic mines. The JIMMY CARTER is the third and final of the Sea Wolf Class attack submarines

The US Navy (USN) Sea Wolf Class Attack Submarine USS JIMMY CARTER (SS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Kitsap (BANGOR) State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCCM Jerry Mclain, USN Release... More

Some of the officers and crew of the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) gather in a parking lot for an informal briefing. Behind them, the GERMANTOWN lies tied up at the pier, deperming coils placed along its entire length. The coils, when engernized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

Some of the officers and crew of the Dock Landing Ship USS GERMANTOWN ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Flynn, USN Releas... More

Three airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron secure a pair of Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mines on a skid during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection

Three airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron secure a pai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Five days after its commissioning, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River. Wrapped vertically around the LINCOLN are cables that, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

Five days after its commissioning, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAA David Dentry Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member prepares to enter the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member prepares to en...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

The command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine countermeasures units during Operation Desert Storm, is moored at a pier prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

The command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine cou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to P... More

CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, Kuwaiti chief of ports, speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, Kuwaiti chief of ports, speaks to guests a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A port bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. Deperming coils have been laid across the deck. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A port bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J.E. Westfall Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A US Navy (USN) Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team member inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

US Navy (USN) Special Warfare Operators search an Iraqi vessel for weapons and illegal cargo. USN Special Warfare Operators assisted in operations that cleared Iraqi waterways of mines and rogue vessels to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments to the port of Umm Qsar, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Special Warfare Operators search an Iraqi vessel for wea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Sw) Arlo Abrahamson, USN Release Status: Releas... More

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) breaks the surface as it is raised out of the water after the completion of a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 1, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crewmen hoist a 900-pound buoy, or "pig", aboard the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427) during sweeping exercises. Attached to the pig is a minesweeping cable fitted with armed cutters for freeing moored mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

Crewmen hoist a 900-pound buoy, or "pig", aboard the ocean minesweeper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Alaska Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Lance Johnson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class William Hendrickson scans the water for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) as the ship escorts the tanker SS CHESAPEAKE CITY through the Persian Gulf. The frigate is taking part in Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class William Hendrickson scans the wat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their gear before diving into the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

The command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine countermeasures units during Operation Desert Storm, is moored at a pier prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

The command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3), command center for all mine cou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to P... More

Dignitaries applaud as Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, Middle East Force, presents a plaque to Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari during a ceremony aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Edward Gnehm, the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, is third from right

Dignitaries applaud as Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A bow-on view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) in the deperming station crib outside Norfolk. The WASP, a new ship, is being depermed for the first time. This is a periodic requirement done by wrapping the ship in electric cables to run electrical currents back and forth until the ship has a negative polarity. This prevents the ship from detonating magnetic influence mines or torpedoes

A bow-on view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) in the d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Westfall Release Status: Releas... More

A starboard beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. Deperming coilS have been laid across the deck. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A starboard beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J.E. Westfall Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team 3 demonstrates how to probe for mines to a member of a class of Kuwaiti navy EOD personnel during Eager Express '92

A member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team 3 demonstrates how ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGER EXPRESS '92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 sailor is shown demonstrating procedures for locating and safely disarming unexploded ordnance and mines during Eager Express 92. US Navy EOD personnel are training Kuwaiti Navy EOD personnel who are tasked with clearing away the refuge ordnance left behind after the Persian Gulf War

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 sailor is shown demonstra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Eager Express 92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Rich Graves, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, probes for land mines during the exercise.(Exact date unknown)

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Rich Graves, Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Sandy Hook State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P... More

170720-N-QA919-0449 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2017)

170720-N-QA919-0449 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2017)

170720-N-QA919-0449 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2017) Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Brian Stanley, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, fills a lift balloon attached to a... More

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class Williams Hendrickson scans for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) during an Earnest Will convoy mission in which tankers are led through the waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class Williams Hendrickson scans for mi...

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

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Members of a 60th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft crew preparing to take part in a maritime mission include, from left: Captain (CPT) Russell Bridgham, First Lieutenant (1LT) Rodney Yates, 1LT Peter Grettch, CPT James Hays, 1LT Ian Kincaid, CPT Gregory Sprang and STAFF Sergeant Beau Howard. The mission, performed in conjunction with the Navy, includes carrying AIM-84A Harpoon missiles, sea surveillance and reconnaissance and laying sea mines

Members of a 60th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, a member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team, checks out an underground crawl space used by Iraqi soldiers during their occupation of Kuwait. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, a member of a U.S. Navy explosi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lee Bosco Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their gear before diving into the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, leads Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari and other dignitaries down a ladder aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) before the start of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, and Edward Gnehm, center, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, listen as Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, center left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, shakes hands with CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, Kuwaiti ports chief, following a ceremony aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, center left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) moored in a deperming crib on the Elizabeth River. Deperming coils have been laid across the deck. The coils, when energized, will reduce the ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect the ship from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) J.E. Westfall Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy Machinist Mate 2nd Class Albert Moore III, prepares a package of C-4 explosive for mine demolition. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician BM2 (EOD/PJ) Von Vaughn, right, is fitted with his SCUBA gear by his dive partner prior to entering the water to look for and destroy underwater mines during the exercise RIMPAC 98

