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Vice Admiral (VADM) John H. Fetterman Jr., center, Commander, Naval Air Force, United States (US) Pacific Fleet, listens as a translator relays the remarks of Admiral (ADM) Gennadiy Khvatov, left, Commander of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. Three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet are in San Diego for a five-day goodwill visit

Vice Admiral (VADM) John H. Fetterman Jr., center, Commander, Naval Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James Davis Release Statu... More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Untitled Category: Directors Choice Place: 3rd Place Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Human Exploitation Team Interrogator Translator, Sergeant Billy Montgomery uses his secondary language, Arabic to speak with a Bedouin shepherd while conducting daily range sweeps during exercise Eager Mace 98-1 in Kuwait. Montgomery alert Kuwait locals of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps training taking place

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Untitled Category...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 98-1 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Mike Wentzel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Hector Colon (left) and Carlos Rivera, US Army South (USARSO) Electronic Mechanics, help Ecuadorian Army soldiers construct a translator's booth during the setup phase of Peacekeeping Operations South 2001

Hector Colon (left) and Carlos Rivera, US Army South (USARSO) Electron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quito Country: Ecuador (ECU) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHCOM Scene Camera Operator: Kim B. Pardue, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion uses an Arabic Translator to communicate with local Afghani citizen outside of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Members of the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion delivered USA tents to be used as temporary school housing for the children in the area

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Rel... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion and a local Afghani Translator, help school children to offload tents from a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a High School outside of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The tents are being distributed for use as temporary school housing for the children in the area

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Rel... More

An Afghani translator relates information to an injured Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldier, as he receives treatment from US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 947th Forward Surgical Team (FST) inside the Army Medical Center at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The ANA Soldier was injured in a truck accident outside the Base

An Afghani translator relates information to an injured Afghanistan Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... More

A Polish dignitary (left) speaks during the Relief in Place (RIP) Ceremony while a translator (right) reads his message in English, as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) relinquish authority to the Polish lead coalition forces, during a ceremony at Camp Babylon, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Polish dignitary (left) speaks during the Relief in Place (RIP) Cere...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC Release Status: Relea... More

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Jared Vineyard, Fire Support Officer (FSO), Alpha Company (A CO) 2-6 Infantry Division (ID), and an Iraqi translator, search through a house inside the Monther Al Shawi Mosque, in the Salhiya neighborhood, in search of Imam Adris Omar and to gather various anti-coalition materials as evidence, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Due to prior statements against Forces, Imam Adris Omar is in violation of Provisional Authority's public notice regarding public incitement to violence and disorder dated June 5, 2003. The notice states: anyone making a prohibited pronouncement in public place will be subject to immediate detention by...

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Jared Vineyard, Fire Support Offi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Jared Vineyard, Fire Support Officer (FSO), Alpha Company (A CO) 2-6 Infantry Division (ID)... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Craig Tucker (left), Commanding Officer (CO), Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), talks to the Battalion Commander (right) of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) with the help of a translator at the Security Meeting in Al Asad, Iraq (IRQ). The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar province in Iraq

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Craig Tucker (left), Commanding O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Mar Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Michael R. Mcmaugh, USMC Release Statu... More

U.S. Army MAJ. Roy Ruhele (center), physician assistant, from the 729th Forward Support Battalion Maryland Army National Guard listen to a local woman with the help of a translator, during a Medical readiness exercise (MEDRETE) in Anaimatejed School in Barahona, Dominican Republic on March 22, 2006. New Horizons 06 is a humanitarian assistance project held in Barahona, Dominican Republic that will benefit the rural towns and populace with the construction of 4 clinics and basic medical care. NH06 is sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and executed by U.S. Army South alongside the Government of the Dominican Republic. (U.S. Army photo by Miguel A. Negron) (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Roy Ruhele (center), physician assistant, from the 729t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON Base: Santa Clara State: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM) Scene Camera Operator: Miguel A. Negron, USA... More

COL David Kiernan, second from right, chief of information, U.S. Army, meets the commanders of the Soviet army's Tamanskaya Division at the division's base outside Moscow.CAPT Victor Bereznoy, center, is the translator for the three-man U.S. delegation visiting the base as part of a U.S./Soviet exchange program

