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Two airmen scan the surrounding area from a hilltop observation post. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Two airmen scan the surrounding area from a hilltop observation post. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Roy W. Allison Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A flight crewman watches as airmen load supplies aboard a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter. The supplies will be taken to U.S. military personnel who have been stranded at outlying locations as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

A flight crewman watches as airmen load supplies aboard a Marine Corps...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A port quarter view of the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) underway while providing logistical support during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the ships of Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group (MARG) 2-90 have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A port quarter view of the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) underway...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A view of artwork entitled "Rebel" on the nose of a B-1B Lancer aircraft

A view of artwork entitled "Rebel" on the nose of a B-1B Lancer aircra...

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

An ethnic Albanian rebel with the National Liberation Army (NLA) is loaded into transport truck for a ride to a detention center at Zegra Fire Base in Kosovo, during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN II

An ethnic Albanian rebel with the National Liberation Army (NLA) is lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Thomas A. Lee, USA Release Status: Released ... More

Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment

Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment

Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment learn the techniques to properly form the knots the Marines will need during Mountain Warfare Training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron check on a wounded Afghan rebel before he is taken aboard an aircraft for a flight to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron check on a wounded ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

A pallet of supplies is passed on a wire highline rig between the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an underway replenishment is conducted off the coast of Liberia during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A pallet of supplies is passed on a wire highline rig between the flee...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) check their equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while waiting to board a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) check their e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approaches the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as the utility landing craft LCU-1643 backs out of the SAIPAN's well deck during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approaches the amphibious assault sh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) stand by to board a helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) stand by to b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) fill their magazines with ammunition before boarding helicopters for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Marines on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A member of a rebel faction controlling the area listens as Red Cross workers coordinate delivery of supplies for the country's refugees. Meals-ready-eat (MREs) are being unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-5A Galaxy aircraft and loaded aboard Red Cross vehicles for distribution to those suffering due to the country's civil unrest. The MREs are excess military supplies and are made available by authority of the McCallum Program and the DOD Excess Property Program

A member of a rebel faction controlling the area listens as Red Cross ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ed Boyce Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division attach their parachute static lines to the anchor cable aboard a C-130E Hercules aircraft of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1. Rebel Hog is an operational readiness inspection for the 317th TAW. The photograph was taken using night vision equipment.

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division attach their parachute stat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chuck Reger Rel... More

Airmen work in the transportation control center during exercise Rebel Hog 92-1, an operational readiness inspection for the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing.

Airmen work in the transportation control center during exercise Rebel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

C-130E Hercules aircraft are parked near the cargo marshalling area during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1, an operational readiness inspection for the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing.

C-130E Hercules aircraft are parked near the cargo marshalling area du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to Communications Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, fires 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons, while conducting training on the Rebel Range at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan on August 8, 2004. The Battalion is currently in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Justin M. Mason) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to Communications Platoon, 3rd Batt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Ke... More

U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Ryan L. Novak (left), and PFC. Jason L. Sloan, both assigned to 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, fires a 7.62 mm M240G machine gun on the Rebel Range at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan on August 8, 2004. The Battalion is currently in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Justin M. Mason) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Ryan L. Novak (left), and PFC. Jason L. Sloan, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Ke... More

TSGT Thomas Taylor, left, and SSGT Robert Ammons of the 1961st Communications Group stand guard at an entrance to the base communications center. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

TSGT Thomas Taylor, left, and SSGT Robert Ammons of the 1961st Communi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lifts off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft passes the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as the utility landing craft LCU-1658 backs out of the SAIPAN's well deck during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft passes the amphibious assault ship U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) pick up their equipment before boarding a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) aboard the am...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft backs out of the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft backs out of the well deck of the am...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

TECH. SGT. Rudy Olague, 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) target intelligence branch, transfers drop zone map coordinates to a satellite photograph during Exercise Rebel Hog '92-1, an operational readiness inspection for the 317th TAW.

