In search of the perfect bubble, 1989

Frankfurt, West Germany, January 1989: Nine-year-old Angela Duke concentrates on creating the perfect bubble-gum bubble during an after-school contest at the McNair Kaserne housing area.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Trixie the dog, 1958

South Korea, August 1958: Trixie has some tricks up her paw as she seems to pilot the H-13 Sioux helicopter of the 6th Transport Company (Helicopter), but it’s actually the photographer’s trick angle that makes the actual pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Charles C. Baldwin disappear.

Security patrol in Afghanistan, 2015

Parwan province, Afghanistan, June 10, 2015: Navy Corpsman 1st Class Darrell Jones takes a knee while U.S. and Georgian troops question Afghan locals during a security patrol.

Bookworms at Ramstein Elementary School, 2008

Ramstein, Germany, Aug. 7, 2008: Calin Petro, 7, sporting a Pony Tails shirt, jeans and North Side tennis shoes on the left and Kaelin Gould, 6, wearing a Beautees shirt, jeans and Skechers tennis shoes strike a pose in the Ramstein Elementary School library.

Cleaning up at Pomeroy Hall, 1960

Seoul, South Korea, December 1960: Robert Harilee vacuums his room at Pomeroy Hall. The 17-year-old lived with 11 girls and 15 boys in Pomeroy Hall while attending nearby American High School on the Seoul Area South Command Post.

Artillery hit at Khe Sanh, 1968

Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, March 3, 1968: Two Marines watch as smoke from a burning supply pit that received a direct hit by North Vietnamese artillery rises into the sky.

Easter egg hunt in Germany, 1949

Frankfurt, Germany, April 17, 1949: Two children look unhappy to put all their eggs in one shared box during the annual Easter egg hunt.

Supply warehouse in Iraq, 2008

Balad, Iraq, Feb. 29, 2008: Pvt. Joseph Stevenson, 26, of Cleburne, Texas, retrieves some clamps from one of hundreds of drawers in the supply warehouse that 412th Aviation Support Battalion’s Company A runs in Balad.

Lenny Kravitz in Germany, 1996

Frankfurt, Germany, March 20, 1996: Lenny Kravitz performs in concert at the Festhalle.

Celebrating a win, 2016

Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 28, 2016: Trayton Luna of the Rota Admirals gets a celebratory Gatorade shower after his game-winning hit in the DODEA-Europe Division II/III baseball championship.

Bob Hope Christmas show at Pleiku, 1966

Pleiku, South Vietnam, Dec. 20, 1966: An unidentified Army nurse at Bob Hope’s 1966 Christmas Show.

Temporary living quarters in Iraq, 2004

Somewhere in western Iraq, Sept. 3, 2004: Manchus from 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment are living in a morgue while they wait to move in to their barracks.

Shaquille O’Neal in Tokyo, 1993

Tokyo, August 1993: NBA Rookie of the Year Shaquille O’Neal is interviewed in front of a huge TV screen displaying the scene during his promotional visit to Tokyo.

Tina Turner in Germany, 1978

Offenbach, Germany, Feb. 2, 1978: Tina Turner performs at the Stadthalle. The singer had been on tour since August 1977 on her “Wild Lady of Rock” tour.

Hirosaki Castle in Japan, 2000

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

Night patrol in Baghdad, 2008

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

St. Patrick’s Day Boxing Invitational in Germany, 2018

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.

Cherry blossoms in bloom in Tokyo, 2006

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

Processing ‘red gold’ in Afghanistan, 2018

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.