COL David Kiernan, second from right, chief of information, U.S. Army,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: U.S.S.R.(SUN) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 (Sw) Joe Bartlett Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Marine Corps Lieutenant General Hailston (Left), Commanding General for III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and his Thai speaking translator give a speach to the Mayor of Nikhon Si Thammarat and the Thai people (Audience not shown), during the Cobra Gold 2000 banquet, at the Twin Lotus Hotel in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

US Marine Corps Lieutenant General Hailston (Left), Commanding General...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Nikhon Si Thammarat Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release S... More

Mr. Hector Lopez, US Army South Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Operations (USARSO DCSOPS) Exercise Division, and Scenario Co-director for Peacekeeping Operations-South 2001, discusses translation procedures with Maria-Belen Misle, a contract translator during the during the Initial Planning Conference which is being held in Quito, Ecuador

Mr. Hector Lopez, US Army South Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Operations (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quito Country: Ecuador (ECU) Scene Camera Operator: Kaye Richey, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

An Ecuadorian Army soldier helps US Army South (USARSO) Electronic Mechanic, Guillermo Santiago, construct a wooden translator's booth, during the setup phase of Peacekeeping Operations South 2001

An Ecuadorian Army soldier helps US Army South (USARSO) Electronic Mec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quito Country: Ecuador (ECU) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHCOM Scene Camera Operator: Kim B. Pardue, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Norwegian KFOR (Kosovo Force) National Contingent Commander (NCC) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Dahl, reads a speech to reopen a school rebuilt by Task Force Fox (TFF) at a ceremony in Petrovec, Macedonia. Standing to his right is Mr. Hasan, Principal, and to his left, NATO translator Ms. Milena Nikolic

Norwegian KFOR (Kosovo Force) National Contingent Commander (NCC) Lieu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Petrovec Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Major Command Shown: Civilians Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jason D, Becksted, Usmc Release Status: Relea... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) officials and their translator meet outside Gate 6, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, at the start of an observation tour of Camp Foster during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX), which is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) officials and their transla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

U.S. Navy SEAMAN Vincent Mendez, Hospitalman attached to the Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship, the USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) and a local translator records patient information. The USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) which operated off the coast of Kupang, Indonesia provided humanitarian assistance to local residents. Aug. 21, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Timothy F. Sosa) (Released)

U.S. Navy SEAMAN Vincent Mendez, Hospitalman attached to the Military ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Timothy F. Sosa, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Memphis, Tenn. , May 26, 2011 -- Juan Romo, a volunteer with United Housing, Inc, and Ivette Baldizon, Certified Spanish Translator - go through housing resources for shelter residents. FEMA is assisting country and TEMA in the shelter transitioning. Marilee Caliendo/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Memphis, Tenn. , May 26, 2011 -- Juan Romo, ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Shelter Transitioning Production Date: 05/26/2011 Caption: Memphis, Tenn. , May 26, 2011 -- Juan Romo, a volunteer with United Housing, Inc, and Ivette Baldizo... More

Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2013 -- Using a cell phone, a FEMA translator assists a survivor through the registration process from his home. FEMA is responding to wide spread flooding as a result of severe storms and straightline winds during April and May 2013. David Fine/FEMA

Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2013 -- Using a cell phone, a FEMA translator a...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: David Fine City/State: Chicago, IL Disaster Types: Flooding ^ Severe Storm Categories: Community Relations... More

After more than six years, Robert Ham finally welcomed

After more than six years, Robert Ham finally welcomed

After more than six years, Robert Ham finally welcomed friend and former interpreter Saifullah Haqmal to San Antonio, Feb. 16. Ham, now an Army Reserve staff sergeant with the 311th Sustainment Command (Expedit... More

Staff Sgt. Robert Ham (right) poses with Afghan interpreter

Staff Sgt. Robert Ham (right) poses with Afghan interpreter

Staff Sgt. Robert Ham (right) poses with Afghan interpreter Saifullah Haqmal. Six years later, Haqmal and his family finally secured American visas with the help of Ham and many others. (Photo courtesy of Staff... More

A translator speaks with a rescue worker during an international disaster relief effort following a major earthquake

A translator speaks with a rescue worker during an international disas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mexico City State: Distrito Federal Country: Mexico (MEX) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A crew from a local television station conducts an interview of a Marine translator and two Soviet sailors. The Soviets are attending a barbecue and rodeo hosted by the Marines during a five-day goodwill visit to the San Diego area by three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet

A crew from a local television station conducts an interview of a Mari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael Poche Release... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bill Maus, 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group (ECRG), speaks through a translator to local town merchants during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bill Maus, 86th Expeditionary Contingency Respo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manas International Airport Country: Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera O... More

