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Staff Sgt. Tammy R. Fleming, loadmaster, 75th Military Airlift Squadron, stands by with a winch while unloading Canadian helicopters from a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy at Ben Gurion Airport. The aircraft airlifted elements of a Canadian helicopter squadron from Edmonton, Canada, to Israel for duty with the Multinational Force and Observers

Staff Sgt. Tammy R. Fleming, loadmaster, 75th Military Airlift Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tel Aviv Country: Israel (ISR) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt. Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

Safety observers signal that an Air Anti-submarine Squadron 31 (VS-31) S-3A Viking aircraft is clear for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during FLEET EX '90

Safety observers signal that an Air Anti-submarine Squadron 31 (VS-31)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX '90 Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Oscar Sosa Rele... More

Airmen from the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's airlift control element (ALCE) and the 4th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron set up a tent near the Ras Nusrani airfield. The airmen are in Egypt to coordinate aircraft operations connected with the arrival and departure of United States forces serving with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeepers on the Sinai Peninsula

Airmen from the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's airlift control element ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ras Nasrani Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A soldier watches from an observation tower at the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) South Camp as the sun rises over the Red Sea

A soldier watches from an observation tower at the Multinational Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sharm El Sheikh Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Midshipman 1ST Class Michael Nelms tours the bridge of the Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY while participating in an exchange of observers and crewmen between the Russian ship and the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) during exercise BALTOPS '93. For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. DEYO is serving as flagship for the exercise commander

Midshipman 1ST Class Michael Nelms tours the bridge of the Russian nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Jackie Fallon, a bird handler with the University of Minnesota Raptor Center, Pine View Recreational Area, displays a Bald Eagle for a crowd of observers attending Earth Day activities

Jackie Fallon, a bird handler with the University of Minnesota Raptor ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rob Schuette Release Status: Released to Public ... More

The opening ceremony commences as flag bearers of participating countries march onto W.P.T. Hill Field. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops are Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries are providing observers to the exercise: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Denmark

The opening ceremony commences as flag bearers of participating countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

Katie Stuart helps Dennis Haddow with his flight gear for his upcoming UH-1N Huey helicopter flight to the A-10 Thunderbolt crash site. Both are from the US Forestry Service and are here as observers

Katie Stuart helps Dennis Haddow with his flight gear for his upcoming...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vail State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

AMN Brian Nestby (left), and AMN Recruit Micheal Kartz, (right) monitor flight operations as safety observers aboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). GEORGE WASHINGTON is conducting operations in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

AMN Brian Nestby (left), and AMN Recruit Micheal Kartz, (right) monito...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Sammy Dallal Release Status: ... More

Family members and well wishers gather to bid farewell to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, soldiers preparing for deployment to the Sinai to take part in a Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping mission

Family members and well wishers gather to bid farewell to Fort Campbel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Members of the British Royal Air Force Regiment fire upon targets on the firing range at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in support of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 on October 31st, 2000. US Air Force observers stand behind the British Forces. DEFENDER CHALLENGE is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over six days

Members of the British Royal Air Force Regiment fire upon targets on t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera... More

Members of the Australian Army Multi-National Force and Observers stand placid while wreaths are laid at the El Alamein Cemetery during the Battle of El Alamein Memorial Ceremony, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. The Ceremony commemorated the battle between axis and allied for the control of Egypt during WW II. Participants in the Bright Star Exercise took time out to attend the Memorial Ceremony. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the...

Members of the Australian Army Multi-National Force and Observers stan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Members of the Australian Army Multi-National Force and Observers stand placid while wreaths are laid at the El Alamein Cemetery... More

US Army (USA) observers and controllers watch as soldiers from Foxtrot Company, 1ST Caribbean Battalion , form a defense line in riot gear while confronting a crowd of civilians role-playing as protesters, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antigua

US Army (USA) observers and controllers watch as soldiers from Foxtrot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM Scene Camera Operator: Joseph Bonet, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) observers and judges (foreground) watch as members of the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Kinser Fire Department (far background) prepare and work on injured victims, all wounded by the moulage process, as they participate in a mass casualty exercise on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Kinser (onboard MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler), Okinawa, Japan (JPN), during a simulated medical and decontamination drill conducted as part of a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX). This FPEX is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security and response time throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) and US Navy (USN) observers and judges (foregro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah M. Harman, USMC Release Status: Released to... More

A military observer with the Russian Federation, right,

A military observer with the Russian Federation, right,

A military observer with the Russian Federation, right, watches a demonstration during Exercise Trident Juncutre 2018. Russia is a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and they obs... More

