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A Medium close up view of damaged section of railway line in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Yugoslavian made TMM-1 and TMRP-6 (closes to the camera) anti-tank mines are placed visible to, delay repairs on the lines

A Medium close up view of damaged section of railway line in Visoko, B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Visoko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Tracey L. Hall-Leahy Release ... More

An open wooden ordnance box, stacked on top of and next to other ordnance boxes, which contains mortar rockets, hand grenades, land mines, a Karl Gustav 84mm round, and other types of explosive devices

An open wooden ordnance box, stacked on top of and next to other ordna...

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

A German Army MaK Keiler Armored Mineclearing Vehicle, attached to the Joint German-French Engineering Brigade, is used to clear a field of possible mines in Butmire, Bosnia-Herzegovina, which will later be used to house NATO troops, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

A German Army MaK Keiler Armored Mineclearing Vehicle, attached to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Butmir Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Withrow Release S... More

Hand grenades, land mines, mortar ammunition and other munitions stacked in a stable area before their destruction by the soldiers of the 28th Engineer Division during the Cooperative Blast mission. These were dug up at a location south of Camp Bedrock, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT GUARD, 11 March 1997

Hand grenades, land mines, mortar ammunition and other munitions stack...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Bedrock Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Dwight Chaney, USA Release... More

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of out...

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

Close up shot of a hand holding small, broken pieces of glass that were extracted from the bag being held in the other hand. Bags of glass, like this one, are stuffed into land mines before the mine is buried in the ground

Close up shot of a hand holding small, broken pieces of glass that wer...

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

Corporal Quentin Williams, 1ST Combat Engineer Regiment, Australian Army, uses his compass to fill out minefield reports on simulated mines that his unit has placed along the Shoalwater Bay training area roads during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a joint/combined exercise with Australia designed to enhance the ability of US and Australian forces to respond to short notice regional contingencies

Corporal Quentin Williams, 1ST Combat Engineer Regiment, Australian Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Comba... More

Using a AN/PSS-12 Metallic Mine Detector, Lance Corporal Sean Peterson, Combat Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, uses a sweeping motion to cover large areas of ground as he searches for enemy mines during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a biannual combined United States and Australian military training exercise held in Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia

Using a AN/PSS-12 Metallic Mine Detector, Lance Corporal Sean Peterson...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Comba... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 769th Engineers Battalion use a Denmark, Hydrema 910 MCV Mineclearing Vehicle, to clear an area at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Hydrema is a vehicle that has a metal protective shield and heavy chains that flail at high speeds to unearth, destroy, or detonate mines on contact. The engineers are the first Americans to be trained to operate the Hydrema MCV

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 769th Engineers Battalion use a Denmar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric Hughes, USA ... More

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

A hand-sketched illustration by US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jack M. Carrillo, showing USMC Combat Engineer assigned to Delta/Company, 1ST Tank Battalion, resting at a position located along Route One, in Southern Iraq, laced with enemy anti-personal and tank mines on either side of the road. The culvert that ran under and directly in front of route 1 was packed with blocks of C-4 explosives

A hand-sketched illustration by US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jack M. Carrillo, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 1ST Platoon (PLT), K Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (3/6), set up trip flares and Claymore mines just outside the concertino wire maze at Camp Blessing. First Platoon Marines are maintaining an offensive presence throughout the region, while providing security for Camp Blessing. The Battalion is in Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 1ST Platoon (PLT), K Company (K CO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nagolan State: Kunar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin M. Mason, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... 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

Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific

Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific

Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and non-governmental organizations gather for a picture at the conclusion of a landmine reduction event during Cobra Gold 2020 at Watthana Nakj... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden poses for a photo

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden poses for a photo

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden poses for a photo during Humanitarian Mine Action Thailand on Banuransgri Camp in Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 29, 2020. U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers ... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-01-13-09_SOI_K_Wheeler] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides receiving visit at Main Interior from] Dennis Wheeler, [Chief Executive Officer, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation of Idaho] [48-DPA-01-13-09_SOI_K_Wheeler_IOD_9632.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-01-13-09_SOI_K_Wheeler] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne ...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides receiving visit at Main Interior from] Dennis Wheeler, [Chief Executive Officer, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation of Idaho] Photo... More

Aerial photographs - California - Calico Mines

Aerial photographs - California - Calico Mines

California - Calico Mines Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Helium Plants - Development of helium work carried on under the direction of the Burea of Mines. Helium compressor and vaccuum pump interchanger, Plant No. 3, located three miles north of Petrolia, Texas

Balloons - Helium Plants - Development of helium work carried on under...

