Boy's Activities - Drills - The back lot Army prepares to lick the "Ka...
Date Taken: 5/14/1918 Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Boy's Activities - Drills
A non-commissioned officer from the 6th Signal Brigade assembles his n...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Fort Huachuca State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Eli Whi... More
STS070-324-024 - STS-070 - View of the payload bay after the deploy of...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the empty payload bay after the deploy of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G). The shuttle stabilizer is pointed towards the earth.... More
STS075-319-017 - STS-075 - Candid views of the STS-75 crew on the Colu...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Candid views of the STS-75 crewmembers on the Columbia's forward and aft flight decks during the deploy of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R includ... More
STS075-319-018 - STS-075 - Candid views of the STS-75 crew on the Colu...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Candid views of the STS-75 crewmembers on the Columbia's forward and aft flight decks during the deploy of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R includ... More
STS075-319-016 - STS-075 - Candid views of the STS-75 crew on the Colu...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Candid views of the STS-75 crewmembers on the Columbia's forward and aft flight decks during the deploy of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R includ... More
Straight on medium shot as US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Jack Speelm...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Douglas Lingefelt, USAF Release S... More
U.S. Army Spc. Sahil P. Thakkar, an Apache helicopter
U.S. Army Spc. Sahil P. Thakkar, an Apache helicopter mechanic with 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, translates and assists an Indian general prior to a flight at Joint Bas... More
Members of the Japanese News Media prepare to document US Marine Corps...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yausubetsu State: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: K 3/12 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL M. J. Anderson, Usmc Release Stat... More
Chaplain Capt. Kevin Williams, right, 3rd Battalion,
Chaplain Capt. Kevin Williams, right, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, New Jersey Army National Guard, presides over a triple wedding at Chapel 5, Fort Dix, N.J., Feb. 15, 2004. Married were left to right,... More
More than 300 Soldiers with the 1st-114th Infantry
More than 300 Soldiers with the 1st-114th Infantry Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, deploy to the Arabian Peninsula in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., May 21, ... More
A Salute the Soldiers event is held for the more than
A Salute the Soldiers event is held for the more than 2,100 Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, N.J., Oct. 9, 2004. The ceremony, which honored the Operation Iraqi Fre... More
The Color Guard of the New York Army National Guard's
The Color Guard of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Tean stands to attention, Jan. 16, during the unit's send-off ceremony at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in north Syracu... More
A Family that deploys together, stays together
Heather and Joshua Bridwell deployed shortly after their marriage in Virginia. Joshua is now in Iraq serving as an infantryman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment and Heather is an intelligen... More
On Jan. 31, 2008, Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine
On Jan. 31, 2008, Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, speak with local Iraqis about a recently detonated Improvised Explosive Device and rumored weapons caches near the city... More
Marines and IPs Conduct Patrol of Anah
Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, conduct a security patrol at night to deter insurgent activity in Anah, Iraq on Feb. 3, 2008. Regimental Combat Team 5 is d... More
737th EAS Transporting Coaliition Forces
Tech. Sgt. Sigrid Carrero-Perez (left) and Senior Airman Ian Hunt (center), C-130 loadmasters deployed with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, guide servicemembers onto a C-130 Hercules Feb. 16, 2008, at... More
USS Hampton departs for six-month deployment to Pacific Ocean
The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hampton departs Naval Base Point Loma on a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. This is the first deployment for Hampton after transferring from Nor... More
A farewell embrace, US Navy Photogrpah
Personnel specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Carlson, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer gives his wife a farewell embrace. Boxer is departing on a scheduled western Pacific deployment to... More
A Marine assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary
A Marine assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer spends time with his wife and baby daughter before leaving San Diego. Boxer is departing on a schedu... More
Anthrax vaccination aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capt. Dee L. Mewbourne, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower receives an anthrax vaccination during a pre-deployment medical readiness call during the Carrier Strike Group 8 Comp... More
USS Paul Hamilton. Warship photograph collection
Friends and family members of Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton wave as the ship departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of resp... More
USS Paul Hamilton. Warship photograph collection
The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton passes the Battleship Missouri Memorial as she departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment as part of the Mid-Pacific Surface Combatant Operation... More
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon deliver a hand salute as the ship departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Boxer ... More
US COAST GUARD Jarvis return, HONOLULU, HAWAII
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 3rd Class Miguel Gonzalez, an Operations Specialist stationed aboard Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, is greeted by his children at the Integrated Support Command, Honolulu pier after returni... More
US COAST GUARD Jarvis return, HONOLULU, HAWAII