A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited

A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited

A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited the Headquarters of 1 German/Netherlands Corps in Jørstadmoen during Exercise Trident Juncture 2018. They were briefed on exercise Trident Juncture, inc... More

Spc. Jerry Antonio (left,) Staff Sgt. Adrian Sanchez

Spc. Jerry Antonio (left,) Staff Sgt. Adrian Sanchez

Spc. Jerry Antonio (left,) Staff Sgt. Adrian Sanchez (middle left,) both forward observers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, alongside Sgt. Thoma... More

Camouflage - Smoke Screens - Smoke Screen device. French officer demonstrates Fumigene, a cloud forming gas. The gas is contained in a tube and when released forms a heavy smoke screen completely hiding from view objects for several yards around. Those tubes are now used to hide artillery and troop movements from enemy observers

Camouflage - Smoke Screens - Smoke Screen device. French officer demon...

Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Camouflage - Smoke Screens Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - American Embassy, Paris, France, Marshall Plan photogrpaphs

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - American Embassy, Paris, France, Marsh...

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - [PAR-1769 through PAR-1775] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - American Embassy, Paris, France, Marshall Plan photogrpaphs

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - American Embassy, Paris, France, Marsh...

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - [PAR-1769 through PAR-1775] Public domain photograph of politician, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower observers at a bombing range relay target information back to the scoring team on the main base during Operation Gunsmoke '81

Tower observers at a bombing range relay target information back to th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '81 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Visiting observers and crewmen from the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) attend a meeting to discuss the exercise taking place which demonstrate Navy readiness on the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Visiting observers and crewmen from the amphibious assault ship USS PE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Alan J. Skripsky Release Status: Released t... More

American soldiers demonstrate the capabilities of an M113 armored personnel carrier to Egyptian observers during the joint Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83. A .50-cal. Browning machine gun is mounted on the vehicle

American soldiers demonstrate the capabilities of an M113 armored pers...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Joint Service Audiov... More

The landing signal officer directs an incoming plane as observers watch from the landing signal officer's platform aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)

The landing signal officer directs an incoming plane as observers watc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Milton Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Mourners looks on as members of the 101st Airborne Division carry a casket containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., into a hangar for a memorial service. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Mourners looks on as members of the 101st Airborne Division carry a ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Re... More

Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard carry a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, out of a temporary morgue. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battaliion were killed in a plane crash at Gander Airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard carry a casket cont...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A 101st Airborne Division color guard and honor guard stand at attention during an honor ceremony for members of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battaliion were killed in a plane crash at Gander Airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

A 101st Airborne Division color guard and honor guard stand at attenti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Re... More

A 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying the remains of soldiers of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., prepares to take off from Gander Airport en route to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

A 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

The tail boom of a Canadian CH-135 Iroquois helicopter is carried out of a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy at Ben Gurion Airport.  The 60th Military Airlift Wing aircraft airlifted elements of a Canadian helicopter squadron from Edmonton, Canada, to Israel for duty with Multinational Force and Observers

The tail boom of a Canadian CH-135 Iroquois helicopter is carried out ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tel Aviv Country: Israel (ISR) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Australian troops stand by on the flight line before boarding a C-5A Galaxy at Ben Gurion Airport.  The 60th Military Airlift Wing aircraft is picking up elements of an Australian helicopter squadron which has completed a tour of duty with the Multinational Force and Observers.  The C-5A will return the squadron to Canberra, Australia

Australian troops stand by on the flight line before boarding a C-5A G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tel Aviv Country: Israel (ISR) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A K-loader is used to load pallets of equipment into a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy.  The aircraft is picking up elements of a Canadian helicopter squadron assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers.  The C-5A will deliver the squadron to Tel Aviv, Israel

A K-loader is used to load pallets of equipment into a 60th Military A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Canadian CH-135 Iroquois helicopter tail booms and rotor blades sit on the flight line before being loaded into a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy.  The aircraft is picking up elements of a Canadian helicopter squadron assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers.  The C-5A will deliver the squadron to Tel Aviv, Israel

Canadian CH-135 Iroquois helicopter tail booms and rotor blades sit on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Publ... More

TSGT John Paulus of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's airlift control element (ALCE) conducts a radio check near the Ras Nusrani airfield. Paulus is part of a nine-man detachment sent to Egypt to coordinate aircraft operations connected with the arrival and departure of United States forces serving with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeepers on the Sinai Peninsula