Balloons - Helium Plants Public domain photograph of a compressor engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Helium Plants - Development of helium work under the direction of the Bureau of Mines. Separator Building, North Fort Worth, Texas

Balloons - Helium Plants - Development of helium work under the direct...

Balloons - Helium Plants Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Orchard Mines Cutting White Oak Piling on the Nelson Miller Farm in Trivoli, Illinois

Photograph of Orchard Mines Cutting White Oak Piling on the Nelson Mil...

Original caption: L. Pescaglia, Orchard Mines cutting white oak piling on Nelson Miller farm. Trivoli, IL. Pile is 45' and price paid on stump is $5.00 ea. Historic Photographs

Photograph of a Coast Guard LCI as a Nazi Mine Explodes Close off Its Port Bow

Photograph of a Coast Guard LCI as a Nazi Mine Explodes Close off Its ...

Original caption: Matey, Now Wouldn't That Jar You? - Just as this Coast Guard LCI noses into a French Invasion beach to debark it's load of American troops, a Nazi mine explodes close off it's port bow. Expose... More

[French Potash Mines], Marshall plan, post-war reconstruction of Europe

[French Potash Mines], Marshall plan, post-war reconstruction of Europ...

[French Potash Mines] - [FRA-3475 through FRA-3478 & FRA-3407 through FRA-3445]

Robert Johnson, 18, Sits on a Pool Table in a Beer Joint in Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison, He has Passed a Job Physical and is Waiting to Go to Work in the Mines, Many of the Young Men Like to Get together in the Taverns and Drink Beer and Talk, there is Little Else to Do in the Small Mining Towns

Robert Johnson, 18, Sits on a Pool Table in a Beer Joint in Clothier, ...

DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern

Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner Who Lives in Rhodell, West Virginia, Shown with One of His Daughters, Debra, in the Tavern He Now Operates, He Had Worked in the Mines One Year When His Legs were Crushed in a Roof Cave-in, it Took Him 18 Years to Received Workman's Compensation, His Wheelchair was Bought for Him by His Friend, Arnold Miller, Now President of the United Mine Workers Smith is Active in the Union, and Has Manned Picket Lines in the Past

Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner Who Lives in Rhodell, West Virginia, ...

DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern

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

A left side view of an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter in flight, in use by Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) to sweep for mines during Operation INTENSE LOOK

A left side view of an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter in flight, in us...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Gulf Of Suez Scene Camera Operator: PHCM C. Pedrick Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

An M-56 mine dispersing subsystems installed aboard a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter dispenses mines over a field

An M-56 mine dispersing subsystems installed aboard a UH-1H Iroquois h...

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

Bounding mines being displayed during a Marine training exercise

Bounding mines being displayed during a Marine training exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status... More

Marines armed with M-16 A2 rifles probe the road for mines during a training exercise

Marines armed with M-16 A2 rifles probe the road for mines during a tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: R. K. Maher, Usmc Release... More

A view of the magazine buildings used to store the mines produced by Mobile Mine Assembly Group Unit 5

A view of the magazine buildings used to store the mines produced by M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Landenberger, USN Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Contact mines partially covered by a tarpaulin on the deck of the captured Iranian mine-laying ship TRAN AJR

Contact mines partially covered by a tarpaulin on the deck of the capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Cleveland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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

Rear Admiral Neale Smith, center, commander, Naval Reserve Force, congratulates crew members of the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11 after a successful search operation. COOP trainers are converted small craft equipped with gear that allows them to survey harbor bottoms and detect mines