HONOLULU - Family members await the return of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis at Integrated Support Command, Honolulu, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The crew of the Jarvis recently completed a three-month Alaska... More
US COAST GUARD Jarvis return, San Francisco, California
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter, enters Honolulu Harbor, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The crew of the Jarvis returned to their homeport at Integrated Support Command, Hono... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Gaines, machinist’s mate,
Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Gaines, machinist’s mate, performs a chemical test on boiler water in the oil lab aboard USS Kearsarge to prevent corrosion of the ship’s boilers. Kearsarge is the command ship of Ke... More
Col. Richard Parker, officer in charge of the 3rd ESC’s
Col. Richard Parker, officer in charge of the 3rd ESC’s G3 section and native of Knoxville, Tenn., addresses the 3rd ESC commander’s conference June 29. The conference brought together 3rd ESC command teams fro... More
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Ford, boatswain's
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Ford, boatswain's mate, stows mooring lines on the focsle of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce as the ship gets underway from Morehead. Ponce is part of the Kears... More
USS Ponce operations, US Navy Photogrpah
Newly frocked Navy Bosun’s Mate 3rd Class (back right) watches as the First Class petty officers on board USS Ponce (LPD 15) tack on his “crows” (rank insignia) for him on board the amphibious transport dock US... More
USS Ponce, US Navy Photogrpah
Lance Cpl. Daniel Breneiser, right, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gets vaccinated against smallpox by Hospitalman Nathan Stallfus aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15). Ponce... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremy Tenney, yeoman, from
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremy Tenney, yeoman, from Lexington, Md., a member of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Taylor color guard stands at attention alongside a fellow service member of the Russian ... More
Seaman Recruit Dustin Holroyd, boatswains mate, left,
Seaman Recruit Dustin Holroyd, boatswains mate, left, and Seaman Apprentice Nicholas Basone watch as the refueling probe from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) is w... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simpson, aviation boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simpson, aviation boatswain's mate, right, observes Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Kolb, aviation boatswain's mate, direct the take off of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helic... More
Lt. Cmdr. Donovan Wortham, chief engineer aboard the
Lt. Cmdr. Donovan Wortham, chief engineer aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15), observes Petty Officer 1st Class Belarminio Carrasco, a machinist's mate, simulate the spread of a fuel oi... More
USS Ponce action, US Navy Photogrpah
Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simpson, aviation boatswain's mate, right, observes Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Kolb, aviation boatswain's mate, direct the take off of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helic... More
Departing Seychelles, US Navy Photogrpah
Seaman Dustin Holroyd and members of the deck department guide a seven-meter rigid hull inflatable boat into its cradle aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphib... More
Departing Seychelles, US Navy Photogrpah
Seaman Ryan Owens stands a force protection watch in a seven-meter rigid hull inflatable boat while the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce gets underway after a port visit at the Seychelles. Ponce is part... More
Departing Seychelles. Warship photograph collection
The amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce heads to sea after a port visit to the Seychelles. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security... More
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) conduct a medical training exercise. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater sec... More
Departing Seychelles. Warship photograph collection
Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce haul in the mooring lines as Ponce gets underway. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and th... More
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout remove the national ensign as the ship pulls away from the pier at Naval Station Norfolk. Stout is deploying to the Mediterranean Sea and the U.S. 6th Flee... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Mosely receives the
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Mosely receives the traditional first kiss from his wife during a homecoming celebration for the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross. Ross is returning from a seven-month deploymen... More
The sun rises over the Persian Gulf as the amphibious
The sun rises over the Persian Gulf as the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce is underway astern of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, support... More
Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team,
Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepare for their final inspections before leaving for their one-year deployment to Afghanistan. The event, held at Sadowski Field Hous... More
With guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George behind
With guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George behind them, an 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, foreground, and a Landing Craft Personnel, Large from amphibious transport dock USS Ponce return to Ponce car... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Lunsford, an electronics
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Lunsford, an electronics technician, says good-bye to his son as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) prepares to depart Naval Station Norfolk. Barr... More
Capt. Peter Pagano, commander of Amphibious Squadron
Capt. Peter Pagano, commander of Amphibious Squadron 4, answers questions during an all-hands call with the crew of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready ... More
Shipshape from top to bottom!