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician BM2 (EOD/PJ) Von Vaughn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 August Sigur Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Tow Array on the stern of the mine countermeasures ship USS DEFENDER (MCM 2), an Avenger class designed as mine hunter-killers. The array is capable of sweeping mines using a variety of acoustic, magnetic, or mechanical sweep configurations. This equipment is towed behind the ship and destroys mines by simulating the noise and magnetic signatures of steel hulled ships. The DEFENDER is visiting the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

Tow Array on the stern of the mine countermeasures ship USS DEFENDER (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: US Naval Academy, Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret) Rel... More

Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweepers off the USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) probe the waters, for mines surrounding the amphibious landing, during rehearsals for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweepers off the USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) pro...

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

US Navy PETTY Officer Second Class Chris Roath of the Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 3, Detachment 6 Marine Mammal Systems briefs Lieutenant General Norty Schwartz, Commander of Alaskan Command and Alaskan legislative represenatives about the Mark 6 dolphin program while in Ketchikan, Alaska. The dolphins will be used to detect mines and opposing forces swimmers in Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001 harbor defense operations. Northern Edge is Alaska's premier joint training exercise, which encompasses military troops from all over North America and it lasts for two weeks

US Navy PETTY Officer Second Class Chris Roath of the Explosive Ordnan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Base: Ketchikan State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Co... More

U.S. Navy Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) Sailors raise an AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) out of the water after the completion of a mine countermeasure exercise on Dec. 2, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship HTMS Thalang during the mine recovery phase of Exercise Cobra Gold '82

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Feliman Barbante Jr. Release Status: R... More

Crewmen hoist a 900-pound buoy, or "pig", aboard the ocean minesweeper USS CONSTANT (MSO 427) during sweeping exercises. Attached to the pig is a minesweeping cable fitted with armed cutters for freeing moored mines. The ship is assigned to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF)

Crewmen hoist a 900-pound buoy, or "pig", aboard the ocean minesweeper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Alaska Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Lance Johnson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Ordnance personnel from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron load Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mines onto a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft from the 42nd Bombardment Wing during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection

Ordnance personnel from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron load M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as it lies tied up at a deperming pier along the Elizabeth River prior to its shakedown cruise. Deperming reduces a ship's permanent magnetism, thus helping to protect it from magnetic mines and torpedoes

A partial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LIN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Gary Ward Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A journalist from the Navy Broadcasting Service videotapes the comments of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diver involved in the clearing of Iraqi mines and ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

A journalist from the Navy Broadcasting Service videotapes the comment...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

CAPT. W. H. Ide, commanding officer of the miscellaneous flagship USS LASALLE (AGF-3), welcomes dignitaries aboard the ship as Rear Adm. Raynor Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, stands by at right. The officials are visiting the LASALLE to celebrate the reopening of Ash Shuaybah's harbor following removal of Iraqi mines by a multinational explosives ordnance disposal team

CAPT. W. H. Ide, commanding officer of the miscellaneous flagship USS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, shakes hands with Edward Gnehm, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari is seated at center

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey, USN Release Status: Released t... More

A view on board the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) as crewmembers of the deck force place electrical cable around the ship. As soon as the ship is wrapped in cables, electric current is run back and forth through them until the ship reaches a negative polarity. This is done to prevent the ship from detonating magnetic influence mines or torpedoes. The ship is in the deperming station crib between Norfolk and Craney Island

A view on board the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) as crewme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH 1 Westfall Release Status: Relea... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members, US Navy CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson and CHIEF Hull Technician Clint Hospodar, rig 8 minute time fuses with non-electric blasting caps. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members, US Navy C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Amphibian Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) swim towards the beachhead commencing the assault on Red Beach. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweepers off the USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) probe the waters, for mines surrounding the amphibious landing, during rehearsals for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ `99. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1st Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Amphibian Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) swim towards the beachhead commenc...

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

Mr. Alemayehu Mekonin (left), a Water Engineer at the Gode Waste Water Treatment Facility, greets US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Paul Vandenberg, an Engineer assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 (NMCB-7), as he arrives at the Facility in Gode, Ethiopia (ETH). Mr. Mekonin is overseeing a construction project to add capacity to the area's water treatment ability. CDR Vandenberg is doing preliminary research as part of Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Horn of Africa, which is interested in aiding the people of Ethiopia as they improve their quality of life. In the center is Abdi Reshid Mohamed Omer, the head of Ethiopia's Mines and Energy Department

Mr. Alemayehu Mekonin (left), a Water Engineer at the Gode Waste Water...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gode Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Roger S. Duncan, USN Release Status: Released... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, recovers buried ordnance at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

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NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive

The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

Disclaimer: A work of the U.S. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. National Archives or DVIDS.  https://www.picryl.com

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