Rear Admiral Neale Smith, center, commander, Naval Reserve Force, cong...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public C... More

On board the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11, Rear Admiral Neale Smith, sitting, commander, Naval Reserve Force, looks at a printout as SENIOR CHIEF (SCPO) Mark C. Mager, left, and GUNNER's Mate 1ST Class Vincent J. Nalbone explain the computer-generated picture of the bay floor that it presents. COOP trainers are converted small craft equipped with gear that allows them to survey harbor bottoms and detect mines

On board the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11, Rear A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Two senior non-commissioned officers from 3rd Battalion., 7th Marines, talk with two Thai marines after a class on mines and booby traps during the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Thalay Thai '89

Two senior non-commissioned officers from 3rd Battalion., 7th Marines,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL J.A. Krumholz Release Status: Released to Public Combined... 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 close-up view of a sea lion, the key element in the Navy's fleet-deployed unit, the Mark 5 Marine Mammal System. Sea lions in the unit are used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units 3 and 4 to locate and mark underwater practice mines for recovery

A close-up view of a sea lion, the key element in the Navy's fleet-dep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team member is lowered into the water by fellow team members to avoid making unnecessary noise. The technique is used when working around acoustic mines to reduce the risk of accidental detonation

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team member is lowered into the w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Winter Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit examines a round of Soviet-made ammunition as he prepares a case of captured Iraqi munitions for shipment. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

A member of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit examines a round...

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

An Iraqi mine floats in the waters of the gulf. Over 1,275 such mines have been discovered in the gulf during Operation Desert Storm.

An Iraqi mine floats in the waters of the gulf. Over 1,275 such mines ...

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

Iraqi anti-personnel mines line a beach area prior to being cleared away by members of a multinational Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

Iraqi anti-personnel mines line a beach area prior to being cleared aw...

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

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, speaks at a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, speaks at ...

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 band plays on the pier as the large harbor tug OPELIKA (YTB-798) moves the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) across the bay as the ship arrives at the naval station. 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

A band plays on the pier as the large harbor tug OPELIKA (YTB-798) mov...

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

Line handlers work near the bow of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) as the ship ties up at the pier. 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

Line handlers work near the bow of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense ...

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

A mineman installs a firing mechanism on a Mark 64 Quickstrike mine. Naval Reserve minemen from Mobile Mine Assembly Group (MOMAG) Unit 2622, Seattle, and MOMAG Unit 2016, St. Paul, Minnesota, are training with MOMAG Unit 12 in Japan, building underwater mines in preparation for the Mine Readiness Certification Inspection

A mineman installs a firing mechanism on a Mark 64 Quickstrike mine. N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan(JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard W. Poorman Release Status: Released to Public Co... 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

A Romanian Army Explosives Ordnance Disposal soldier probes for mines and unexploded ordnance during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. The soldiers mission is to clear the Implementation Forces compound, a plaza between the Hotel Serbia and the Hotel Herzegovina in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Romanian Army Explosives Ordnance Disposal soldier probes for mines ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jean-Marc Schaible, ... More

Four 3/5 Cavalry US Army soldiers, all wearing protective flak clothing, stand on dirt road in front of a parked US Army M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Cargo/Troop Carrier searching for land mines in the immediate vicinity where a US Army HMMWV struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. One soldier uses an AN-19/2 Mine Detector to scan for buried mines, while the other three visually scan the area

Four 3/5 Cavalry US Army soldiers, all wearing protective flak clothin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Benjamin A. Lebron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

An US Army B Co., 9th Engineer, using an AN-19/2 Mine Detector, searches for mines buried in the snow-covered ground to clear a path to a simulated casualty during a Quick Force Reaction exercise being carried out by US Army soldiers from Camp Dobol, located near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Edeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

An US Army B Co., 9th Engineer, using an AN-19/2 Mine Detector, search...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SPC Gerald James Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Mines are exploded on the Grenadillo Explosive Ordnance Disposal Range. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Mines are exploded on the Grenadillo Explosive Ordnance Disposal Range...

