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A starboard quarter view of the Soviet guided missile destroyer OBRAZTOVYY underway near NATO forces during Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS '85

A starboard quarter view of the Soviet guided missile destroyer OBRAZT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC OPERATIONS '85 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "The Taking of Quiberon" CATEGORY: Portfolio PLACE: Third Place Portfolio CAPTION INFORMATION: Tuesday Sept. 21, 1999. During Operation Northern Light 99, NATO Troops from France, England, Germany and Holland prepare to take a French fort in Quiberon, France. NATO troops are in France to practice invasion techniques with troops from different NATO countries. A U.S. Naval Coastal Warfare team was on deployment in France to act as opposition to NATO forces. Because there has been no military presence in Quiberon since World War II, some older residents of the area were frightened to see Germans landing on their beaches. The exercise was...

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "The Taking of Qu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "The Taking of Quiberon" CATEGORY: Portfolio PLACE: Third Place Portfolio ... More

BGEN Dan Leaf, 31 Fighter Wing Commander welcomes GEN Wesley K. Clark, Supreme Allied Commander of Europe to Aviano Air Base, Italy. GEN Clark took time off to meet with US and NATO forces and thank them for their hard work and dedication. Seen in between GEN Clark and Leaf is ADM James Ellis Jr., Commander-in-CHIEF, US Naval Forces Europe/Commander-in-CHIEF, Allied Forces, Southern Europe. This mission is in direction support of Operation Sustain Hope

BGEN Dan Leaf, 31 Fighter Wing Commander welcomes GEN Wesley K. Clark,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia Castillo Release ... More

The General’s Underground: U.S. Marine commanders tour cave site of MCPP-N

The General’s Underground: U.S. Marine commanders tour cave site of MC...

Lt. Col. Sveinn Arild Ivarrud, Chief of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization/Marine Expeditionary Brigade section, briefs U.S. Marines and Norwegian soldiers at a cave site in Norway, May 9, 2017. The M... More

Maj. Gen. Leonids Kalnins(center), chief of defense

Maj. Gen. Leonids Kalnins(center), chief of defense

Maj. Gen. Leonids Kalnins(center), chief of defense for the Republic of Latvia, takes his post for the opening ceremony of Exercise Saber Strike 17 aboard Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 3, 2017. Saber Strike... More

Staff Sgt. Lacey Ambrosino, a military police officer

Staff Sgt. Lacey Ambrosino, a military police officer

Staff Sgt. Lacey Ambrosino, a military police officer with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, instructs Marines during a shotgun range June 20, 2017 in Leksdal, Norway. The range was conducted to keep Marines... More

Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment,

Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment,

Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division roll out to conduct a patrol from Kuperjanov Training Base, Nov. 6, in the adjacent town of Voru, Estonia, in support of t... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 attend

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 attend

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 attend cold weather survival classes during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Jan. 28, 2018. White Claymore is a joint bi-lateral arctic cold weather t... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Canete, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Canete, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Canete, a rifleman with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 (MRF-E), posts security during a squad-attack exercise at Vaernes Garnison, Norway, April 7, 2017. MRF-E conducted th... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepare

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepare

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 prepare to detonate a donut charge during Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2 at Babadag Training Area, Romania, April 26, 2017. Marines conducted a demolition range t... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Sackewitz, an assaultman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Sackewitz, an assaultman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Sackewitz, an assaultman with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, fires a Carl Gustov 84mm rocket during Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2, at Babadag Training Area, Romania, April 28,... More

Coalition soldiers check communications during an operation

Coalition soldiers check communications during an operation

Coalition soldiers check communications during an operation in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Feb. 8, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Taliban facilitator that ran the logistics involved in coor... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force provides security outside prior to entering a senior Taliban leader's home in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013. The senior ... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe practice

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe practice

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe practice setting up their field stoves during Exercise Ymir Viking in Rena, Norway, Nov. 2, 2017. Marines must be able to set up their tents and field stoves in ... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force communicates during a night operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Taliban leader ... More

