Subscribe

Archive photo of the day

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Abrams tank from Apache Troop, First Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment takes position during a cordon and search operation Dec. 2, 2005 in the town of Bi’aj in northwestern Iraq.

USAFE Air Weapons Meet, 1955

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Pilots gather around the scoreboard during the first annual U.S. Air Forces in Europe gunnery meet, Wheelus Field, Libya, August 1995.



more Archive photo of the day news

ARVN I Corps 11th Anniversary, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) paratroopers and skydivers demonstrate their skillful jumping on Da Nang river in South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968.

Singer-songwriter John Denver; 1979

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Singer-songwriter John Denver talks to the press about his upbringing as a military brat during his 12-city concert tour of Germany, October 3, 1979.

Looking out on the future, 1950

From the Stars and Stripes archives: M. Sgt. William F. Garland, of Hq Co., 18th Inf., his wife, Helen, and their three daughters stand on the balcony of their new apartment, one of the 156 newly constructed apartment units for servicemembers in Aschaffenburg, Germany, 1950.

Post-Prowling chat, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: After a flight in a Prowler, Lt. Silas “Shibaz” Bouyer, right, 26, a naval flight officer from Detroit, smiles while chatting with a flight deck sailor on the USS Kitty Hawk, Mar. 22, 2003.

Carrying the load, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A local Vietnamese woman makes her way down a dirt path in Que Son Valley.

Class of 1949

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Dorothy Patterson sings a solo during the graduation ceremony which awarded her and 32 of her fellow seniors from Frankfurt Dependents High School — and one from Berlin High School — their graduation diplomas in Frankfurt, Germany, June 8, 1949.

Army birthday parade, 2009

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Ehlija McKain, left, 2, and Eric Graham, 3, participate in a parade at Wiesbaden Army Airfield in Germany to mark the U.S. Army’s 234th birthday, June 12, 2009.

Star-Spangled Banner, 1969

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The U.S. flag flies from the top of the radar tower atop Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den), a solitary block of granite that juts 3,200 feet in the air above Tay Ninh in South Vietnam, Oct. 16, 1969.

Not your average summer cruise, 2009

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A sailor from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 helps midshipmen Monica Cooney, right, and Christi Morrissey get into their flight gear before a training flight at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan on June 2, 2009.

Sign Up for Daily Headlines

Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets from around the world.

Sign Up Now