Hirosaki, Japan, May 2000: Under cover of night, cherry blossom trees lining the moat surrounding Hirosaki Castle in northern Japan lend a warm glow.

Baghdad, Iraq, June 15, 2008: Soldiers from Troop A, 1st Battalion, 75th Cavalry Regiment talk to a produce vendor during a night patrol.

Vilseck, Germany, March 17, 2018: Calvin Collins, fighting out of Grafenwoehr, lands a jab on Vilseck’s Jonathon Martinez, during the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria St. Patrick’s Day Boxing Invitational.

Tokyo, Japan, April 6, 2006: One-year-old Dallin Wightman gets a close look at the cherry blossoms of Ueno Park.

Herat, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2018: A woman inspects red stigmas from a purple crocus flower for impurities in one of three saffron processing centers opened by Rumi Spice, a Chicago-based spice company founded by U.S. Army veterans.

Marrakesh, Morocco, February 1960: Among the prime photographic targets for tourists visiting colorful Marrakesh were these water sellers with tasseled hats, kilt-like garb and strings of brass cups.

Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2008: A young Japanese spectator at the 17th annual Tokyo St. Patrick’s Day Parade looks suspiciously at a photographer while her mother tries to talk her into letting him snap her image.  

Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 25, 2016: A sailor checks ordnance on the wing of a Rafale M fighter-bomber prior to flight operations onboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

Iwakuni, Japan, April 2009: The shallow waters of the beautiful Nishiki River that runs under Kintai Bridge glisten on a spring day.

Cambridge, England, 2014: Boats belonging to Scudamore’s Punting Co. wait in the river for passengers at the company’s boatyard.

Iraq, Oct. 19, 2003: Soldiers from the 270th Military Police Company of the California Army National Guard watch as members of the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company detonate an improvised explosive device.

Camp Zama, Japan, February 1971: A portrait of Brig. Gen. Anna Mae Hays, chief of the Army Nurse Corps, taken during an interview at Zama Hospital during a Far East inspection tour that also included stops in Korea and Vietnam.

Miesenbach, Germany, April 7, 2008: Walking paths and forest roads in the Kaiserslautern area were a scene of enchanted tranquility after a spring break snowstorm covered communities throughout western Germany with a couple of inches of spring snow.

Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, March 10, 1968: Marines lay down barbed wire on the perimeter of Khe Sanh base.

Washington, March 28, 2015: Landboarder Lon Phan of Silver Spring, Md., is silhouetted against the sun as he takes to the air in front of the Washington Monument in the early minutes of the National Kite Festival.

Zabul Province, Afghanistan, September 2010: A Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician searches for an IED while locals watch.

RAF Lakenheath, England, April 9, 2009: Hundreds of troops and civilians attend a memorial service for Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers.

Outpost Maizie, Demilitarized Zone, Korea, September 1959: Pfc. Joseph Williams checks for communist movements across the DMZ in North Korea.

Dak To, South Vietnam, March 11, 1968: An artillery piece at Fire Support Base 25 overlooks the Cambodian border of Vietnam.