A United Kingdom Royal Marine participates in helicopter

A United Kingdom Royal Marine participates in helicopter

A United Kingdom Royal Marine participates in helicopter support team training alongside the U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 20, 2018. Wh... More

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide security during a mission that arrested a Taliban leader in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Jan. 27, 2013. The detained Taliban leader was respons... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E) participate in a rappelling exercise alongside the French Marines during exercise Green Claymore in Ballachulish Quarry, Scotland, Dec. 02, 2017. Green C... More

Members of the allied NATO forces gather beside a German C-160 Transall aircraft to discuss loading procedures for supplies that will be used for Exercise REFORGER '82

Members of the allied NATO forces gather beside a German C-160 Transal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Duerne Country: Belgium (BEL) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Marvin Homburger Release Status: Released to P... More

A starboard bow view of the Soviet Krivak class guided missile frigate DRUZHNNY underway near NATO forces during Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS '85

A starboard bow view of the Soviet Krivak class guided missile frigate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC OPERATIONS '85 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A starboard beam view of a Soviet Krivak I Class frigate underway while shadowing NATO forces participating in Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

A starboard beam view of a Soviet Krivak I Class frigate underway whil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norwegian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A port beam view of the Soviet Moma Class Intelligence Gathering Ship ARKHIPELAG (SSV 512) observing NATO forces participating in Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

A port beam view of the Soviet Moma Class Intelligence Gathering Ship ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norwegian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

COL Robert Messerli, commander of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, delivers a welcoming speech during the arrival ceremony for 16 F-111 pilots and their aircraft. MGEN Evan W. Rosecrans, center, commander of the 3rd Air Force, and GEN Alexander M. Haig, commander of NATO forces in Europe, wait for their turns to speak

COL Robert Messerli, commander of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, deli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Hogan Release Status: Released to P... More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Return to Quiberon" CATEGORY: Portfolio PLACE: Third Place Portfolio CAPTION INFORMATION: Tuesday Sept. 21, 1999. During Operation Northern Light 99, NATO German Marines prepare to take a French fort in Quiberon, France. NATO troops are in France to practice invasion techniques with troops from different NATO countries. A U.S. Naval Coastal Warfare team is on deployment in France to act as opposition to NATO forces. IMAGE FILE #DD-SP-01-0054

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Return to Quiber...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN LIGHT 99 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane T. Mccoy Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A coalition security force member contacts range control

A coalition security force member contacts range control

A coalition security force member contacts range control before the start of demolition training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2013. The security force continue to train even when they are deploye... More

Two U.S. Marines with 4th Tank Battalion prepare ammunition

Two U.S. Marines with 4th Tank Battalion prepare ammunition

Two U.S. Marines with 4th Tank Battalion prepare ammunition before a tank range aboard Camp Adazi, Latvia, June 4, 2017. Tank range is a part of the multinational exercise Saber Strike 17, supporting stability... More

Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E)

Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E)

Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E) look at Norwegian equipment during a cold weather training seminar in Værnes Garnison, Norway, Oct. 3, 2017. The Marines attended the seminar to take in knowl... More

Members of a coalition force provide security during

Members of a coalition force provide security during

Members of a coalition force provide security during an operation that involved the arrest of a senior Taliban leader and eight other Afghan enemies in Nad Al' District, Helmand province, Afghanistan May 27, 20... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force 17.1 and soldiers with the Norwegian Home Guard 12 prepare to enter a building during a room clearing exercise near Stjordal, Norway, May 24, 2017. This exe... More

A coalition security force member prepares to board

A coalition security force member prepares to board

A coalition security force member prepares to board a CH-47 Chinook on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. (U.S. Army illustration by Sgt. Richard W. Jones Jr.)