TSGT John Paulus of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's airlift control ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ras Nasrani Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A crewman from the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) examines a bulletin board aboard the Russian navy Krivak class frigate BDITELNY during exercise BALTOPS '93. The crewman is taking part in an exchange of observers and crewmen between the two ships. For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. DEYO is serving as flagship for the exercise commander

A crewman from the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) examines a bulletin boa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Line handlers aboard the destroyer USS HAYLER (DD-997) man the lines between their ship and the guided missile frigate USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG-7) during a demonstration of high-line transfer as part of exercise Baltic Operations '94. Naval ships and observers from 15 nations watched this and other demonstrations of seamanship during the U.S. sponsored exercise Baltic Operations '94

Line handlers aboard the destroyer USS HAYLER (DD-997) man the lines b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS 94 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Austrian troops check out a M240G machine gun mounted on a Riverine Assault Craft during a demo at Landing Zone (LZ) Bluebird. This demo was part of the field phase portion of Cooperative Osprey 96. Under the Partnership for Peace program this exercise will provide combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops are Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries are providing observers...

Austrian troops check out a M240G machine gun mounted on a Riverine As...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Austrian troops check out a M240G machine gun mounted on a Riverine Assault Craft during a demo at Landing Zone (LZ) Bluebird. ... More

LT. COL. Terry L. Farrell, U.S. Army Reserve Command G-3, and Exercise Red Dragon Commander, gives a pre-exercise briefing to designated observers from various military outfits, to include Army Public Affairs, the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), and a visiting delegation from the Canadian National Guard.  This is one of many activities in support of Operation Red Dragon, a joint civilian-military exercise to test coordinated response to a simulated nuclear and chemical bomb attack at Fort McCoy, Wis., from June 23, 2005 to June 24, 2005.  (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Brian D. Lehnhardt) (Released)

LT. COL. Terry L. Farrell, U.S. Army Reserve Command G-3, and Exercise...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR S... More

British observers watching effect of artillery fire from top of captured Turkish fortifications. Daur. Mesopotamian campaign

British observers watching effect of artillery fire from top of captur...

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Balloons - Schools - Balloon operations. The balloon at the school carry two observers who work in the air in four hour shifts. Fort Omaha Balloon Station

Balloons - Schools - Balloon operations. The balloon at the school car...

Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: H.P. Brown, Mutual Screen Telegram Balloons - Schools

Airplanes - Hangars - American aeroplane hangar in France. American temporary hangar in France. The hangar is covered with green canvas so that it cannot be seen by German observers

Airplanes - Hangars - American aeroplane hangar in France. American te...

Photographer: Kadel & Herbert Airplanes - Hangars Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A joint service casket team carries the flag draped casket of Leamon R. Hunt from a VC-135 aircraft upon its arrival. Mr. Hunt was the director of the Multi-National Force and Observers headquarters in Rome, Italy

A joint service casket team carries the flag draped casket of Leamon R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James Clawson Release Status: Re... More

Observers attending a combined arms live fire demonstration watch explosions on the firing range during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

Observers attending a combined arms live fire demonstration watch expl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wadi Natrun Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Philip Wigins Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to carry caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., from hearses into a hangar for a memorial service. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to carry caskets contai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Re... More

Soldiers fasten flags to caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., while working in a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Soldiers fasten flags to caskets containing the remains of members of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt. Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Marines receive classroom training as artillery forward observers

Marines receive classroom training as artillery forward observers

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

Soldiers from the 1ST Bn., 9th Infantry, 7th Infantry Div., wait for their gear to be checked before boarding buses for the first leg of their trip home. The soldiers and their unit are serving as peacekeepers in the Sinai desert with the Multinational Force and Observers

Soldiers from the 1ST Bn., 9th Infantry, 7th Infantry Div., wait for t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ras Nasrani Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Perry J. Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

The waist catapult safety observers clear a Strike Fighter Squadron 305 (VFA-305) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft for launch from the No. 4 catapult on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

The waist catapult safety observers clear a Strike Fighter Squadron 30...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Honorable Dr. William Perry, US Secretary of Defense, speaks during the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

The Honorable Dr. William Perry, US Secretary of Defense, speaks durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

US Army Soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, enjoy some personal time prior to boarding an aircraft which is taking them to a six-month deployment in the Sinai in support of a Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping mission

US Army Soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, enjoy some personal tim...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Hundreds of civilian media and military observers gathered at El Omayed beach, Egypt to watch a USN Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) craft come ashore as US, Spanish and Egyptian armed forces conduct amphibious assault operations during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners