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

Mr. Tom Lapuzza, Public Affairs represenative 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 swimmmers 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

Mr. Tom Lapuzza, Public Affairs represenative of the Explosive Ordnanc...

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

Lance Corporals Kevin Hope (front), and Nick Jamilla, Combat Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, place small amounts of explosives on anti-tank mines in order to detonate them as their unit attempts to breach a minefield during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency ...

Lance Corporals Kevin Hope (front), and Nick Jamilla, Combat Support C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Lance Corporals Kevin Hope (front), and Nick Jamilla, Combat Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, place small a... More

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, The Honorable Mr. Paul Wolfowitz (foreground left), is given a demonstration by handlers at the Mine Detection and Dog Center (MDC) #14, located in Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Assistant Secretary Wolfowitz toured the facility to see the improvements being made and to get an assessment of what is needed for the area to be completely revitalized and free of land mines

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, The Honorable Mr. Paul Wolfo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jerry T. Combes, USA Release Status: Rele... More

An abandoned weapons cache of AK-47 rifles, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG-7), land mines and other equipment lying along Highway 27 near An Nu'maniyah during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

An abandoned weapons cache of AK-47 rifles, Rocket Propelled Grenades ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Behind a now secured school in a residential neighborhood these cases of Italian VS-1.6 scatterable Anti-Tank (AT) blast mines were found during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Behind a now secured school in a residential neighborhood these cases ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Matthew ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Interim Marine Corps Security Force Company (IMCSFC), Bahrain, practice wire breaching techniques while training at the Maryan Range Complex in Djibouti, Africa. Training focuses on movements in squads and fire teams to clear objectives such as mines, wires and fortified positions

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Interim Marine Corps Security ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Aw/Sw) Timothy Smith, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

On February 14, 2006 soldiers from A Company, 2-506 INF (Band of Brothers) continued Operation Astar Gate in Southern Baghdad. SGT David Garza from A Co, 1ST PLT, 1-12, 4th ID provided security to follow soldiers as roads and fields were checked for mines.(Released)US Army photo by SSG Kevin L. Moses Sr

On February 14, 2006 soldiers from A Company, 2-506 INF (Band of Broth...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene Camera Ope... 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

191105-N-TZ020-081 MANAMA, Bahrain (Nov. 05, 2019)

191105-N-TZ020-081 MANAMA, Bahrain (Nov. 05, 2019)

191105-N-TZ020-081 MANAMA, Bahrain (Nov. 05, 2019) Civilian Journalists interview a Royal Navy diver about his role in Mine Counter Measures (MCM) during the International Maritime Exercise 2019 (IMX 19). The e... More

2nd Lt. Ashton Cubbedge, an engineering officer with

2nd Lt. Ashton Cubbedge, an engineering officer with

2nd Lt. Ashton Cubbedge, an engineering officer with Company A, 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (101st ABN), teaches a class to 101st ABN and Iowa Nation... More

Williams' Tourists' Map of Colorado and the San Juan Mines

Williams' Tourists' Map of Colorado and the San Juan Mines

New Mexico, Utah, California, Oregon, and Washington

Mine laying company laying mines in shaft underground

Mine laying company laying mines in shaft underground

German Military Activities and Personnel Public domain photograph - German army, military forces during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Helium Plants - Development of helium work carried on under direction of the Bureau of Mines. Exterior of main Plant Building, located three miles north of Petrolia, Texas

Balloons - Helium Plants - Development of helium work carried on under...

Balloons - Helium Plants Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Silver Mines Recreational Area

Photograph of Silver Mines Recreational Area

Original caption: C.P. 1- Silver Mines Recreational area-from south end of bridge. Fredericktown R.D. Historic Photographs

Two members of an explosive ordnance disposal team work together to mark the location of possible mines found with the aid of a metal detector on the beach. U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force after a confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

Two members of an explosive ordnance disposal team work together to ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Dietrich Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A member of an explosive ordnance disposal team uses a metal detector to check for mines on the beach. U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force after a confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

A member of an explosive ordnance disposal team uses a metal detector ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Dietrich Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... 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