Brigadier General (BGEN) Mark A. Volcheff, Commander, 86th Airlift Wing (AW), with a German translator at his side, speaks to distinguished visitors after the Grosser Zapfenstreich (the Grand Tattoo) Ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The ceremony was a gift to Ramstein Air Base as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Brigadier General (BGEN) Mark A. Volcheff, Commander, 86th Airlift Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mark J... More

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Antonio Vazquez (foreground), Exercise Operations Officer, and USA MAJ Segundo Melendez (center), Presentations Officer, works on a computer problem with a contracted Translator, during the Mid-Planning Conference for Peacekeeping Operations South 03 (PKO South 03), held at the Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina (ARG)

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Antonio Vazquez (foreground), Exercise Opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Buenos Aires Country: Argentina (ARG) Scene Camera Operator: Kaye Richey, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Sergeant (SGT) Mark Herbst and a translator, screen and sign in people of the Haji Lalay Kalacha village for medical care by visiting US Army (USA) Doctors, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Sergeant (SGT) Mark Herbst and a translator, screen and sign in people...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA Rele... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) translator (center) working with Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271), Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), speaks with Iraqi farmers in a village near Three Rivers during a humanitarian visit in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

A US Marine Corps (USMC) translator (center) working with Marine Wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Three Rivers Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, USMC Release Statu... More

Flooding - Memphis, Tenn. , May 13, 2011 -- Community Relations Specialist Foudiya Henri discusses the need for interpreters with Ivette Baldizon, a Certified Spanish Translator from the Memphis Mayor's Office. Marilee Callieindo/FEMA

Flooding - Memphis, Tenn. , May 13, 2011 -- Community Relations Speci...

The original database describes this as: Title: DR-1979 - TN Production Date: 05/13/2011 Caption: Memphis, Tenn. , May 13, 2011 -- Community Relations Specialist Foudiya Henri discusses the need for interpr... More

Admiral Charles R. Larson, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Fleet, listens to a translator while on a tour of a Soviet navy service school during a visit to the city by two US Navy ships. The guided missile cruiser USS PRINCETON (CG-59) and the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) are in Vladivostok for four days as part of a goodwill exchange program. Admiral Gennadi Khvatov, Commander, Soviet Pacific Fleet, is in the left foreground

Admiral Charles R. Larson, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Fleet, liste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

GEN Manuel Antonio Murillo, Colombian army chief of staff, arrives at a Panama Canal U.S. Army Forces Southern Command training site via UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The general is accompanied by Nilda Fitzgerald, translator

GEN Manuel Antonio Murillo, Colombian army chief of staff, arrives at ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama(PAN) Scene Camera Operator: Pablo P. Tola Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Mr. Hasan, principal, (left), NATO translator Ms. Milena Nikolic (center), along with Norwegian KFOR (Kosovo Force) National Contingent Commander (NCC) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Dahl (right), make the opening remarks at a school rebuilt by Task Force Fox (TFF) at a ceremony in Petrovec, Macedonia

Mr. Hasan, principal, (left), NATO translator Ms. Milena Nikolic (cent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Petrovec Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Major Command Shown: Civilians Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jason D. Becksted, Usmc Release Status: Relea... More

Khuder al-Emiri a translator working with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), is reunited with his family after 12-years of exile, as USMC personnel secure the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Khuder al-Emiri a translator working with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Sta... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) Colonel (COL) Yokuni (center), Deputy Commander, listens as a female translator (back to camera) speaks to US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant (LT) Corte-Real (right), Security Detail, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. These JGSDF officials are at Gate 6 at the start of their observation tour of Camp Foster during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX), which is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) Colonel (COL) Yokuni (cente...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), walks across a bridge near Hat Yao, Thailand. PO2 Nasongkla served a translator for the MSSG-31 which is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary...