Slovenian soldiers of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment scan

Slovenian soldiers of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment scan

Slovenian soldiers of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment scan the terrain during a situational training exercise lane at Exercise Allied Spirit IV at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Hohenfels Traini... More

Norwegian army Maj.Gen. Odin Johannessen, the chief

Norwegian army Maj.Gen. Odin Johannessen, the chief

Norwegian army Maj.Gen. Odin Johannessen, the chief of Norwegian Army, and Maj.Gen. Russell A.C. Sanborn, the commander of Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, congratulate each other after participating in a... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 prepare

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 prepare

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 prepare for the next day of training during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 6, 2018. White Claymore is a joint bi-lateral arctic cold weather tr... More

A Soviet Tu-16 Badger-D aircraft in flight while shadowing NATO forces participating exercise Northern Wedding '86

A Soviet Tu-16 Badger-D aircraft in flight while shadowing NATO forces...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norwegian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PHC Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A Soviet Tu-16 Badger-D aircraft in flight while shadowing NATO forces participating in Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

A Soviet Tu-16 Badger-D aircraft in flight while shadowing NATO forces...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norwegian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) inspects the honor guard assembled outside the Ministry of Defense Building in Budapest, Hungary, July 10, 1997. Escorting Cohen is Hungarian Defense Minister Gyorgy Keleti (left). Secretary Cohen visited Hungary immediately following the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, where Hungary, along with Poland and the Czech Republic were offered membership in the Western military alliance. During meetings, Keleti warned Cohen that it could take his nation eight to 10 years to upgrade its Soviet-style military to achieve compatibility with other NATO forces

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) inspects the honor guard as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Budapest Country: Hungary (HUN) Scene Camera Operator: R. D. Ward, Civilian Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

COL Orfeo Durigon, Italian Forces Commander welcomes GEN Wesley K. Clark, Supreme Allied Commander of Europe to Aviano Air Base, Italy. GEN Clark took time off to meet with US and NATO forces (not shown) and thank them for their hard work and dedication. This mission is in direction support of Operation Sustain Hope

COL Orfeo Durigon, Italian Forces Commander welcomes GEN Wesley K. Cla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia Castillo Release ... More

Dignitaries and members of the press observe as U.S.

Dignitaries and members of the press observe as U.S.

Dignitaries and members of the press observe as U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct a continuous fire mission with their M777 155mm Artillery We... More

Sgt. Randy Hughes, right, a rifleman, and Staff Sgt.

Sgt. Randy Hughes, right, a rifleman, and Staff Sgt.

Sgt. Randy Hughes, right, a rifleman, and Staff Sgt. Jason Goff, the joint terminal attack controller for Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, carry out a call for fire exercise during a squad competition June ... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli (standing),

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli (standing),

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli (standing), commander of the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command (JMTC), gives an introductory briefing during the JMTC’s Distinguished Visitors Day for Exer... More

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Michael Dana, deputy commandant

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Michael Dana, deputy commandant

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Michael Dana, deputy commandant of installations and logistics, right, meets Col. Doug Bruun, commander of the Marine Coordination Element with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, left, an... More

U.S Army 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment sets up

U.S Army 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment sets up

U.S Army 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment sets up a static display in front of the Dresden Military Museum, Dresden, Germany, May 31, 2016, during Dragoon Ride II, a 2,200 kilometer convoy to Estonia for Exer... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe practice

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe practice

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe practice setting up their tents during Exercise Ymir Viking in Rena, Norway, Nov. 2, 2017. Marines must be able to set up their tents and field stoves in order t... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 participate

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 participate

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 participate in helicopter support team training alongside the United Kingdom Royal Marines during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 20, 2018. Whi... More

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment during Dragoon Ride II, prepare their vehicles for movement before a convoy from Powidz to Bydgoszcz, Poland, June 5, 2016. Dragoon Ride II, is ... More

A chest rack with AK-47 magazines was excavated by

A chest rack with AK-47 magazines was excavated by

A chest rack with AK-47 magazines was excavated by an Afghan and coalition security force outside a Taliban leader's home in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2013. The Taliban leader ho... More

A United Kingdom Royal Marine briefs U.S. Marines with

A United Kingdom Royal Marine briefs U.S. Marines with

A United Kingdom Royal Marine briefs U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 on how to properly utilize a field stove during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Jan. 29, 2018. White Claymore is... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force directs his team after a night operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Taliban lead... More