A metal object on the bottom of the gulf is recorded by the video camera on a "SCORPI" remote piloted vehicle, as it scans the floor for mines during Operation INTENSE LOOK

A metal object on the bottom of the gulf is recorded by the video came...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Gulf Of Suez Scene Camera Operator: PHCM C. Pedrick Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Korean sailors deploy Mark 6 moored mines from a ship off the coast of South Korea during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '86

Korean sailors deploy Mark 6 moored mines from a ship off the coast of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An exterior view of the support buildings of Mobile Mine Assembly Group Unit 5. These buildings house a large array of yellow gear used in the production of mines

An exterior view of the support buildings of Mobile Mine Assembly Grou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Landenberger, USN Release Status: Released to Public ... More

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

On board the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11, Rear Admiral (RADM) Neale Smith, sitting, commander, Naval Reserve Force, looks at a printout as SENIOR CHIEF (SCPO) Mark C. Mager explains the computer-generator picture of the bay floor that it presents. COOP trainers are converted small craft equipped with gear that allows them to survey harbor bottoms and detect mines

On board the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11, Rear A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Quartermaster 1ST Class George Burke attaches a signal to a halyard to warn nearby vessels that the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11. COOP trainers is engaged in towing operations. COOP trainers are converted small craft equipped with gear that allows them to survey harbor bottoms and detect mines

Quartermaster 1ST Class George Burke attaches a signal to a halyard to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public C... More

On board the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11, Rear Admiral Neale Smith, sitting, commander, Naval Reserve Force, marks a printout as SENIOR CHIEF Mark C. Mager, left, and GUNNER's Mate 1ST Class Vincent J. Nalbone stand by to explain the computer-generated picture of the bay floor that it presents. COOP trainers are converted small craft equipped with gear that allows them to survey harbor bottoms and detect mines

On board the craft-of-opportunity program (COOP) trainer CT-11, Rear A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public C... 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 member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit One confers with a member of a British EOD team on the pier. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

A member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit One confers ...

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

Troops muster on the dock near the U.S. Army logistic support vessel LT. General William B. Bunker (LSV-4) as the city's port facility is cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) equipped with a Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher is at right

Troops muster on the dock near the U.S. Army logistic support vessel L...

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

Members of the Coalition forces drive a T-72 main battle tank along a channel cleared of mines during Operation Desert Storm.

Members of the Coalition forces drive a T-72 main battle tank along a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean M. Fox Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A Kuwaiti flag flies from a T-72 main battle tank as a soldier gives a victory sign as the tank is driven along a channel cleared of mines during Operation Desert Storm.

A Kuwaiti flag flies from a T-72 main battle tank as a soldier gives a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean M. Fox Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Members of an Australian explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diving team prepare to search for mines planted in the harbor by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. The Australian divers are joining British and U.S. EOD team members in a multinational effort to make the harbor safe for reopening

Members of an Australian explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diving team...

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

The U.S. Army's logistic support vessel LT. GEN. WILLIAM B. BUNKER (LSV-4) is tied to a pier during the reopening of Ash Shuaybah's harbor. The waters were cleared of mines by a multinational explosives ordnance disposal team following Iraqi withdrawal from the area during Operation Desert Storm

The U.S. Army's logistic support vessel LT. GEN. WILLIAM B. BUNKER (LS...

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

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, conducts a news conference prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, conducts a...

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

A view from the underside of the Visoko Bridge in the small town of Visoko. German and Romanian Army Engineers cross the Sixty Ton Maximum Load Capacity Bridge that they built during the months of March and April, 1996. Before the rebuilding of the bridge, the surrounding area had to be cleared of mines that were laid after its destruction. The old Visoko bridge was destroyed in the beginning of the confrontations between Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Serbs

A view from the underside of the Visoko Bridge in the small town of Vi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Visoko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jean-Marc Schaible Release St... More

Two Hungarian Soldiers probe for mines during Situational Training Exercise-6,"mine awareness", part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 held at Camp Lejeune NC

Two Hungarian Soldiers probe for mines during Situational Training Exe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) ... More

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