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Informati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), assigned ... More

Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic, the Commander of Naval Construction Forces Command, and the Commander of 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force Construction Group, speaks (through a translator) to Iraqi Construction Apprentice Program (ICAP) students going through the program the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force has set up on Forward Operating Base, Ar Ramadi, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. 1ST Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq

Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic, the Commander of Naval Construction Forces C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin R. Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

U.S. Marine Corps Marines and an Iraqi translator process Iraqis during a Humanitarian Assistance Operation in the outskirts of Kufa, Iraq, More than 870 Iraqis were processed today. Dec. 31, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CAPT. Carrie C. Batson) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines and an Iraqi translator process Iraqis durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kufa State: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT. Carrie C. Batson, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

U.S. Army CAPT. Cheryl Ervin, left, an optometrist from the National U.S. Army Medical Department Augmentation Detachment, based out of Ft. McPherson, Ga., looks on as a translator from the Guatemalan army asks a female patient to read something with her new eyeglasses during a medical readiness training exercise in Poptun, Guatemala, Jan. 27, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Kaye Richey) (Released)

U.S. Army CAPT. Cheryl Ervin, left, an optometrist from the National U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM) Scene Major Command Shown: 94TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL Scene Camera Operator: Kaye Richey, CIV, US... More

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gary R. Jones (left), Commander of the Naval Service Training Command, shows his office keepsakes to CHIEF Quartermaster ManSuk Woo and Kichun Nam, drill instructors with the Korean Navy, following an exchange visit to Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill., as CHIEF Quartermaster Kichun Nam, a recruit division Commander at Recruit Training Command, served as translator during the visit. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Duane Snader) (Released)

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gary R. Jones (left), Commander of the Naval Servi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Great Lakes State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND Scene Camera Operat... More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Memphis, Tenn. , May 26, 2011 -- Juan Romo, a volunteer with United Housing, Inc, and Ivette Baldizon, Certified Spanish Translator - discuss housing alternatives with shelter residents. FEMA is assisting county and TEMA in shelter transitioning to homes and apartments. Marilee Caliendo/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Memphis, Tenn. , May 26, 2011 -- Juan Romo, ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Shelter Transitioning Production Date: 05/26/2011 Caption: Memphis, Tenn. , May 26, 2011 -- Juan Romo, a volunteer with United Housing, Inc, and Ivette Baldizo... More

Visiting Russian scientists touring the Bevatron. Left to right: Okun, Blokhintsev, Nikitin, Dzhelepov, Luis Alvarez, Edwin McMillan, Herman (translator), Edward Lofgren, and Ernest Orlando Lawrence taken December 16, 1957. Morgue 1957--11 (P-1) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Visiting Russian scientists touring the Bevatron. Left to right: Okun,...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Major General Richard F. Timmons, Miss Nina Castro, Official U.S. Army Southern Command translator, gives functional instructions to General Campos, Mr. Victor Cruz, and General Escobar, Paraguayan Army, on the M-60 Machine gun and the 50cal M2HB Machine gun

Major General Richard F. Timmons, Miss Nina Castro, Official U.S. Army...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: Pablo P. Tola Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

CHIEF GUNNER's Mate (GMC) Michael Perdun, (far right), of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 8 detachment, talks with Russian naval officers on the fantail of the Russian guided missile frigate NEUSTRASHIMYY (FFG-712). With Perdun is Navy Seal and Russian translator LCDR Zbigniew "Stan" Stankiewicz, a reservist attached to Seal Group 3 Reserve Unit

CHIEF GUNNER's Mate (GMC) Michael Perdun, (far right), of Explosive Or...

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

SGT David J. Schmerler (left); SPC Kelly J. Vandenheuvel (center right), both from 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserves Greenbay, Wisconsin; SGT Keith McKinney from 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (right) select toys for the kids in the House for Children Without Parents Orphanage. Jadranka Moranjkic (center left) works as a translator for the United States Army Civil Affairs in Tuzla City, Bosnia-Herzegovina on the morning of March 30, 1996 during Operation Joint Endeavor

SGT David J. Schmerler (left); SPC Kelly J. Vandenheuvel (center right...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla City Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Luis A. Deya Release Stat... More

US Army Major General Walter Yates, the Deputy Commander for United States Army, Europe (left), reviews the sequence of events prior to formal remarks. The Public Affairs Translator Monika Nagy (middle), and Lieutenant General Bela Biro, Deputy Commander Hungarian Army (right), sit in a media center in Hungary, as the Defense Writer's Group eagerly awaits LGEN Biros formal introduction during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

US Army Major General Walter Yates, the Deputy Commander for United St...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Hungary (HUN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Angel Clemons, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Sta... More

Ali al-Emeri (center), an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and a member of the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF), is reunited with friends and family after Marines liberate the town of Al Qut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Ali al-Emeri (center), an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Bashir, an Arabic translator working with the 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG), takes time to pray during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Bashir, an Arabic translator working with the 4th Civil Affairs Group ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Navy (USN) Optical Physician assigned to Navy Medical Hospital San Diego, uses a translator to explain the prescription, after giving an optical examination to a local Thai man, during the Medical Community Assistance Program (MEDCAP) operated by US Navy Reserve (USNR) personnel, in a village near the Thai border during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003