Hundreds of civilian media and military observers gathered at El Omaye...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: R... More

US President George W. Bush, with Colonel (COL) Kevin Wilkerson, (right), 2nd Brigade Commander, meets members of the 10th Mountain Division who served with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Peninsula (distinguished by the orange beret) and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The team member are carrying FNMI 7.62 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) (left) and the Colt 5.56 mm M4 Carbine

US President George W. Bush, with Colonel (COL) Kevin Wilkerson, (righ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM Scene Camera Operator: Glenn Wagner, C... More

LT. COL. Terry L. Farrell, U.S. Army Reserve Command G-3, and Exercise Red Dragon Commander, gives a pre-exercise briefing to designated observers from various military outfits, to include Army Public Affairs, the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), and a visiting delegation from the Canadian National Guard.  This is one of many activities in support of Operation Red Dragon, a joint civilian-military exercise to test coordinated response to a simulated nuclear and chemical bomb attack at Fort McCoy, Wis., from June 23, 2005 to June 24, 2005.  (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Brian D. Lehnhardt) (Released)

LT. COL. Terry L. Farrell, U.S. Army Reserve Command G-3, and Exercise...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR S... More

Unit Commanders, observers, and tennant civilian emergency service personnel conduct an After Action Review session hours after the conclusion of exercise operations.  This is one of many activities in support of Operation Red Dragon, a joint civilian-military exercise to test coordinated response to a simulated nuclear and chemical bomb attack at Fort McCoy, Wis., from June 23, 2005 to June 24, 2005.  (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Brian D. Lehnhardt) (Released)

Unit Commanders, observers, and tennant civilian emergency service per...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR S... More

Unit Commanders, observers, and tennant civilian emergency service personnel conduct an After Action Review session hours after the conclusion of exercise operations.  This is one of many activities in support of Operation Red Dragon, a joint civilian-military exercise to test coordinated response to a simulated nuclear and chemical bomb attack at Fort McCoy, Wis., from June 23, 2005 to June 24, 2005.  (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Brian D. Lehnhardt) (Released)

Unit Commanders, observers, and tennant civilian emergency service per...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR S... More

Two soldiers of the United Arab Emirates.  A group

Two soldiers of the United Arab Emirates. A group

Two soldiers of the United Arab Emirates. A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited the Headquarters of 1 German/Netherlands Corps in Jørstadmoen during Exercise Trident Juncture 2018. They wer... More

A Marine low crawls through brush in an effort to locate

A Marine low crawls through brush in an effort to locate

A Marine low crawls through brush in an effort to locate a dummy target during stalk training at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., April 26, 2017. Marines conducted the training in preparation for an upcoming deployment as ... More

Troopers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery

Troopers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery

Troopers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, demonstrate how to operate an M777 Howitzer to German Soldiers from the 131st German Artillery Battalion while participating ... More

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - American Embassy, Paris, France, Marshall Plan photogrpaphs

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - American Embassy, Paris, France, Marsh...

[ECA Observers to Yugoslavia] - [PAR-1769 through PAR-1775] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government

American soldiers demonstrate the capabilities of an M-60A1 main battle tank to Egyptian observers during the joint Exercise Bright Star '83

American soldiers demonstrate the capabilities of an M-60A1 main battl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Joint Service Audiov... More

A joint service casket team carries the flag draped casket of Leamon R. Hunt from a VC-135 aircraft upon its arrival. Mr. Hunt was the director of the Multi-National Force and Observers headquarters in Rome, Italy

A joint service casket team carries the flag draped casket of Leamon R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James Clawson Release Status: Re... More

Mourners attend a memorial service for members of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division who were killed in a plane crash at Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada on December 12, 1985. The 3rd Battalion were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Mulinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Mourners attend a memorial service for members of the 3rd Battalion, 5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt. Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: R... More

Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard carry a casket containing remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., into a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the Gander Airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard carry a casket cont...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

MGEN John S. Crosby, assistant deputy chief of staff, personnel, observes as soldiers carry caskets containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., out of a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

MGEN John S. Crosby, assistant deputy chief of staff, personnel, obser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

MGEN John S. Crosby, assistant deputy chief of staff, personnel, observes as soldiers in a temporary morgue at Gander Airport prepare caskets containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., for transportation to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

MGEN John S. Crosby, assistant deputy chief of staff, personnel, obser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A soldier adjusts a flag covering a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., while working in a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

A soldier adjusts a flag covering a casket containing the remains of a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Soldiers carry a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., out of a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Soldiers carry a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, carry their packs and rifles aboard an aircraft as they depart for peacekeeping duty with the Multinational Force and Observers on on the Sinai Peninsula

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, carry their packs and rifle...

