Take her down! Divers on board the Proteo prepare to lower away a fellow deep-sea diver in the ship’s 800-pound armored diving suit.

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Divers on board the Proteo prepare to lower away a fellow deep-sea diver in the ship’s 800-pound armored diving suit.

May 2024
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Some of the Huskies going on the Navy’s 1947 Antarctic Expedition on the fantail of the USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), shown with dog team drivers.

April 2024
WAVES Seamen Second Class Elaine Olsen and Ted Snow learn to take down a radial aircraft engine block at Naval Air Station Lakehurst during World War II.

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WAVES Seamen Second Class Elaine Olsen and Ted Snow learn to take down a radial aircraft engine block at Naval Air Station Lakehurst during World War II.

March 2024
In an undated photo from the 1940s, Corporal Alvin “Tony” Ghazlo, senior bayonet and unarmed combat instructor at Montford Point, North Carolina, disarms his assistant, Private Ernest “Judo” Jones.

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In an undated photo from the 1940s, Corporal Alvin “Tony” Ghazlo, senior bayonet and unarmed combat instructor at Montford Point, North Carolina, disarms his assistant, Private Ernest “Judo” Jones.

February 2024
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On 18 January 1911, the first shipboard aircraft landing takes place as pilot Eugene Ely lands on board the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4).

January 2024
Nearly 2,000 sailors from the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and Carrier Air Wing 15 wish the United States a “Happy Holidays” at the conclusion of their six-month western Pacific deployment on 14 December 1994.

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December 2023
Private Diane Curtis smiles as she receives her Marine Corps emblems during March 1967 graduation exercises at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. The emblem-pinning ceremony signifies the recruit has successfully completed recruit training.

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The emblem-pinning ceremony signifies the recruit has successfully completed recruit training.

November 2023
The periscope of the USS Wahoo (SS-565) captures the end to the submarine ex-USS Devilfish (AGSS-292) in the Pacific Ocean on 14 August 1968.

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The periscope of the USS Wahoo (SS-565) captures the end to the submarine ex-USS Devilfish (AGSS-292) in the Pacific Ocean on 14 August 1968.

October 2023
A U.S. Navy PN-9 taking off near the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, in September 1925.

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A U.S. Navy PN-9 taking off near the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, in September 1925.

September 2023
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Wearing gas masks, Coast Guardsmen clamber up landing nets while clouds of smoke and tear gas roll around them.

August 2023