A US Navy (USN) Optical Physician assigned to Navy Medical Hospital Sa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amanda Rothweiler, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Shannon Johnson (second from left), Commanding Officer (CO), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), uses an Iraqi translator (left) to speak with a members of the Rawah City Council (left) in Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), while participating with the 1ST MARDIV in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Shannon Johnson (second from left...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Shannon Johnson (center), Commanding Officer (CO), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), uses an Iraqi translator (left) to speak with a member of the Rawah City Council (left) in Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), while participating with the 1ST MARDIV in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Shannon Johnson (center), Command...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A local Guatemalan man smiles as he tries on his new eyeglasses provided to him by the U.S. Army during a medical readiness training exercise in Poptun, Guatemala, Jan. 27, 2006. Attending the man is U.S. Army CAPT. Cheryl Ervin, left, an optometrist from the National U.S. Army Medical Department Augmentation Detachment, based out of Ft. McPherson, Ga., and a translator from the Guatemalan army, right. (U.S. Army photo by Kaye Richey) (Released)

A local Guatemalan man smiles as he tries on his new eyeglasses provid...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM) Scene Major Command Shown: 94TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL Scene Camera Operator: Kaye Richey, CIV, US... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) L.Y. Spear Class Submarine Tender, USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), Engineman SENIOR CHIEF (ENCS) Robert Hewitt, examines an engine-block in need of repairs with a Congolese translator during a repair training evolution. The LAND is currently in port at Pointe Noire, Congo (CGO), conducting repair training evolutions and Community Relations projects with host nation nationals

Onboard the US Navy (USN) L.Y. Spear Class Submarine Tender, USS EMORY...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pointe Noire Country: Congo (COG) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jonathan Kulp, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A Marine translator communicates with two Soviet sailors during an outing at Town Point Park in honor of officers and crewmen of three Soviet ships, the guided missile cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), the guided missile destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434), and the replenishment oiler GENRIKH GASANOV. The Soviets are taking part in a five-day goodwill visit to Naval Base, Norfolk

A Marine translator communicates with two Soviet sailors during an out...

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

Admiral Charles R. Larson, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Fleet, speaks through a translator to Admiral Gennadi Khvatov, Commander, Soviet Pacific Fleet, Larson is in the Soviet Union with two US Navy ships, the guided missile cruiser USS PRINCETON (CG-59) and the guided missile frigate USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57), for a four-day goodwill visit

Admiral Charles R. Larson, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Fleet, speak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A U.S. Air Force general speaks through a translator as he accompanies French President Francois Mitterrand on a tour of the American displays at the 1991 Paris Air Show.

A U.S. Air Force general speaks through a translator as he accompanies...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Paris Country: France(FRA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An unidentified US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) (left) assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion uses a Stabilization Forces (SFOR) translator to speak with a local Afghani leader during the evaluation of a damaged irrigation project site in the region of Jabel Saraj, near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An unidentified US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) (left) assigned to the 489th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Statu... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion uses a translator to speak with local Afghani leaders to evaluate a damaged irrigation project site in the region of Jabel Saraj, near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Statu... More

Sergeant (SGT) Mark Herbst from "C" Company, 307th Forward Support Battalion (FSB) attached to Task Force "Devil," Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division and a translator, screen people of the Haji Lalay Kalacha village for medical care by visiting US Army (USA) Doctors, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Sergeant (SGT) Mark Herbst from "C" Company, 307th Forward Support Bat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Shannon Johnson (second from left), Commanding Officer (CO), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), uses an Iraqi translator (left) to speak with a members of the Rawah City Council (left) in Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), while participating with the 1ST MARDIV in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Shannon Johnson (second from left...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Kadhim Al-Waeli (left), personal translator for US Army (USA) Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz (right), Commanding General III Corps, explains his transition from a citizen of Iraq to an American citizen to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), during the generals visit to Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area

Kadhim Al-Waeli (left), personal translator for US Army (USA) Lieutena...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co. Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jordan F. Sherwood, USMC Relea... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mathew Lopez, Commanding Officer (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN) 7th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), and the Battalion Commander of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) converse through a translator during the security meeting at Al Asad, Iraq (IRQ). The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar province in Iraq