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

CPT Dave Remendowski, left, SSGT Dave Rauer, center, and SSGT Joe Waddington relax on the beach near the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) South Camp. The airmen, members of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's airlift control element (ALCE), are in Egypt to coordinate aircraft operations connected with the arrival and departure of United States forces serving with the MFO peacekeepers on the Sinai Peninsula

CPT Dave Remendowski, left, SSGT Dave Rauer, center, and SSGT Joe Wadd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sharm El Sheikh Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

LT Eric Hansen, the medical officer of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197), watches as a West African officer adjusts his camera as they pull into Pointe Noire for the first port call of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Several officers from West African nations traveled aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the annual cruise

LT Eric Hansen, the medical officer of the tank landing ship USS BARNS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pointe Noire Country: Congo(COG) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

While standing at the rail of the Russian navy Krivak I frigate BDITELNY, Midshipman 1ST Class Michael Nelms and a pair of Russian officers watch the German navy frigate FGS KARLSRUHE (F-212) pass by during exercise BALTOPS '93. Nelms is taking part in an exchange of observers and crewmen between the Russian ship and the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989)

While standing at the rail of the Russian navy Krivak I frigate BDITEL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Representatives from Partner Nations are presented with medals and guidons at the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

Representatives from Partner Nations are presented with medals and gui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

Representatives from the Partner Nations carry their respective flags during the closing ceremony. Under the Partnership for Peace program, this exercise provided combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with emphasis on individual and collective skills. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing troops were Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries provided observers to the exercise: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, and Denmark

Representatives from the Partner Nations carry their respective flags ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

Observers/Controllers, teaching, coaching and mentoring soldiers at the Joint Readiness Training Center. The soldiers are dress in camouflaged fatigues and camouflage paint. One soldier is carrying a backpack and three others are wearing camouflaged helmets

Observers/Controllers, teaching, coaching and mentoring soldiers at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Raymond A. Barnard Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Forward observers of the 1/41st Field Artillery Battalion call in fire

Forward observers of the 1/41st Field Artillery Battalion call in fire

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft, ... More

Exercise Director Kazakhstan Colonel Nikolia Pospelov welcomes observers, including United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mr. Richard Jones, to an international mass jump into Kazakhstan. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the US and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to prepare for the the start of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including ...

Exercise Director Kazakhstan Colonel Nikolia Pospelov welcomes observe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Exercise Director Kazakhstan Colonel Nikolia Pospelov welcomes observers, including United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan Mr. ... More

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) Michael Betsch onboard the Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate USS CURTS (FFG 38) watches as the ship makes its way past the Indian Navy offshore patrol ship INS SUKANYA (P 50) upon arrival at Chennai, India. The CURTS is here for a four-day port visit and associated participation in the third SOUTH ASIA SEARCH and RESCUE EXERCISE (SAREX). SAREX is a multilateral exercise designed to train exercise participants and enhance cooperation on regional nighttime search and rescue procedures; the exercise included forces and observers from India, La Reunion, Mauritius, Maldives, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and the United States

US Navy (USN) ENSIGN (ENS) Michael Betsch onboard the Oliver Hazard Pe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chennai Country: India (IND) Scene Camera Operator: LTJG Leonardo Giovannelli, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

A US Navy (USN) boarding team from the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) [not shown] boards the Peruvian Amphibious Assault Ship BAP ETEN (BT-144) during Pacific Phase exercises of UNITAS (United International Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise) 45-04. Naval forces from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and observers from Mexico and Canada are participating in UNITAS 45-04, the premier naval exercise in the region, conducted under the direction of Commander US Naval Forces Southern Command and hosted this year by the Peruvian Navy

A US Navy (USN) boarding team from the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC David Fliesen, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Army (USA) Soldier, with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, maintains security at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), during an Aeromedical Evacuation training exercise. Aeromedical Evacuation training is conducted at the JRTC so that joint forces can participate under realistically accurate scenarios and conditions replicating the initial phases of a contingency, to include: deployment from home stations; staging at an intermediate base area; onward deployment by air, land, and ground convoy and initial combat employment. Overseen by a cadre of skilled observers and controllers, this quarterly exercise tests the abilities of the forward-deployed medical...