TECH. SGT. Rudy Olague, 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) target intel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

SRA Sharon L. Roy of the 317th Security Police Squadron and Rat, her working dog, track a suspected "burglar" during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1, an operational readiness inspection for the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing.

SRA Sharon L. Roy of the 317th Security Police Squadron and Rat, her w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

US Marine Corps Captain Sojourner, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force Tactical Exercise Contingencey Group, makes radio contact with other rebel force roll players prior to an amphibious assault landing during RIMPAC '96 at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

US Marine Corps Captain Sojourner, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force Tact...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza Jr.... More

Members of the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, G-7, Tactical Exercise Contingency Group with M16 rifles and gear prepare to play the roll of rebel forces and provided resistance to US forces arriving from the sea during RIMPAC '96 taking place at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

Members of the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, G-7, Tactical Exercise ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza Jr.... More

Personnel assigned to an outlying radar installation unload supplies from a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter. The installation has been closed off as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

Personnel assigned to an outlying radar installation unload supplies f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

U.S. Air Force security policemen load a case of M-72 light anti-armor weapons (LAAWs) into a Filipino UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. The ordnance is being provided to help the Filipino government put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

U.S. Air Force security policemen load a case of M-72 light anti-armor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Roy W. Allison Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A flight crewman from a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter approaches the driver of an Air Force M-13K rough terrain forklift. The helicopter is picking up supplies that will be taken to U.S. military personnel who have been stranded at outlying locations as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

A flight crewman from a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter ap...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

The utility landing craft LCU-1653 heads for shore with a load of light armored vehicles (LAVs) and other Marine vehicles during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

The utility landing craft LCU-1653 heads for shore with a load of ligh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) signals to crewmen aboard the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) prior to an underway replenishment off the coast of Liberia during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) signals...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A Marine flight crewman checks the main rotor of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A Marine flight crewman checks the main rotor of a UH-1N Iroquois heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) departs the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

Local residents gather outside the Presidential Palace near a tank abandoned following a battle between rebel forces and the government

Local residents gather outside the Presidential Palace near a tank aba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ed Boyce Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

The loadmaster of a 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) C-130E Hercules checks the door of his aircraft prior to an airdrop by 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1. Rebel Hog is an operational readiness inspection for the 317th TAW. The photograph was taken using night vision equipment.

The loadmaster of a 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) C-130E Hercules ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chuck Reger Rel... More

Rebel Defenses of Galveston and Vicinity, Surveyed and Drawn by order of G. L. Gillespie, Brevet Major & Chief Engineer, Miliary Division of the Gulf, Under the Direction of Lt. S. E. McGregory, Comdg. Topl. Party, Oct. 1865.

Rebel Defenses of Galveston and Vicinity, Surveyed and Drawn by order ...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Map of the Rebel Lines at Raleigh, N.C., Evacuated April 13th, 1865, upon the approach of the Army commanded by Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, U.S.A. Reduced under the direction of Capt. O. M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, Bvt. Brig. Gen., U.S.A. & Chief Engineer, Mil. Div. Miss. From captured Rebel map. B. Drayton, Draughtsman.

Map of the Rebel Lines at Raleigh, N.C., Evacuated April 13th, 1865, u...

"Fortifications Map File" Plans of Military Forts

SRA Charles Hawman watches over a portion of the base from a hillside. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

SRA Charles Hawman watches over a portion of the base from a hillside....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A U.S. Air Force major watches as a Filipino general signs for several cases of ordnance. The ordnance is being provided to help the Filipino government put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

A U.S. Air Force major watches as a Filipino general signs for several...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Roy W. Allison Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Members of an Army unit wait for transportation after being stranded at the Filipino army post when rebel factions at the Filipino armed forces attempted a coup against the government in Manila. The soldiers were at Fort Misasai to take part in exercise Balikatan '90, which was cancelled as a result of the coup attempt

Members of an Army unit wait for transportation after being stranded a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Misasai Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) sits at the edge of the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while waiting to board a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd MEU are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) sits at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A port quarter view of the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) underway while providing logistical support during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the ships of Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group (MARG) 2-90 have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A port quarter view of the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) underway...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) depart the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division wait to board C-130E Hercules aircraft for a mass airdrop during Exercise Rebel Hog '92-1, an operational readiness inspection for the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing.