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mathew Lopez, Commandi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Mar Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Michael R. Mcmaugh, USMC Release Statu... More

On an evening patrol a US Army (USA) Soldier, Troop F, 2nd Squadron (SQ) 278th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG), with the aid of a translator, interviews a local merchant and customer in an attempt to determine the source of a reported explosion. Troop F received reports of the explosion while on patrol in the Kinsey neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

On an evening patrol a US Army (USA) Soldier, Troop F, 2nd Squadron (S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: F TROOP 2/278 CAV Scene Camera Operator: SPC Timothy J. Belt, USA Release Status: Release... More

Reserve MASTER SGT. David Breathbach construction representative of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers of Headquarters USACE with a translator inspecting construction of a border police post in the Wasit Provence on the Iraq/Iran border on Dec. 17, 2005. These water storage tanks supply the whole station with their water supply. Ribbon cutting of Malakalashtar Primary School. (U.S. Army photo by PFC. Timothy J. Villareal) (Released)

Reserve MASTER SGT. David Breathbach construction representative of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Echo Mnd-Cs Pio State: Diwahniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE Scene Camera Operator: PFC Timothy J. Villareal, USA... More

U.S. Army Maj. Stewart Houpt the commanding officer

U.S. Army Maj. Stewart Houpt the commanding officer

U.S. Army Maj. Stewart Houpt the commanding officer for the Stability Transition Team attached to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment talks with an Iraq police officer with the assistance of his Interpreter "Cooper" a... More

CPT Cary Yanagi (third from left) acts as a translator for joint U.S. and Japanese Air SelF Defense Force pre-flight briefings, during Exercise Cope North '81-3

CPT Cary Yanagi (third from left) acts as a translator for joint U.S. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '81-3 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Curt Eddings Relea... More

COL Richard Myers, right, Commanding Officer, 38th Tactical Missile Wing, presents a pin to Soviet inspection team leader Vladmir Tselischev as MASTER SGT. Thomas Klobucar, left, an On-site Inspection Agency team member, and Soviet translator Miroslav Ufimtsev look on. The Soviets conducted an inspection at the base to ensure U.S. compliance with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty

COL Richard Myers, right, Commanding Officer, 38th Tactical Missile Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wueschheim Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Frank Simpkins Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Marine translator is flanked by two Soviet sailors as they are interviewed by a reporter from a local television station. The Soviets are attending a barbecue and rodeo held during a five-day goodwill visit to the San Diego area by three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet

A Marine translator is flanked by two Soviet sailors as they are inter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Robert Hansen Release... More

SSGT Ed Skupen, (in flight suit), loadmaster, 21st Airlift Squadron, and TSGT Joel D. Estes, 615th AMCS, Travis AFB, California talk with Alegbachen Nega, Ethiopian translator on the flight line. They are discussing the uploading of Ethiopian troops and United Nation's trucks into the USAF C-5 Galaxy in the background

SSGT Ed Skupen, (in flight suit), loadmaster, 21st Airlift Squadron, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mark Borosch Release Status: Released to P... More

US Air Force (USAF) General Joseph W. Ralston (background right), Commander in CHIEF, Unites States European Command (USEUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is assisted by a Georgian Translator, as he speaks with Georgian Military Officials participating in the Georgia Train and Equip Program (GETEP), during his visit to Tbilisi, Georgia

US Air Force (USAF) General Joseph W. Ralston (background right), Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tbilisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Sta... More

Ali al-Emeri (right), an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and a member of the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF), is reunited with friends and family after Marines liberate the town of Al Qut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Ali al-Emeri (right), an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Through an Iraqi translator (right) US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Third Battalion Fifth Marines (3/5), Camp Pendleton, California (CA), speak to the owner (holding child) of a local brick factory about building a range on his land at Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Through an Iraqi translator (right) US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn 5th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kenneth E. Madden ... More

Through a translator (left) US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) J. Stephen Maynard, Commanding Officer (CO), USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) explains day-to-day operations to Chinese Vice Admiral (VADM) Zhao Guojun (second from left), Commander East Sea Fleet, Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) (Navy), and senior flag officers of the PLA (Navy), from the bridge wing of the of the US Seventh Fleet Command and Control Amphibious Command Ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19). While in port, USN Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the ship will take in the local culture and interacted with their Chinese counterparts. The BLUE RIDGE is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan

Through a translator (left) US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) J. Stephen Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shanghai Country: China (CHN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Winston C. Pitman, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Lieutenant (1LT) Frank Dillbeck (right), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), speaks to his Iraqi translator (left) at a meeting with the Barwana Police CHIEF (center), while on patrol in the town of Barwana, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), engaged in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Lieutenant (1LT) Frank Dillbeck (right), 3r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barwana State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

MG Timothy Donovan CHIEF of STAFF, Multi-National Force - Iraq, MG Othman Farhud Ali Commander of the 8th Iraqi Army Division, and an Arabic/English translator have tea during a visit to Camp Echo in Diwaniyah, Iraq on January 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit was to discuss the battle space handover of the Diwaniyah and Wasit Province to the 8th Division Iraqi Army. (U.S. photo by PFC Timothy Villareal) (released)

MG Timothy Donovan CHIEF of STAFF, Multi-National Force - Iraq, MG Oth...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Diwaniyah State: Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Timothy J. Villareal, USA Rel... More

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 3rd Class Brittany Hand, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class attached to the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Hospital Ship, the USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) works with a translator to register local patients. The USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) which is anchored off the coast of Dili, East Timor provides humanitarian assistance to local residents. Aug. 28, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Erika N. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 3rd Class Brittany Hand, Hospital Corpsman 3rd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dili Country: East Timor (TMP) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

“It’s great being a translator. It has been really

“It’s great being a translator. It has been really

“It’s great being a translator. It has been really interesting: I found it easier to translate Thai to English, but the other way was much harder. The experience during Exercise Cobra Gold has been amazing; I g... More

A Chinese sailor acts as a translator for US Navy sailors buying souvenirs. The guided missile cruiser USS REEVES (CG 24), the guided missile frigate USS RENTZ (FFG 46) and the destroyer USS OLDENDORF (DD 972) are making the first visit by US Navy ships to China in 37 years

A Chinese sailor acts as a translator for US Navy sailors buying souve...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qingdao Country: China (CHN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Charles L. Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A Saudi translator, left, interprets for Lance CPL. P. G. Markei of Co. C, 1ST Bn., 6th Marines, as he teaches a group of Saudi soldiers how to use the AT4 light anti-armor weapon during Operation Desert Shield.

A Saudi translator, left, interprets for Lance CPL. P. G. Markei of Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Crabtree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

SGT. Comprasart Pong, a translator with a Thai special forces unit, relaxes during the joint Thai-U.S. training exercise Cobra Gold '92

SGT. Comprasart Pong, a translator with a Thai special forces unit, re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '92 Base: Korat Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Gary Coppage Release Status: Released to Publ... More

LCDR Zbigniew "Stan" Stankiewicz, Russian language translator, with Seal Group 3 Reserve Unit, talks with Russian sailors and members of the press on the fantail of the Russian guided missile frigate NEUSTRASHIMYY (FFG-712) on the second day of BALTOPS 94. A Ka-27PS Helix-D helicopter sits on the flight deck. The NEUSTRASHIMYY is the Russian flagship to exercise Baltic Operation '94

LCDR Zbigniew "Stan" Stankiewicz, Russian language translator, with Se...

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

CPL. Filoinwicz, a translator assigned to US Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic, translates for the Polish representative, LT. R. Strzelecki, during the Final Planning Conference. This United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic. Under the Partnership for Peace program, this exercise will provide combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis in individual and collective skills

CPL. Filoinwicz, a translator assigned to US Marine Corps Forces, Atla...

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

Air Force translator SENIOR MASTER SGT. Eddie Alicea talks to Italian LT. Antonio Tursi during a small open house at San Vito Air Station. San Vito AS, which was officially closed in October 1994, is used to support troops deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina and aircrews monitoring a no-fly zone above that volatile country. The 352nd Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, England and the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla. comprise most of the joint task force. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine November 1997

Air Force translator SENIOR MASTER SGT. Eddie Alicea talks to Italian ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brindisi Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Rose Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion uses a translator to speak with local Afghani leaders to evaluate a damaged irrigation project site in the region of Jabel Saraj, near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Statu... More

Ali al-Emeri (right), an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and a member of the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF), is reunited with friends and family after Marines liberate the town of Al Qut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Ali al-Emeri (right), an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An Iraqi translator (front, left), attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Kilo Company (K Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), gives candy to a local Iraqi boy in the city of Haqlaniyah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), while on patrol in Haqlaniyah as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi translator (front, left), attached to the US Marine Corps (US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Kadhim Al-Waeli (right), personal translator for US Army (USA) Commanding General III Corps, explains his transition from a citizen of Iraq to an American citizen to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines during the generals visit to Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area