A US Army (USA) Soldier, with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, maintains securit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Army (USA) Soldier, with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, maintains security at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk... More

A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited

A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited

A group of observers of the Partnership For Peace visited the Headquarters of 1 German/Netherlands Corps in Jørstadmoen during Exercise Trident Juncture 2018. They were briefed on exercise Trident Juncture, inc... More

Troopers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery

Troopers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery

Troopers assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, demonstrate how to operate an M777 Howitzer to German Soldiers from the 131st German Artillery Battalion while participating ... More

Visiting observers and crewmen from the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) attend a picnic on the pier during a series of exercises taking place to demonstrate Navy readiness on the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Visiting observers and crewmen from the amphibious assault ship USS PE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Alan J. Skripsky Release Status: Released t... More

A 101st Airborne Division honor guard helps hold a casket containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the Gander Airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

A 101st Airborne Division honor guard helps hold a casket containing t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., fill a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in plane crash at Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Re... More

Members of the U.S. Army Combat Pictorial Detachment carry a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., out of a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

Members of the U.S. Army Combat Pictorial Detachment carry a casket co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Arnold W. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A landscape is projected onto a screen during a class for Marines training to be artillery forward observers

A landscape is projected onto a screen during a class for Marines trai...

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

Two fuel trucks refuel a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy on the flight line.  The aircraft is at the base to pick up elements of a Canadian helicopter squadron assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers.  The C-5A will deliver the squadron to Tel Aviv, Israel

Two fuel trucks refuel a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy on the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A Canadian CH-135 Iroquois helicopter is unloaded from a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy at Ben Gurion Airport.  The aircraft airlifted elements of a Canadian helicopter squadron from Edmonton, Canada, to Israel for duty with Multinational Force and Observers

A Canadian CH-135 Iroquois helicopter is unloaded from a 60th Military...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tel Aviv Country: Israel (ISR) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Steve Talley, left, 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and Captain (CPT) Alan Gardner, right, 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, act as safety observers during aircraft target practice at the Bardenas Reales GUNNERY Range

First Lieutenant (1LT) Steve Talley, left, 313th Tactical Fighter Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Marine holds his M-16A2 rifle out of the water as he crosses a stream at the Northern Training Area (NTA) during a demonstration for observers from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force

A Marine holds his M-16A2 rifle out of the water as he crosses a strea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gray Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

AIRMAN 1ST Class Brett Lippert, a weather observer with the 11th Weather Squadron, Detachment 1, establishes radio contact with a remote observation tower at the base. Elmendorf is one of the few Air Force bases with observers who monitor the weather continuously, because of hard-to-predict fog and other severe conditions

AIRMAN 1ST Class Brett Lippert, a weather observer with the 11th Weath...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna, USAF Release Sta... More

A view of the front gate of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) South Camp

A view of the front gate of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sharm El Sheikh Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 17th Inf., 6th Inf. Div., dip their unit guidons during a ceremony at the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) South Camp. The battalion arrived on march 13 to relieve 2nd Bn., 505th Inf., 82nd Airborne Div., as the U.S. force serving with MFO peackeepers on the Sinai Peninsula

Soldiers from 1ST Bn., 17th Inf., 6th Inf. Div., dip their unit guidon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sharm El Sheikh Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A Marine first lieutenant explains the opeartion of an M-60E3 machine gun to 1LT Lucien Dzou on the flight deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

A Marine first lieutenant explains the opeartion of an M-60E3 machine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

1LT Tiburce Zonon prepares to fire an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during weapons training aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197). Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise

1LT Tiburce Zonon prepares to fire an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pointe Noire Country: Congo(COG) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Sailors from the Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY climb aboard the destroyer USS DEYO (DD-989) from a rigid-hull inflatable boat as part of an exchange of observers and crewmen during exercise BALTOPS '93. For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. DEYO is serving as flagship for the exercise commander

Sailors from the Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY climb ab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

US Marines salute prior to presenting participating Partner Nations with medals and guidons at the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

US Marines salute prior to presenting participating Partner Nations wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA... More

General John J. Sheehan, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, Commander in CHIEF, US Atlantic Command, speaks during the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

General John J. Sheehan, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, Commander...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

US Marines prepare to present representatives of Partner Nations with medals and guidons at the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

US Marines prepare to present representatives of Partner Nations with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) carry COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Company Commanders to the front of their perspective companies during the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) carry COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Company Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

US Marines prepare to present representatives of Partner Nations, medals and guidons at the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

US Marines prepare to present representatives of Partner Nations, meda...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

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