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division wait to board C-130E Hercul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

A civilian bus is checked over before being allowed to enter the front gate. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

A civilian bus is checked over before being allowed to enter the front...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony Lambert Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Personnel assigned to an outlying installation unload supplies from a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter. The installation has been closed off as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

Personnel assigned to an outlying installation unload supplies from a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter departs an outlying radar installation after delivering a load of supplies. The installation has been closed off as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

A Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter departs an outlying rada...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 3rd Security Police Squadron and the Army's 25th Infantry Division (Light) fill sand bags as they prepare a position near a fuel depot. U.S. Army troops that were in the Philippines for an exercise have been called upon to augment base security forces as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Members of the 3rd Security Police Squadron and the Army's 25th Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

PFC James Holyfield and SSG Sam Zachardia of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) stand on the roof of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to look over the perimeter wall. U.S. Army troops that were in the Philippines for an exercise have been called upon to augment base security forces as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

PFC James Holyfield and SSG Sam Zachardia of the 25th Infantry Divisio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Military personnel fill out information cards after arriving from an outlying installation. The personnel were evacuated to Clark Air Base as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

Military personnel fill out information cards after arriving from an o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony Lambert Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter idles in a landing zone as it waits to pick up members of an Army unit that was stranded at the Filipino army post when rebel factions at the Filipino armed forces attempted a coup against the government in Manila. The soldiers were at Fort Misasai to take part in exercise Balikatan '90, which was cancelled as a result of the coup attempt

A Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter idles in a landing zone ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Misasai Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A British HAS, Mark 2 Lynx helicopter comes in to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A British HAS, Mark 2 Lynx helicopter comes in to land aboard the amph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Marines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment,

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, practice form knots together during Mountain Warfare Training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 4, 2016. The ... More

Lance Corporal Alex Zamarron a rifleman with Company

Lance Corporal Alex Zamarron a rifleman with Company

Lance Corporal Alex Zamarron a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment starts his portable stove to heat water to prepare lunch for himself and his fellow Marine during Mountain Warfare Trai... More

Members of the 3rd Security Police Squadron and the Army's 25th Infantry Division (Light) stand near an M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as they prepare to set up an observation post near the base perimeter. U.S. Army troops that were in the Philippines for an exercise have been called upon to augment base security forces as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Members of the 3rd Security Police Squadron and the Army's 25th Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lifts off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) stand by to board a helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) stand by to b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Sailors on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) escort some of the American civilians who were evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to avoid the fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Sailors on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

C-130E Hercules aircraft of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) taxi into position to take off on a night airdrop mission during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1. Rebel Hog is an operational readiness inspection for the 317th TAW. The photograph was taken using night vision equipment.

C-130E Hercules aircraft of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) taxi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

A close up of the back of the helmet of Lance CPL. J. A. (Rebel) Molina, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, as he mans a .50 caliber machine gun on top of a light armored vehicle (LAV) takes part in two days of training on the Naval Base. The Marines are presently stationed aboard USS NASSAU as part of the operation

A close up of the back of the helmet of Lance CPL. J. A. (Rebel) Molin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Carol J. Cline Release ... More

US Marine Corps Private First Class Brian Feldhiser leans an anti-tank weapon while participating as a rebel in RIMPAC '96 at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

US Marine Corps Private First Class Brian Feldhiser leans an anti-tank...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza Jr.... More