Coalition soldier participates in advance marksmanship

Coalition soldier participates in advance marksmanship

Coalition soldier participates in advance marksmanship training at a firing range on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013. While deployed, it's important for soldiers to... More

Visitors from various nations visit the 4th Battalion,

Visitors from various nations visit the 4th Battalion,

Visitors from various nations visit the 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade’s technical operations center during the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Di... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E) participate in a rappelling exercise alongside the French Marines during exercise Green Claymore in Ballachulish Quarry, Scotland, Dec. 02, 2017. Green C... More

Coalition soldiers verify their hits during advanced

Coalition soldiers verify their hits during advanced

Coalition soldiers verify their hits during advanced marksmanship training at Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013. While deployed, it's important for soldiers to sharpe... More

A U.S. Army soldier cleans off his face with Gatorade

A U.S. Army soldier cleans off his face with Gatorade

A U.S. Army soldier cleans off his face with Gatorade after M1131 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle training on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Feb. 27, 2013. The military has been ... More

A U.S. Army soldier cleans off his face with Gatorade

A U.S. Army soldier cleans off his face with Gatorade

A U.S. Army soldier cleans off his face with Gatorade after M1131 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle training on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Feb. 27, 2013. The military has been ... More

A view of the main cabin area of a VIP C-9 aircraft that had its interior modified at the base. The C-9 is assigned to GEN Alexander M. Haig, Jr., commander of NATO forces in Europe

A view of the main cabin area of a VIP C-9 aircraft that had its inter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT L. Emmett Lewis Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Members of a Marine combat-ready squad wear their field protective masks during their training with members of the NATO forces. The 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade is participating in the NATO exercise Northern Wedding on Red Beach

Members of a Marine combat-ready squad wear their field protective mas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shetland Island Country: Scotland (SCT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R.L. Bryan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Gen. Glenn M. Walters, Assistant Commandant of the

Gen. Glenn M. Walters, Assistant Commandant of the

Gen. Glenn M. Walters, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, and his wife, Gail, are greeted by Marine and Norwegian leaders after landing in Værnes Garnison, Norway, May 29, 2017. The ACMC and other dignit... More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 set

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 set

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 set up the fire direction center during Exercise Saber Strike 17 aboard Camp Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 7, 2017. The Marines fired during combined-arms l... More

Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, the Senior

Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, the Senior

Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC), presents a challenge coin to Marine Cpl. Robert Mullinax, a rifleman with Marine Rotat... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Forward Support Troop, 4th

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Forward Support Troop, 4th

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Forward Support Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment during Dragoon Ride II, spend their down time playing cards after a convoy from Liervalde, Lativia to Parnu Estonia, June 14, ... More

Romanian Maj. Claudiu Visan of the 307th Naval Infantry

Romanian Maj. Claudiu Visan of the 307th Naval Infantry

Romanian Maj. Claudiu Visan of the 307th Naval Infantry Battalion speaks during the opening ceremony of Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2 at Babadag Training Area, Romania, April 24. The exercise is a multilateral e... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Campbell, a heavy equipment operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Campbell, a heavy equipment operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Campbell, a heavy equipment operator with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1, prepares to fire an 81mm mortar at a live-fire range during Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2, at Babadag Training Are... More

Members of an afghan and coalition security force team

Members of an afghan and coalition security force team

Members of an afghan and coalition security force team sit closely on a CH-47 Chinook prior to an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Viktor Cadiente, a forward observer

U.S. Marine Sgt. Viktor Cadiente, a forward observer

U.S. Marine Sgt. Viktor Cadiente, a forward observer with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1, teaches Lance Cpl. Tyler Holloway, a rifleman with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, how to call in a landing of a U... More

Cpl. Mark Rippert, a military police officer with Marine

Cpl. Mark Rippert, a military police officer with Marine

Cpl. Mark Rippert, a military police officer with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, loads a 12-gauge shotgun while Sgt. Luis Hernandez, center, a military police officer, coaches him June 20, 2017 in Leksdal... More

