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Rolling tank salute, 1950

Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 3, 1950: Five tanks roll passed the review stand at Grafenwoehrs’s parade grounds.

Listening for the beep, 2011

Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2011: Sgt. Ramone Villablanca of Company C, 1st Battalion, 32 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division uses a “minehound” to check for improvised explosive devices.

Final flag lowering at Berlin Brigade Headquarters, 1994

Berlin, Sept. 7, 1994: Sgt. Brett Hickman (left), Sgt. David Rogers and Sgt. Alton Henderson from the Berlin Brigade perform the final retreat ceremony for the American flag at Clay Headquarters, marking the departure of U.S. troops from Berlin.

Taking care of their own, 1966

Somewhere in Vietnam, Nov. 30, 1966: Infantrymen of the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry bandage wounded soldier after US mortar round fell short and exploded in the midst of the men of B company.

Hitting the target, 2018

Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2018: Lance Cpl. Dwight Weatherford, an assaultman with the Marines 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires a LAW rocket at a target while training with Ukrainian Marines during Exercise Sea Breeze.

View from a window, 2002

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, April 17, 2002: A North Korean military officer takes a peek from the North Korean recreation building at the truce village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul.

Afternoon powwow, 1998

Bad Kreuznach, Germany, May 30, 1998: The youngest American Indian dancer of the Native American Association of Germany danced his heart out during the afternoon Powwow at Intercamp 98’ in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

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