Retired U.S. Army Col. Tom Phlegar, a part-time

Retired U.S. Army Col. Tom Phlegar, a part-time

Retired U.S. Army Col. Tom Phlegar, a part-time Revolutionary War reenactor, has a laugh with Col. Lewis F. Long III, the G3/5/7 for the 108th Training Command at the 108th Training Command headquarters in Char... More

Private Firist Class Michael Trickey, a team leader

Private Firist Class Michael Trickey, a team leader

Private Firist Class Michael Trickey, a team leader with Company L, 3rd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment, lays in the prone behind cover to provide security during Mountain Warfare Training at Marine Corps Mountai... More

Private Frist Class Anthony Regueira a machine gunner

Private Frist Class Anthony Regueira a machine gunner

Private Frist Class Anthony Regueira a machine gunner with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, rests with his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a break in a movement to contact at Marine Corps Mount... More

COL. Robert Gilmore, center left, Commander, 7100th Combat Support Wing Hospital, and others check on a wounded Afghan rebel before he is taken aboard an aircraft for a flight to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

COL. Robert Gilmore, center left, Commander, 7100th Combat Support Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Two Filipino UH-1 Iroquois helicopters prepare for takeoff after picking up several cases of ordnance provided by the U.S. government. The ordnance is being provided to help the Filipino government put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Two Filipino UH-1 Iroquois helicopters prepare for takeoff after picki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Roy W. Allison Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A member of the 3rd Security Police Group checks a driver's identification card at a flight line entry control point. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

A member of the 3rd Security Police Group checks a driver's identifica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

LT James Glackin, left, of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) briefs civilian guard Modesto Pascual and SGT Rodney Williams of the 3rd Security Police Squadron. U.S. Army troops that were in the Philippines for an exercise have been called upon to augment base security forces as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

LT James Glackin, left, of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) briefs c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an AV-8B Harrier aircraft is readied for takeoff during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 26...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines working for the Combat Cargo Office aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) carry baggage aboard a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Marines working for the Combat Cargo Office aboard the amphibious assa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Local residents walk past a T-55 main battle tank stranded outside the Presidential Palace following a battle between rebel forces and the government

Local residents walk past a T-55 main battle tank stranded outside the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ed Boyce Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A "rebel" soldier, US Marine Lance Corporal Jami A. Bradshaw prepares for the arrival of a US forces Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) during a simulated amphibious assault during RIMPAC '96 taking place at Pacific Missle Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

A "rebel" soldier, US Marine Lance Corporal Jami A. Bradshaw prepares ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza Jr.... More

Abraham Bangura a 15-year old survivor of a rebel during the Sierra Leone civil wars, speaks with US Air Force (USAF) Special Agent (SA) Vance Little (left) and SA George Breed, both assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), deployed with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AGE), at Lungi Sierra Leone, during Joint Task Force Liberia (JTF Liberia). Abraham watched as rebels Killed his father in his small village of Kono, they then wrapped his hands in plastic bags, dowsed them with petrol and set them on fire in fear he would try and avenge his father. He now lives in Kungi with his mother and sister who were luckily visiting relatives when the rebels...

Abraham Bangura a 15-year old survivor of a rebel during the Sierra Le...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Abraham Bangura a 15-year old survivor of a rebel attack during the Sierra Leone civil wars, speaks with US Air Force (USAF) Spe... More

Instructors show Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine

Instructors show Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine

Instructors show Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, the proper belaying techniques at the start of Mountain Warfare Training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., O... More

Security personnel guard a closed pedestrian gate to the base. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Security personnel guard a closed pedestrian gate to the base. A heigh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft move toward the open well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft move toward the open well deck of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 26...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, G-7, Tactical Exercise Contingency Group played the roll of rebel forces and provided resistance to US forces arriving from the sea during RIMPAC '96 taking place at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii

Members of the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, G-7, Tactical Exercise ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza Jr.... More