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Fred Skilling paints amphibious transport dock USS Ponce's (LPD 15) hull. Ponce spent nearly a week in Bahrain with its crew engaged in a variety of maintenance projects. Ponce is par... More
Sailors and Marines assigned to the aircraft carrier
Sailors and Marines assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing 14 man the rails as the ship departs San Diego. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas McQueen, left, junior
Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas McQueen, left, junior officer of the deck aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce, discuss navigation details with Cmdr. Etta Jones, commanding officer of Ponce, as t... More
USS Ponce action. Warship photograph collection
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Lopez-Davila, electronics technician, rides an 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce, in background, during a visit, board, search an... More
Family and friends of sailors and Marines embarked
Family and friends of sailors and Marines embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer say good-bye as the ship departs Naval Base San Diego. Boxer and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are underway f... More
Sailors and Marines man the rails as the amphibious
Sailors and Marines man the rails as the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay departs San Diego on its maiden deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. Green Bay is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Gro... More
USS Boxer puts to sea, San Diego, California
Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer man the rails as the ship departs Naval Base San Diego. Boxer and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are underway for a scheduled deployment to t... More
Wing warriors say goodbye, head for duty in Afghanistan
Steve M. Donohoe hangs from a bus window in an attempt to steal one more kiss from his fiancee, Petty Officer 2nd Class Laura A. Allison, during the departure of more than 100 Marines and sailors with 2nd Marin... More
Seen in this five-image composite panorama, Cmdr. Etta
Seen in this five-image composite panorama, Cmdr. Etta Jones, middle, commanding officer the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce, checks the status board maintained by Personnel Specialist Seaman Apprentic... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Beach, damage controlman,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Beach, damage controlman, reports a simulated toxic gas leak to damage control central while other members of the Flying Squad rig a smoke curtain during a damage control drill aboa... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Beach, damage controlman,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Beach, damage controlman, gives instructions to Fireman Jamie Parker, damage controlman, while containing a simulated toxic gas leak during a damage control drill aboard the amphibi... More
Cmdr. Kevin M. Robinson, commanding officer of USS
Cmdr. Kevin M. Robinson, commanding officer of USS Mason, speaks to Mason sailors during a change of command ceremony held in the hanger bay of the ship. During the ceremony, Robinson was relieved by Cmdr. Adan... More
USS Stephen W Groves Navigation Training
Petty Officer 3rd Class Josef Zimmerman demonstrates solar navigation using a sextant for Ugandan navy Lt. Mathew Achiga aboard USS Stephen W. Groves, during an Africa Partnership Station East deployment. APS i... More
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 19, 2011. This was one of approximately 110 cruise missiles fired from U.S. and B... More
Sgt. Jacob Kunst, on the job trainee, (left) and Gunnery
Sgt. Jacob Kunst, on the job trainee, (left) and Gunnery Sgt. Kurtis Hunt, explosive ordnance disposal tech, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, helps Natalie Stegall, 7, into a protective suit March 25. Hunt and othe... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Gordon Warner, aviation boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Gordon Warner, aviation boatswain's mate (fuel), (center, purple jersey) and Airman Apprentice Gregory Boatright, aviation boatswain's mate (fuel), (left, purple jersey) haul a fuel hose... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andy Nunez, aviation boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andy Nunez, aviation boatswain's mate (fuel), assigned to the air department of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, waves to family and friends on the pier of Naval Station Norfol... More
The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher departs Naval
The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher departs Naval Station Norfolk. Mitscher is deploying as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Thompson, boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Thompson, boatswain's mate, center, gestures from the foc'sle of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce to the tug boat Fort Caswell as Ponce approaches Morehead City, N.C., ... More
Capt. David A. Lausman, commanding officer of the aircraft
Capt. David A. Lausman, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, conducts a press conference for Japanese media at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The pre-patrol press conference was held to... More
A line handler assigned to the guided-missile cruiser
A line handler assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf walks a mooring line as sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Carr prepares to get the ship underway. Carr is departing for a three-m... More
Midshipman Paul Luffel, center, examines a navigation
Midshipman Paul Luffel, center, examines a navigation chart as Seaman Apprentice Marlon Hosendorf, center, Petty Officer 2nd Class Deron Murphree, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Shixi Zhang man the chart tab... More
Lance Cpl. Kyle J. Goss feeds his son Remington, 7
Lance Cpl. Kyle J. Goss feeds his son Remington, 7 months, for the last time before he leaves for deployment with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 to the Horn of Africa July 17. The Marines will be providin... More
Sgt. Daniel Scott (left) of Denton, Texas, and Sgt.
Sgt. Daniel Scott (left) of Denton, Texas, and Sgt. William Rose of Ormand Beach, Fla., flight engineers for Company B, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, organize necessities for flights in their first wee... More
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis departs Naval Base Kitsap. John C. Stennis is on its way to the western Pacific Ocean and the Persian Gulf for a scheduled seven-month deployment.