Coalition security force members take cover during

Coalition security force members take cover during

Coalition security force members take cover during demolition training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2013. The security force continue to train even when they are deployed to maintain readiness fo... More

United Kingdom Royal Marines demonstrate to U.S. Marines

United Kingdom Royal Marines demonstrate to U.S. Marines

United Kingdom Royal Marines demonstrate to U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 how to properly execute skjøring during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 6, 2018. White Claymore is a... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 treat a simulated casualty and call in a 9-line during a squad competition June 29, 2017, in Stjørdal, Norway. Marines were evaluated on their ability to ef... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Ricker (right),

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Ricker (right),

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Ricker (right), a rifleman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, instructs a Portuguese soldier on the M4 carbine during a familiarization... More

Members of a coalition security force prepare to enter

Members of a coalition security force prepare to enter

Members of a coalition security force prepare to enter a compound while conducting close quarter battle training on forward operating base Bastion, March 15, 2013. Coalition security forces practice CQB techniq... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 prepare

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 prepare

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 prepare to play a game of bulldog to keep warm in the harsh weather during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 8, 2018. White Claymore is a joint bi... More

A member of an afghan and coalition security force

A member of an afghan and coalition security force

A member of an afghan and coalition security force provides security during an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Taliban leader w... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E) hike Torridon Skyline Mountain alongside the French Marines during exercise Green Claymore in Beinn Liath Mor, Scotland, Nov. 27, 2017. Green Claymore is... More

A view of the main cabin area of a VIP C-9 aircraft that had its interior modified at the base. The C-9 is assigned to GEN Alexander M. Haig, Jr., commander of NATO forces in Europe

A view of the main cabin area of a VIP C-9 aircraft that had its inter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT L. Emmett Lewis Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A port beam view of the Soviet Balzam Class Intelligence Collection Ship SSV 516 underway while shadowing NATO forces participating in Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

A port beam view of the Soviet Balzam Class Intelligence Collection Sh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norwegian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Coalition force members discuss a plan during close

Coalition force members discuss a plan during close

Coalition force members discuss a plan during close quarter battle training on forward operating base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan March 16, 2013. Coalition security forces practice CQB techniques to ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Viktor Cadiente, a forward observer

U.S. Marine Sgt. Viktor Cadiente, a forward observer

U.S. Marine Sgt. Viktor Cadiente, a forward observer with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1, calls in the landing of a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2 at Babadag Training ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Antonio Lopez, left, and Sgt. Ricardo

U.S. Marine Sgt. Antonio Lopez, left, and Sgt. Ricardo

U.S. Marine Sgt. Antonio Lopez, left, and Sgt. Ricardo Octave, motor vehicle operators with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, examine a Norwegian Arm... More

U.S. Marine Maj. Thomas Stona, left, a ground supply

U.S. Marine Maj. Thomas Stona, left, a ground supply

U.S. Marine Maj. Thomas Stona, left, a ground supply officer with DC Plans, Policies and Operations Department, Headquarters Marine Corps, speaks with Norwegian Maj. Mikelsen, during a tour of a Host Nation Sup... More

Lance Cpl. Justin Hollman, a rifleman with Marine Rotational

Lance Cpl. Justin Hollman, a rifleman with Marine Rotational

Lance Cpl. Justin Hollman, a rifleman with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, loads a magazine during a live-fire range July 24, 2017, in Leksdal, Norway. The squad attack range was the culminating event for ... More

Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment,

Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment,

Infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division park and dismount their vehicles in Kuperjanov Training Base, Nov. 6, afer conducting a successful patrol of the adjacent ... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.2

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.2

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.2 participates in a live-fire squad-attack drill during Exercise Ymir Viking in Rena, Norway, Nov. 10, 2017. Ymir Viking is a month-long cold-weather trainin... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force cuts a bag searching for contraband during an operation in search of a senior Taliban leader in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2013... More

A Slovenian soldier of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment moves

A Slovenian soldier of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment moves