Private (PVT) Georgi Krumov, with the Bulgaria (BG) Army Special Forces restrains a simulated rebel soldier captured in a combined rescue exercise by French, British and Bulgaria (BG) Forces while participating in exercise Cooperative Key 2003. Cooperative Key 03, is designed to promote an operational dialogue between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and partner nations

Private (PVT) Georgi Krumov, with the Bulgaria (BG) Army Special Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Koren Range Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt John M. Foster, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

Vehicles are checked over before being allowed to enter the front gate. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Vehicles are checked over before being allowed to enter the front gate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An airman mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as a U.S. Air Force security team stands guard near a Filipino air force F.27 Friendship aircraft. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

An airman mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted atop an M998 Hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Roy W. Allison Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approach the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the utility landing craft LCU-1643 pulls away from the SAIPAN's well deck during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approach the amphibious assault shi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Supplies are staged on the deck of the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) before being passed on a wire highline rig to the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an underway replenishment is conducted off the coast of Liberia during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Supplies are staged on the deck of the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are led aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are led aboar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Maintenance crewmen aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) work on an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Maintenance crewmen aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Marines on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) fill their magazines with ammunition before boarding helicopters for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of the fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Marines on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A member of a rebel faction currently controlling the area watches as pallets of supplies are unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-5A Galaxy aircraft. The boxes contain meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) which are being delivery to the Red Cross for distribution to refugees suffering due to the country's civil unrest. The MREs are excess military supplies and are made available by authority of the McCallum Program and the DOD Excess Property Program

A member of a rebel faction currently controlling the area watches as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ed Boyce Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division rest while en route to a drop zone aboard a C-130E Hercules aircraft of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1. Rebel Hog is an operational readiness inspection for the 317th TAW.

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division rest while en route to a dr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT H.H. Deffner Re... More

A United States Army (USA) Task Force Falcon (TFF) soldier checks an ethnic Albanian rebel of the National Liberation Army (NLA) for any hidden contrabands, during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN II

A United States Army (USA) Task Force Falcon (TFF) soldier checks an e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Thomas A. Lee, USA Release Status: Released ... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment, conduct a raid on a suspected Fedayeen rebel's home in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment, conduc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Kieran Moore, USA Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Map of Galveston, Texas, Showing the Rebel Line of Works. Surveyed and Drawn by order of G. L. Gillespie, Brevet Major and Chief Engr., Mil. Div. of the Gulf, Under the Direction of Lt. S. E. McGregory, Comdg. Topl. Party, by Pl. St. Vignes, Asst.

Map of Galveston, Texas, Showing the Rebel Line of Works. Surveyed and...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Members of the 3rd Security Police Squadron and the Army's 25th Infantry Division (Light) fill sand bags near an M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as they prepare a position near a fuel depot. U.S. Army troops that were in the Philippines for an exercise have been called upon to augment base security forces as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

Members of the 3rd Security Police Squadron and the Army's 25th Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Members of an Army unit wait near a bunker for transportation after being stranded at the Filipino army post when rebel factions at the Filipino armed forces attempted a coup against the government in Manila. The soldiers were at Fort Misasai to take part in exercise Balikatan '90, which was cancelled as a result of the coup attempt

Members of an Army unit wait near a bunker for transportation after be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Misasai Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Airmen form a line to pass supplies into the cargo area of a helicopter. The helicopter will transport the supplies to U.S. military personnel who have been stranded at outlying locations as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces

Airmen form a line to pass supplies into the cargo area of a helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A member of a U.S. Air Force security team mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) parked on the edge of a road. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces

A member of a U.S. Air Force security team mans the M-2 .50-caliber ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Roy W. Allison Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A pallet of supplies is passed on a wire highline rig between the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an underway replenishment is conducted off the coast of Liberia during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A pallet of supplies is passed on a wire highline rig between the flee...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) carry tie-down chains away from an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) as flight operations are conducted during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

Flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

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