MALS-40 Marines return from Afghanistan
Cpl. Jeremy S. Allen hugs his wife Candace and his daughter Madeline at the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 40 homecoming at the Marine Transport Squadron 1 hangar on MCAS Cherry Point Sunday, Aug. 14. 57 Ma... More
Bengals leave for training
Aircraft maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 discuss final details before allowing the pilots to take off Sept. 28. Pilots and jets left a day before the squadron’s main body for the... More
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West addresses the crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen. Lassen is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 and is forward deployed to Yoko... More
Command Fitness Leader Chief Petty Officer Bryant Burnett,
Command Fitness Leader Chief Petty Officer Bryant Burnett, quartermaster, right, and CFL Assistant Petty Officer 1st Class Felix Phillips, machinist's mate, left, monitor sailors assigned to the amphibious tran... More
Flight deck personnel fight a simulated fire during
Flight deck personnel fight a simulated fire during a mass casualty drill on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting... More
Musicians assigned to the 1st Marine Division Band
Musicians assigned to the 1st Marine Division Band perform at the Counselor Corporate Reception during San Francisco Fleet Week. San Francisco Fleet Week is a five-day event that highlights the equipment, techn... More
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington approaches
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington approaches the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear to participate in a vertical replenishment. George Washington departed her for... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island operates
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island operates off the coast of southern California. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is underway for a certification exercise preparing for an upcoming deployment.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Madriaga, from La Union,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Madriaga, from La Union, Philippines, left, and Petty Officer 1st Class Mathew Haney, from Walla Walla, Wash., prepare the surfaces of a tail gearbox on an SH-60F Sea Hawk helico... More
Seaman Recruit Christopher Newell, left, Seaman Theodore
Seaman Recruit Christopher Newell, left, Seaman Theodore Faison, a boatswain's mate, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Malloy, a boatswain's mate, prepare to halt the veering out, or pay out, of anchor ch... More
Fireman Ian Castil and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher
Fireman Ian Castil and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Widmar man a 7-meter rigid-hull, inflatable boat (RHIB) from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) during amphibious training operation... More
Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Patrick Lloyd,
Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Patrick Lloyd, right, uses a sound-powered phone to make a report from the bridge of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce while Quartermaster 2nd Class Charlie Bald... More
Pfc. Lee Younger is a petroleum specialist currently
Pfc. Lee Younger is a petroleum specialist currently serving in Khowst province, Afghanistan with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. Younger, 20, of Douglasville, Ga., joined the Army just over ... More
Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Babers directs
Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Babers directs an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Air-Ground Task Force, II Marine Expeditionary Forces, as it lifts off from the ... More
Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, currently training
Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, currently training to deploy to Afghanistan at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, was the first PRT to train on a new virtual reality combat simulator Dec. 16 ... More
Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team
Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney carry a sailor with a simulated injury during medical-evacuation training. Pinckney is assigned to Combined ... More
Loading mobility bags - A man in camouflage holding a large piece of l...
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ira Salem, 20th Maintenance Operations Squadron, helps load bags into a cargo truck, Jan. 6, 2012, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Salem helped provide mobility support to airmen preparin... More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marcella Hengehold,
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marcella Hengehold, 20th Communication Squadron, talks with Airman 1st Class Justin Biser, 20th Maintenance Operations Squadron, as they load airmen's bags and gear into the back... More
Col. Scott Campbell, commanding officer, 15th Marine
Col. Scott Campbell, commanding officer, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks during the opening ceremony of Exercise Iron Fist 2012, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23. The opening ceremony begins the bi... More
Sailors heave lines from the pier as the guided-missile
Sailors heave lines from the pier as the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) prepares to depart for a deployment as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by: Mass Communication ... More
Jen Mitchell embraces her children, 16-month-old Leia
Jen Mitchell embraces her children, 16-month-old Leia and 9-year old Madison, in the Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 hanger aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, before the unit departs fo... More
U.S. Army Spc. Andres F. Trochez, a wheeled vehicle
U.S. Army Spc. Andres F. Trochez, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the 324th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, embraces his son Kael, at a pre-deployment ceremony in Greenville, S.C., April 4, 2012. The 324th is p... More
Active duty and South Carolina Air National Guard airmen
Active duty and South Carolina Air National Guard airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., go through a final mobility processing function before they are scheduled to dep... More
A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded
A C-17 cargo plane from Joint Base Charleston is loaded with equipment at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., April 8, 2012. More than a dozen Swamp Fox F-16 fighter jets, pilots, and nearly 500 personnel... More
169th FW Deploys to Afghanistan
Family and friends say goodbye to South Carolina Air National Guardsmen and active duty personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., April 8, 2012. On this Easter Sunday, p... More
Family and friends say goodbye to South Carolina Air
Family and friends say goodbye to South Carolina Air National Guardsmen and active duty personnel from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., April 8, 2012. On this Easter Sunday, p... More