A Slovenian soldier of 3rd Company, 10th Regiment moves forward during a movement to contact lane at Exercise Allied Spirit IV at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area, Ger... More

A United Kingdom Royal Marine participates in helicopter

A United Kingdom Royal Marine participates in helicopter

A United Kingdom Royal Marine participates in helicopter support team training alongside the U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force 17.2 during exercise White Claymore in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 20, 2018. Wh... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment during Dragoon Ride II, off-load their Stryker Armored Fighting Vehicles after arriving in a staging area near Bydgoszcz, Poland, June 5, 2016. Drago... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe (MRF-E) hike Strathconon Mountain alongside French Marines during exercise Green Claymore in Strathconon, Scotland, Nov. 23, 2017. Green Claymore is a pre-Arctic... More

Coalition soldiers participate in advance marksmanship

Coalition soldiers participate in advance marksmanship

Coalition soldiers participate in advance marksmanship training at a firing range on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan Jan. 18, 2013. While deployed, it's important for soldiers to ... More

Coalition soldiers participate in advance marksmanship

Coalition soldiers participate in advance marksmanship

Coalition soldiers participate in advance marksmanship training at a firing range on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013. While deployed, it's important for soldiers to... More

[RCAF Planes for NATO Forces], Marshall plan, post-war reconstruction of Europe

[RCAF Planes for NATO Forces], Marshall plan, post-war reconstruction ...

[RCAF Planes for NATO Forces] - [FRA-6037 and FRA-6038] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOA) Charles Lindsay, assigned to the Tridents of Patrol Squadron Two Six (VP-26), load sonar buoys into a P-3 Orion aircraft. The Trident combat aircrew flying the P-3 launched sonar buoys during anti-submarine warfare operations in support of an eleven-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise is designed to improve joint ASW operations between NATO forces

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOA) Charles Lindsay, assig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION NOBLE MANTA Base: Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: VP-26 Scene Camera Oper... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mitchell Leggett, ground electronics

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mitchell Leggett, ground electronics

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mitchell Leggett, ground electronics telecommunications system maintainer with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 (MRF-E) pounds a stake into the ground to set up a fan dipole antenna at... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group move a convoy of Humvees as part of Strategic Mobility Exercise 17 (STRATMOBEX) in Frigaard, Norwa... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Wyatt Streets with Black Sea Rotational

U.S. Marine Cpl. Wyatt Streets with Black Sea Rotational

U.S. Marine Cpl. Wyatt Streets with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 measures detonation cord during Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2 at Babadag Training Area, Romania, April 26, 2017. Marines conducted a demolition... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Bryan Martincic, a rifleman with Marine

U.S. Marine Sgt. Bryan Martincic, a rifleman with Marine

U.S. Marine Sgt. Bryan Martincic, a rifleman with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, gives suppressing fire during platoon attacks that were part of Exercise Platinum Eagle 17.2 at Babadag Training Area, Roma... More

Lance Cpl. Chance Payne, an assaultman with Marine

Lance Cpl. Chance Payne, an assaultman with Marine

Lance Cpl. Chance Payne, an assaultman with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, checks his compass during a squad competition June 29, 2017, in Stjørdal, Norway. Marines used land navigation techniques to find... More

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 debriefs with Macedonian soldiers during a patrol exercise aboard Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 7, 2017. The event was part of Exercise Platinum Lion... More

An Afghan and coalition security force wait prior to

An Afghan and coalition security force wait prior to

An Afghan and coalition security force wait prior to a night operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The operation resulted in the detention of a Taliban leader and tw... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Victoria Ross, a mass communication

U.S. Marine Cpl. Victoria Ross, a mass communication

U.S. Marine Cpl. Victoria Ross, a mass communication specialist with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1, receives her completion certificate from Staff Sgt. Jason Goff, second squad instructor, during the Corp... More

Dutch soldiers occupy a building during exercise Allied

Dutch soldiers occupy a building during exercise Allied

Dutch soldiers occupy a building during exercise Allied Spirit I at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 20, 2015. Exercise Allied Spirit includes more than 2,000 par... More

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