Kadhim Al-Waeli (right), personal translator for US Army (USA) Command...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co. Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jordan F. Sherwood, USMC Relea... More

Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic, the Commander of Naval Construction Forces Command, and the Commander of 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force Construction Group, speaks (through a translator) to Iraqi Construction Apprentice Program (ICAP) students going through the program the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force has set up on Forward Operating Base, Ar Ramadi, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. 1ST Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq

Rear Admiral Chuck Kubic, the Commander of Naval Construction Forces C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin R. Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Patrick Kerr (right), a Medical Doctor assigned to the 179th Medical Squadron, talks to a patient with the aid of a translator, TECH. SGT. Jason Powell (center), during a Dominican Republic Humanitarian Civic Actions Program, at Dajabon, Dominican Republic, on September 8, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by TECH. SGT. Robert Jones) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Patrick Kerr (right), a Medical Doctor assigned t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dajabon Country: Dominican Republic (DOM) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Robert Jones, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Memphis, Tenn. , May 13, 2011 - Shelter guests at the Hope Presbyterian Church listen to information in Spanish from FEMA translator Andres Lugo. FEMA supplies information in many languages. Photo by Ed Edahl/FEMA.

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Memphis, Tenn. , May 13, 2011 - Shelter gues...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA Multi-lingual information available Production Date: 05/13/2011 Caption: Memphis, Tenn. , May 13, 2011 - Shelter guests at the Hope Presbyterian Church li... More

Spc. Lassana Traore, food service specialist, translates

Spc. Lassana Traore, food service specialist, translates

Spc. Lassana Traore, food service specialist, translates for Pfc. Cody Anderson, wheel mechanic, both with Company E, 1st Bn., 28th Inf. Regt., 4th IBCT, 1st Inf. Div., while talking to a Senegalese Army Soldie... More

A Marine Corps captain acts as a translator for a United States Navy officer who is addressing a group of Soviet officers and enlisted men during their tour of the base. Three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet are in San Diego for a five-day goodwill visit

A Marine Corps captain acts as a translator for a United States Navy o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James Davis Release Statu... More

US Marine Captain Marc McClelland, Public Affairs Officer for 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to a group of Russian marines and sailors through the assistance of Cryptologic Technician Laura Martin, a US Navy translator, while onboard a Landing Craft Unit (LCU) near Vladivostok, Russia, during Exercise COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96. The exercise is a joint venture between US and Russian naval forces designed to improve disaster-relief operations and to further understanding between the two nations

US Marine Captain Marc McClelland, Public Affairs Officer for 31st Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96 Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: Russia (RUS) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeff Viano, U... More

Bosnian Women of the town of Jusici, who disagree with the recently proposed resettlement deal, surround US Army Major (MAJ) John Kershaw, 1ST Armor Division Liaison to the Russian Brigade. MAJ Kershaw uses and translator to discuss the details of the proposal. A US Army photographer stands atop a truck in the background and documents the scene

Bosnian Women of the town of Jusici, who disagree with the recently pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Jusici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Luis Deya Release Status: Rel... More

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Cecil Marson (foreground left), 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), is assisted by a Georgian Translator, as he instructs Georgian Army Officers attending an exercise in crisis action planning conducted during the Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP) at Tbilisi, Georgia

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Cecil Marson (foreground left), 10th Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tbilisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) translator (center) working with Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271), Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), speaks with Iraqi farmers in a village near Three Rivers during a humanitarian visit in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

A US Marine Corps (USMC) translator (center) working with Marine Wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Three Rivers Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, USMC Release Statu... More

Ali al-Emeri, an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and a member of the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF), is reunited with friends and family after Marines liberate the town of Al Qut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Ali al-Emeri, an Arabic Translator assigned to the US Marine Corps (US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE), ask questions, through a translator, of local Iraqi citizens during Operation BAYONET LIGHTING under Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. BAYONET LIGHTNING is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE), ask q...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status... More

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) officers and their translator stand outside Gate 6, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, at the start of an observation tour of Camp Foster during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX), which is a base wide exercise designed to test and improve base security throughout MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler between March 29 and April 1, 2004

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JCSDF) officers and their translat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Hugh S. Holder, USMC Release Status: Released to P... More

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

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

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